View allAll Photos Tagged tip
The female Orange Tip is more secretive and less conspicuous than the male. She lacks the orange wing tips, which warn of his unpalatability, and is often passed over as a Small or Green-veined White. From above, the female can be distinguished from the other whites by the isolated black spot near the front edge of the forewings and the faint pattern showing through from the underside of the hindwings.
I recently recorded a video with B&H with some helpful tips for shooting with a long telephoto lens. Check it out in the link below:
actionphototours.com/5-tips-for-shooting-telephoto-lenses/
I cover topics such as selecting the right lens, handholding techniques, how to shoot from a tripod in both calm and windy conditions, and much more!
I've never really had much luck with Orange Tips until our weekend visit to Cerne Abbas. They were so well behaved in the cool conditions I had time for a few lens changes.
Hidalgo County, Texas
During non-breeding season, this warbler can be found in the southern US, Mexico and Central America. When it comes time for breeding this diminutive bird flies as far north and the northern most tip of Alaska.
Back Garden - after photographing this guy on Saturday, I watched him go to roost on the Weigela. Knowing it was going to be frosty the next morning I got up early to try to get some images with frost or dew - he was still there, but he must have been sheltered under the leaf, as I can only see the frost on the Weigela.
Yesterday I went out for several hrs to relieve some stress. Just before heading home, sun setting the Tern made a visit at the pond. I stood on bridge and watched this impressive guy fish. Not the best or clearest but they are super fast (no excuses I know)
Yellow flowers cover the golden willows (Salix alba ‘Vitellina’) along Silver Tip Creek east of Belfry in Carbon County, Montana. A variety of white willow, the golden willow grows new stems that are a bright golden color. This bright color makes these trees stand out in the winter. In the spring slim, cylindrical, yellow flower clusters called catkins cover the trees as seen in this photo. These yellow flowers will give way to green leaves as the summer approaches. Golden willows are not native to Montana and Wyoming but were introduced by settlers who used them as windbreaks and shade trees. They escaped cultivation and naturalized across the area.
References:
www.ag.ndsu.edu/trees/handbook/th-3-139.pdf
www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/willow/golden-w...
This low datum cabbed T45 Leyland Roadtrain still works hard in Malta. Formerly a tractor unit, it now serves as a tipper like so many others on the island.
Source Images:
IMG_1961.CR2 (Av: F6.4; Tv: 1/332 sec.; ISO: 1000; FL: 35.0 mm)
IMG_1962.CR2 (Tv: 1/21 sec.)
IMG_1960.CR2 (Tv: 1/83 sec.)
Processing:
Fusion F.2 (HDR; Mode 1)