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As they say all good things come to those who wait, on Sunday I went to Attenborough Nature Reserve(Well worth the visit), my main aim was Robins, well after a few hours and no joy I decided to walk the 6 miles home, just as I was leaving the reserve this little chap appeared, the light was getting low so used a bit of flash, but happy with this one :)
A new little visitor to the butterfly bush today. I so love my Sigma 150mm Macro! Florabella Luxe Musette action.
Can I see the secret in her heart?
A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know. – Diane Arbus
Have a great Thursday!
I am reading the latest book "50 Photo Projects" by Lee Frost.
Lee Frost is one of my favorite writers in the "How to" photography books.
He provides a lot of photo inspirations in his new book. In one section he suggests pictures in your kitchen with the cod liver oil capsules.
I have Omega-3 capsules at home and here is my attempt for my kitchen photography project.
Have fun shooting and happy Wednesday to everyone!
May be this is an interesting info on the picture. The capsules are placed on my dining plate which is making a shiny reflective platform for them. I have my dinner after the shoot. :o)
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Tettigonia viridissima, the Great Green Bush-Cricket, (kindly indentified by Mieneke , is a large species of katydid or cricket belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Tettigoniinae. This species can be encountered from Europe to Mongolia, especially in meadows, grasslands, prairies and occasionally in gardens.
The adult males grow up to 28–36 millimetres (1.1–1.4 in) long, while females reach 32–42 millimetres (1.3–1.7 in). This insect is most often completely green (but there are specimens completely yellowish or with yellow legs), excluding a rust-colored band on top of the body. The organ of the stridulation of the males is generally brown. Tettigonia viridissima is distinguished by its very long and thin antennae, which can sometimes reach up to three times the length of the body, thus differentiating them from grasshoppers, which always carry short antennae. It could be confused with Tettigonia cantans, whose wings are a centimeter shorter than the ovipositor, or Tettigonia caudata whose hind femurs bear conspicuous black spines. The morphology of both sexes is very similar, but the female has an egg-laying organ (ovipositor) that can reach a length of 23–32 millimetres (0.91–1.26 in). It reaches the end of the elytra and is slightly curved downward. The larvae are green and as the imago show on their back a thin brown longitudinal stripe. The ovipositor can be seen from the fifth stage; the wings appear in both genders from the sixth stage. Tettigonia viridissima is carnivorous and arboreal. Its diet is mostly composed of flies, caterpillars and larvae. Unlike many grasshoppers, it is essentially active in day and night, as testified by its endless crepuscular and nocturnal singing. A very large bush-cricket, the Great Green Bush-cricket certainly lives up to its name! It lives in trees and on grassland dotted with patches of scrub, eating vegetation and other insects. Great Green Bush-crickets prefer light, dry soils into which the females can lay their eggs using their long, down-curved ovipositors. The males display to females by producing a very loud, long 'song' by rubbing their forewings together. They sound like a sewing machine, going continuously for long periods, but their expert camouflage still makes them hard spot. The Nymph, as in picture, does not have wings.
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From deep in the Achieves; reprocessed using Photoshop CC 2024
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Pulsatilla Vulgaris (pasque flower, pasqueflower, common pasque flower, European pasqueflower, Dane's blood) is a species of flowering plant belonging to the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae), found locally on calcareous grassland in Europe. It was considered part of the Anemone genus, to which it is closely related. This is an herbaceous perennial plant. It develops upright rhizomes, which function as food-storage organs. Its leaves and stems are long, soft, silver-grey and hairy. It grows to 15–30 cm high and when it is fruit-bearing up to 40 cm. The roots go deep into the soil (to 1 m). The finely-dissected leaves are arranged in a rosette and appear with the bell-shaped flower in early spring. The purple flowers are followed by distinctive silky seed-heads which can persist on the plant for many months. The flower is 'cloaked in myth'; one legend has it that Pasque flowers sprang up in places that had been soaked by the blood of Romans or Danes because they often appear on old barrows and boundary banks. This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. It is classified as a Priority Species in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan and as Vulnerable in Britain on the Red Data List. It grows in sparsely wooded pine forests or meadows, often on a sunny sloping side with calcium-rich soil. A large colony occurs on publicly accessible land in the Cotswolds, at the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust's Pasqueflower reserve.
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Have read so many tragic stories in the news coverage of Haiti. I wish international aid, donations from the countries and people will reach the Haiti people quickly.
I have read photography books saying that the world is full of chaos. Photographers are always trying to look for order out of this chaos.
Natural disasters are destroying the human-built order and structure on a very large scale.
Shall we wish Haiti can be restored and recovered from this devastating earthquake as soon as possible.
My water drop picture taken in the backyard.
Two water drop columns meeting in the middle while two other drops start to form columns of their own.
The cherry blossoms lighted up by the LED streetlight.
SD1 with MACRO 150/2.8 ISO100 f/7.1 10sec NR: C0.00/L0.00
We have rain overnight in Vancouver and grey sky in the morning. There is soft and low contrast light. And this is good condition for study of textures and lines.
This is calla lily in my neighbourhood.
Wish you a very good Tuesday!
Fuji S3 Pro camera
Sigma 150mm F2.8 macro lens.
My daughter is dog-sitting some for some friends so I took my camera when I took her over to their house. I'm glad I did as these butterflies were getting their morning breakfast.
Curious as to whether people feel this is too dark. Feedback greatly appreciated.
Please view large.
It seems I'm now a weekend photographer. Life (home, church and work) is filling up my days quickly. I'll try and catch up with everyone on the weekends (and during the week when it's possible).
Update: I went ahead and lightened the image a bit around the cabbage white and salvia. I liked the result better so I've replaced the image. Hopefully this won't mess up any group references.
Explored: Highest position #51 on Sunday, July 25, 2010
A veces nos están observando y no sabemos quien, otras veces nos da tiempo a sacar la cámara e inmortalizar a esta pequeñaja que pululaba entre mis apuntes del escritorio.
A vegades ens estan observant i no sabem qui, altres vegades ens dona temps a traure la càmera i immortalitzar a aquesta miniatura que pul·lulava entre els meus apunts de l’escriptori.
Sometimes we are being watched and we don’t know by whom, other times we have time to take out the camera and immortalize this thumbnail that was crawling among my desk notes.
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One of those moments that put a big smile on my face, I was at Attenborough and was just standing there waiting to see if anything would come and feed, then a mob of my favourite birds descended and made my day :0)
Long-tailed Tits are without doubt the cutest little birds going, so happy :)
Finally we have a pause in rain today in Vancouver. Though it is not a great sunny day. It is cloudy most of the time but at least it is not wet any more.
I tried to search in my archives for some sunny day shots and this was taken two weeks ago in my neighbourhood. The buttercups are wildly grown on the street.
The golden dots reminds me the record-breaking turnout in the Hong Kong's annual Tiananmen candlelight vigil at Victoria Park this year. This is my little homage to the voices of protest and struggle for democracy in China.
Have a great day and week coming!
Here's wishing everyone a very Happy New Year!
Numbers 6:24-26
The LORD bless you and keep you;
the LORD make his face shine upon you
and be gracious to you;
the LORD turn his face toward you
and give you peace.
Another image of the Speckled Bush Cricket I found in the house last week.
I placed it on a twig and used my flash to illuminate it from behind showing off its long legs and antennae.