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A katydid stopped for a rest on my front door. This is SOOC except for some minimal cropping. He stayed on the door for at least 20 minutes while people went in and out of the door at least three times.
more Birds, Bees, Butterflies and other creatures
Pentax K-3 - SMC Pentax DA 55-300mm F4-5.8ED
(IMG36177ec2a)
I used a long lens to photograph this long intermodal so we could see much of it down the tracks. The tracks, and the train, curve off to our right at the far end.
The high-rail truck is a MOW vehicle, parked to watch for falling rocks. The rocks on the right are normally fenced off from the tracks (like those on the left) but NS has been clearing brush and they temporarily removed the fence. This means a MOW worker must be staffed at the site at all times in case something breaks free and rolls down into the path of a train.
Nikkor 400mm f/2.8 @ f/5.6
shot with a fuji x-s10 and a laowa 65mm f/2.8 2x macro lens
lens review: www.aarondesigns.org/Laowa-65mm-f28-2x-2to1-SuperMacroLens/
Samsung NX300 & Carl Zeiss Jena 'Pancolar' 50mm f/1.8 Lens | 10mm Macro Tube | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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One from the archives from a few years back from our trip to Queensland. View of downtown Brisbane with the iconic Story Bridge in the foreground. Taken just after the sun had set. I thought that the monochrome "colours" suited the moment at the time. Taken with my Sony A6500 mirrorless camera.
Shot with my Samyang 12mm manual focus wide angle lens.
Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro
Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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Tawny Mining Bee | Andrena fulva | Andrenidae
Samsung NX1 & Super-Takumar - 50mm f/1.4
10mm Macro Tube | 8 Elements | f/4 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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Samsung NX1 & Helios 44M - 58mm f/2
10mm Macro Tube | f/3.2 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2018.
Forget-Me-Not | Myosotis sp. | Boraginaceae
Samsung NX1 & Steinheil Munchen 'Cassar S' - 50mm f/2.8
10mm Macro Tube | 12 Aperture Blades | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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Hydrangea sp. | Hydrangeaceae
Samsung NX1 & Helios 44-2 - 58mm f/2
Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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Baby Sage | Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips' | Lamiaceae
Samsung NX1 & Steinheil Munchen 'Cassar S' - 50mm f/2.8
10mm Macro Tube | 12 Aperture Blades | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2019.
Another "older" shot in which I love how the marguerite shines in the gorgeous sunset light. Hope you like it too!
Azure Damselfly | Coenagrion puella | Coenagrionidae
Samsung NX1 & Helios 44-2 - 58mm f/2
16mm Macro Tube | f/4 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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Candle Snuff Fungus | Xylaria hypoxylon | Xylariaceae
Samsung NX300 & Carl Zeiss Jena 'Pancolar' 50mm f/1.8 Lens | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2016.
This is another shot I took yesterday during our walk, where the sun came through for a few minutes. I hope you like it!
White Saddle | Helvella crispa | Helvellaceae
Samsung NX1 & Super-Takumar - 50mm f/1.4
8 Elements | f/2.8 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2021.
Samsung NX300 & Helios 44-2 - 58mm f/2 Lens | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2016.
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Samsung NX1 & Helios 44-2 - 58mm f/2
16mm Macro Tube | f/4 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2019.
Samsung NX1 & Helios 44-2 - 58mm f/2
10mm Macro Tube | f/2.8 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2018.
Forget-Me-Not | Myosotis sp. | Boraginaceae
Samsung NX1 & Helios 44-2 - 58mm f/2
f/4 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2018.
I've posted many images of these coneflowers so I have disabled the comments...
but thank everyone that came to take a closer look!
Wishing you all a wonderful new week!!
Angel's Bonnet | Mycena arcangeliana | Mycenaceae
Samsung NX1 & Helios 44-2 58mm f/2
10mm Macro Tube | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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Common Toad | Bufo bufo | Bufonidae tucked away in a log, safely returned to hide and wait.
Samsung NX1 & Helios 44-2 - 58mm f/2
10mm Macro Tube | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2019.
Common Blue Damselfly | Enallagma cyathigerum | Coenagrionidae
Samsung NX1 & Helios 44-2 - 58mm f/2
16mm Macro Tube | f/4 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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Cherry Plum | Prunus cerasifera | Rosaceae
Samsung NX1 & Carl Zeiss Jena 'Pancolar' 50mm f/1.8
10mm Macro Tube | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2019.
Grooved Bonnet | Mycena polygramma | Mycenaceae
Samsung NX1 & Helios 44-2 - 58mm f/2
10mm Macro Tube | f/2.8 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2018.
Even though it often feels wrong or unimportant, it’s ok to pause, to inhale and exhale a little more slowly and deeply, to truly see and take note of your surroundings, finding beauty and peace in the details of God’s creation around you. Your circumstances are incredibly challenging and you are worthy of taking these moments to care for yourself. Only then, after tending to your own needs, will you be able to care for others in a healthy way.
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A few days ago I was struggling a lot with my own intense mental health struggles in addition to the stress and fear of my husband’s health struggles and recent hospitalization. Somehow I found the strength to spend some time outside capturing the beauty I saw in the fog and frost that was visible through the windows that morning—it seemed to tell an important, uplifting story that helped me continue pressing on.