ladybug on tiger lily

I was going to delete this because of the very shallow DoF but it makes me smile. This tiny fly was watching me for ages and it was almost like he was posing for the camera!!

Sony A100 with Cosina Macro 100mm lens; ISO 100, f3.2, 1/160 sec exposure

With the sun and sky refelcted on his back. Syl

Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand

54/365 of 365 Bokeh project

ref. 077

lavender blue geranium

Südafrika

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Unfortunately I have not yet had time to identify this little green guy. The eyes are just so crazy and those wings! The white is from a plastic tub. Shot this one with a 2x teleconverter and the 100mm macro. Natural light.

4mm big.

Jumps farther and higher than the jumping spiders I've photographed. Moves very fast, too. But, like the cheetah, stops after a short burst. Runs out of gas fast, maybe.

Nikon D200, 28mm reverse mounted on extension tubes, f/11, SB800.

fd300mm on eos1mk3

"our conductor had finished making the music all we have to do is follow the lyrics and sing the right tune"

hoverfly in yellow rose with water drops

Cleveland Botanical Garden

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

-Paul Ambroise Valery

Explored - Mar 4, 2009

MacroMonday's: Wet

Tried something a little different because I couldn't think of anything beside a water drop for the topic "Wet".

Milk Explosion: Directions: In a bowl of milk add 1 drop of red, blue, and yellow food coloring. Next add 1 drop of dish soap. As soon as you add the dish soap a wonderful explosion of colors and swirls begin! What fun!!

Single shot

yellow ladybug on a daisy petal with an echinacea in the background, at the john jeffries house garden

Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand

Seeing only what is fair, Sipping only what is sweet, ..Leave the chaff , and take the wheat . Ralph Waldo Emerson

these beetles destroy lilies, so this one hasn't started to chow down yet. they are the bane of any lily gardener, but are beautiful to photograph in contrast with the lime green of the unopened lily. this is a closer crop of an earlier post, and i changed the name.

Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand--Weaver ants sometimes called green ants make their home in the trees and bushes. They bend leaves into tent like structures and glue the seams together with 'silk' that they squeeze from their larva. This ant is extending to grasp another leaf to make another tent.

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This insect are just one of the many critters you can find in Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife. As Runstedt Rovillos has introduced me to rare species that I will be posting later.

Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand

honey bee in an orange dahlia, in a favorite neighborhood garden

Dhalia

Walking along the path, I spot

puffy white orb-

A Dandelion

a weed

Infinitely more beautiful than its

grassy fellows

endless, identical

To Me

I feel akin to this fluffy oddball

I am drawn

childlike

I grasp the delicate stem,

Bringing it near to my lips

Make a Wish

a prayer.

I wish for peace,

in the world

in my heart

I wish for love,

true love

I wish for direction,

hope

I blow with all my breath

wish with all my being-

Disperse

miniature white parachutes.

In my mind-

I Too

Detach

in a million different directions,

I Am

the hopes

the dreams

the prayers

the wishes

of a world

a generation;

my peers

my family

Myself-

I Am Blown.

Carried by a passing breeze

soft, gentle then-

Grabbed by a far more violent gust

I fall

tumble

rise

twist

Change directions.

I have traveled far-

have far yet to travel

not sure how far

I Am Not Lost-

just searching

for a purpose

a reason

an answer

a place to land

to stay-

To Take Root.

By Jennifer K. Keane

magnolia blossom at the memphis botanic garden

wulfila spider in a yellow rose

Chunk of quartz purchased at Cactus Joe's Blue Diamond Nursery in Las Vegas many years ago.

A fellow Flickr member as informed me that this type is known as "Milky White Agate"

Nooooo from Denmark!

Busy Bee...Wish everyone a brand new year and hope the year of the Horse brings you all lots of happiness and prosperity to all...Cheers, Ringgo.

Nikon D700 Nikon AF-S VR Micro-NIKKOR 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED Lens + Handheld

Spotted in my neighbour's garden yesterday. Our kitchen is still a work in progress. Tomorrow the plumber is coming to disconnect the gas stove and the rest of the cupboards have to be taken out ready for the new cupboards on Wednesday. As we won't have a stove, benches or sink for 10-12 days, tonight will be our last home cooked meal for quite a while.

Minute creature...It size ranges from 1-9 mm in length. And as you can see he has nice long legs and a slender build. Most of the species are a metallic green and blue or a metallic green and bronze. Some may be a yellow that is non-metallic as well.

Nikon D700 + Nikon 105mm f/2.8G AF-S VR + Ring Flash + Handheld.

Tiny Crown Vetch blossom, tinier pollen-laden visitor.

Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand