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My first shot using my new Fuji XT2 was inspiring...love the light. The new AF focus settings amazing even in low light. No hardship getting used to this baby.
A pair of chalkhill blue butterflies mating at Swelshill Bank near Stroud. This was taken last Tuesday morning when I met up with fellow flickr member Rod Holbrook
Landed right on her and they squeaked and carried on for close to 30 seconds before he got off and they sat at opposite ends of branches on the big tree.
I don't know how the females don't get injured ... maybe they do......those are big talons and he definitely was using them to hang on and stay in position....
They sat there for almost a full 5 minutes .... then, off he flew back to the nest and continued with his building...she stayed for about half an hour. Just sat there..... did some preening and picking at feathers ... then, off she finally flew to the nest as well.
(Please see the other two photos)
Bald Eagles
Dragonflies.
Scientific name: Sympetrum striolatum.
Mating is often performed whilst perched on waterside vegetation and this process can last up to fifteen minutes. Once the female has received the sperm she will disengage to allow her to lay eggs but the male continues to hold onto her to make sure she doesn't fly off and mate with any of his competitors.
Info: Saga.
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Here's what happens in Spring when male and female American Avocets get together. It's quite a beautiful ritual - she tells him she's ready, and he goes through a bunch of moves before he hops on, finished off with a loving cross of those upturned beaks.
It was dark and drizzling on this early morning. I couldn't even tell where the light source was actually coming from. So, you might note the ridiculous ISO here: 4000. I actually used a combination of Lightroom's noise slider and the Topaz add-on Denoise AI on this image.
También un apareamiento de O. brunneum hace que me tire al suelo porque esta especie, normalmente, lo suele hacer así.
No es muy prolongada la cópula y si no es por el azul del macho no se le ve.
Fotograma recortado un 8%
En la Puça. Petrer (Alicante) España
Also a mating of O. brunneum makes me throw myself to the ground because this species usually does it this way.
The copulation is not very long and if it is not for the blue of the male it is not seen.
Frame cut 8%
In the Puça. Petrer (Alicante) Spain
Lygaeid Bugs
The Lygaeidae are a family in the Hemiptera (true bugs), with some 60 genera in six subfamilies. The family includes the insects commonly known as milkweed bugs, and also some of those known as seed bugs.
www.projectnoah.org/spottings/14686108
These bugs were on the sepals of a red Abutilon flower.
Styria, c. 1520
Lime wood, baroque paint and gilding, life-size
Lower Belvedere, Palace Stables (Prunkstall)
On loan from the parish church of Maria am Waasen, Leoben
Taken from a boat around the Farne Islands.
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Picture for the MacroMondays group theme on November 28th, 2016: Beetles.
These 2 red bugs are beautiful beetles and only can be found in spring time. I was luck of shooting them mating.
最近一直生病中，好容易恢復健康，又多陰雨，只好再來玩微距了！
~巴陵, 桃園縣
Balin, Taoyuan County, Taiwan
- ISO 640, F5.6, 1/640 sec, 100 mm
- Canon 5D Mark III with EF 100 mm f/2.8 Macro L lens
- Shot @ 10.36am
This is a mated pair of Canada geese that stays in this place on Lake Champlain to raise a family. They hang out, separate from the rest in the reeds by the road. Same routine each year.
The rest of the geese here are getting R&R during their migration.
Esta especie se deja ver con normalidad en la Puça desde el año pasado y sin embargo no la vemos por sitios cercanos a este.
Ese día y anteriores era frecuente verlos perpetuando la especie.
Fotograma recortado un 8%
En la Puça. Petrer (Alicante) España
This species has been seen normally in La Puça since last year and yet we do not see it in places close to it.
That day and before it was common to see them perpetuating the species.
Frame cropped by 8%
In the Puça. Petrer (Alicante) Spain
A pair of brown argus butterflies mating on some salad burnet on the steep south facing slopes of Swelshill Bank near Stroud. The male is the larger butterfly of the two.
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Rogue Valley - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Grasslands
Food : Insects
Nesting : Ground
Behavior : Ground Forager
Conservation : Low Concern
"A shorebird you can see without going to the beach, Killdeer are graceful plovers common to lawns, golf courses, athletic fields, and parking lots. These tawny birds run across the ground in spurts, stopping with a jolt every so often to check their progress, or to see if they’ve startled up any insect prey. Their voice, a far-carrying, excited kill-deer, is a common sound even after dark, often given in flight as the bird circles overhead on slender wings... The Killdeer’s broken-wing act leads predators away from a nest, but doesn’t keep cows or horses from stepping on eggs. To guard against large hoofed animals, the Killdeer uses a quite different display, fluffing itself up, displaying its tail over its head, and running at the beast to attempt to make it change its path."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology