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This macro image features a young immature female common blue-tailed damselfly (violacea form) perched in a resting position and eating the remains of another juvenile female damselfly.
This young female obviously considered this other female a threat and thus the competition was consumed.
One thing that is common across all life on this planet is that the females of the species can be deadly!
Captured handheld using a Canon 7D with a Sigma 150mm ƒ/2.8 Macro lens.
Spring officially starts on the past Sunday.
The message of spring and the secret of beauty lie in her heart.
Happy spring and happy Wednesday to everyone!
I would like to share two wonderful quotes that I have read this morning.
To quote out of context is the essence of photographer’s craft. His central problem is a simple one: what shall he include, what shall he reject? - John Szarkowski
Photography is a process of distillation. – David Ward
We have grey sky this morning. But the plums blossoms are still showing their best and beauty to everyone even though it is chilly outside and not many people stop and look at them.
It is like you don't have red carpet to walk, but you still dress in the most beautiful gown for the date with him.
You are not cooking for any special guests and you just cook for the family everyday. But you still prepare the best food and attend to every little details like the dishes and table cloth.
You are not showing your pictures in museum or art gallery (just posting it to Flickr). But you still spend a lot of time in fine tuning the composition and wait for the best light in order to make the best image possible.
Doing the best is always the right attitude!
I am not a good example though. I do not wait until the best light comes. I shoot whatever I see and whenever I have to. :o)
I hope I will learn this right attitude from the plums!
Happy Sunday!
Once in a while, I like to take some easy-going “see, point & shoot” pictures.
This is one example.
No sophisticated composition (just frontal view)
Auto-focus (point to the spike head only)
Care-free white balance (because it is almost black & white naturally)
Click the shutter
Done!
Close up shot of the frosted fence spike head taken in my neighbor’s front yard.
Image taken at a recent NANPA event at Big Springs in the Great Trintiy Forest in south Dallas TX. Used gold reflector and green kneeling pad to eliminate distracting background during shot.
Explored 9-6-2017
This is a quick test shot with the Sigma 150mm F2.8 macro mounted to a Sony A7R2 with Sigma MC-11 adapter. After I updated the firmware on the adapter autofocus worked properly and is relatively fast even though it isn't on Sigma's list of supported lenses. I have wanted to get this long macro for a long time for when I am shooting rattlesnakes to give me a little better working distance. Unfortunately I haven't had time to try it out on that subject yet but probably will in the next couple of weeks.
Australian Flatwing (Austroargiolestes icteromelas)
I had a bit of annual leave and got my camera back from repairs so decided to spend a morning taking some photographs. I found a nearby stream and set up a camping chair and just waited and watched the wildlife and occasionally took some photos. Whilst enjoying the tranquility I came across this damselfly which landed on a nearby rock and took some photos. This is a stack of about 8-10 photos which were taken handheld in quick succession and stacked in Helicon focus before being finished off in Lightroom CC. Camera settings were 1/1000 sec, f/5.0, ISO 640, and I used the Sony A7R 4 and the Sigma 150mm Macro. I am not great with species ID but I believe this is an Australian / Common Flatwing (Austroargiolestes icteromelas) based on the morphology.
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Have you got my message?
Plums blossoms seen in the overcast and cloudy morning a few weeks ago near my home.
Have a great Friday and weekend!
These are flowering apple blossoms (no fruit).
I'm sorry for being so hit-or-miss these last few weeks. Life has just been incredibly busy. Unfortunately, I don't see things changing for the forseeable future. I'll do my best to catch up when I get a chance.
I hope everyone is having a great week.
This is literally rain drops on the leaves of a bleeding heart plant.
However, this is dedicated to all my friends that are facing medical issues. My prayers are with you.
It was raining non-stop last few days.
Last night it was raining so heavily. It finally halts before noon today. After the rain, we are not in shortage of these rain drops all over the place.
I can't wait picking up my camera and get a few shots.
Taken in my home front yard. Please view large for better result.
I love taking pictures of water drops.
The loss of clear vision i.e. the near vision I mean, is good or bad to photographers?
Everything is blurred when you get closer to the calla lily.
An abstract composition taken in my neighbourhood yesterday.
Have a great Sunday!
Almonds also bloomed this year.
sd Quattro H with MACRO 150/2.8 ISO100 f/2.8 1/1250sec NR: C0.00/L0.00
Guess What This is?
I captured this image with a Raynox DCR250 on a Sigma 150mm Macro with my Nikon D610 DSLR. It was captured at about 1/1600 seconds, f/7.1, ISO 320 and would be probably more than 1:1 magnification. Curious if you can guess what it is from based on the wafer thin depth of field which is in focus?
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