Posts for: richardh76
Apr 21, 2014 08:45:41 #
Swamp Gator wrote:
This past Thur. evening I was watching this juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron feeding along the edge of the marsh.
At one point the youngster came up with a nice little crab for dinner.
More from this series on Friday's blog post:
http://phillanoue.com/2014/04/18/sunset-dining/
At one point the youngster came up with a nice little crab for dinner.
More from this series on Friday's blog post:
http://phillanoue.com/2014/04/18/sunset-dining/
Great shot Swamp Gator, much appreciate sharing!
Richard
Apr 21, 2014 08:42:11 #
jrb1213 wrote:
Swift is an understatement.
Nope, it is not a swift, but a Tree Swallow.
Nice shot, thanks for sharing.
Richard
Apr 17, 2014 13:20:35 #
Bobbee wrote:
Can you see between the line. Took me a while............
I could see most everything, the longest time was making out the face. The artist did a nice job on the face. Since you said it was a woman, that sort of gave it away, and then I finally made out the nose and mouth, but the white paint through me off for awhile.
Richard
Apr 16, 2014 11:10:06 #
Clarkster wrote:
Shot 600+ frames at the Lakota Wolf Preserve in N.J. last month. Terrific opportunity to photograph some outstandingly beautiful animals. Early morning, low light required 900 - 1100 ISO shooting wide open with a 28-300 mm Nikor on a D600.
Great job, much appreciate you sharing these beautiful images. Also love #1 & 5.
Richard
Apr 12, 2014 19:22:54 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Thanks Nikonian, much appreciated, and I like your avitar as well. Shows how long I've been away!! :-)For clarification,
the blue areas are called Chelicerae‎: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelicerae
the reddish brown areas below the chelicerae are retracted fangs.
As mentioned above, this is a very common & benign Bold jumper (Phidippus audax): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phidippus_audax
the blue areas are called Chelicerae‎: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelicerae
the reddish brown areas below the chelicerae are retracted fangs.
As mentioned above, this is a very common & benign Bold jumper (Phidippus audax): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phidippus_audax
Apr 12, 2014 19:20:33 #
napabob wrote:
Thanks for looking napabob, much appreciated.looks like a Bold jumping spider
Apr 12, 2014 19:19:48 #
fstop22 wrote:
Many thanks fstop22, I didn't realize that was a leak, dumb me!! I hope I didn't cause it.Looks like your jumping spider is injured due to the liquid leaking from his head left side facing, so I would say he's a little stressed.
Apr 12, 2014 19:17:34 #
LoneRangeFinder wrote:
Many thanks LoneRangeFinder, much appreciate your critique.The spider is not evenly illuminated: some hot spots and then the back is under exposed. The lighting appears to be a ring light and I think your light source is too small which results in strong directional lighting. A larger soft box: 6x8 or 5x7 would give you a more diffused light and help illuminate more of the spider. The catch lights from a softbox are more pleasing (my opinion) than ring light catchlights. The image also seems soft to me.
Apr 12, 2014 07:41:41 #
Q-1 I would really appreciate critique of this jumping spider image.
Q-2 How do I eliminate the light in the eyes?
Q-3 Are the fangs showing because it is stressed or do they show anyway and the shot just happened to catch them?
This shot is cropped, and this fellow was moving around a ton, and I was lucky to get this.
Many thanks in advance for whatever help can be administered.
Richard
Q-2 How do I eliminate the light in the eyes?
Q-3 Are the fangs showing because it is stressed or do they show anyway and the shot just happened to catch them?
This shot is cropped, and this fellow was moving around a ton, and I was lucky to get this.
Many thanks in advance for whatever help can be administered.
Richard
Apr 5, 2014 09:10:01 #
birdpix wrote:
Great Blue Herons usually take off at the slightest threat from a human. Rarely, you find one that seems comfortable enough to let you get close for some great shots. To have two of them do this within a matter of a few days is extraordinary. One was shot from about 12 feet with my 100-400mm lens the other at about 20 feet with the 500mm. With the 500mm, if the bird had stood upright, I wouldn't have been able to get him all in the frame.
Excellent shots, very envious, well done!!
Richard
Apr 5, 2014 09:03:40 #
Psergel wrote:
With a few flakes (very few) falling in Albuquerque yesterday I needed something summery.
These are from last summer. Del Agua Canyon Trail at the north end of the Sandias.
Technically....it may be a moth.
These are from last summer. Del Agua Canyon Trail at the north end of the Sandias.
Technically....it may be a moth.
Excellent shots, fine focus, and it is not a moth, but a butterfly. Since I don't have southwestern field guide I can only go by what here in the east share it's field marks. What I can see in the images are field marks that are characteristic of a Tiger Swallowtail. I'm sure a New Mexico butterfly field guide would have this fellow.
Richard
Apr 5, 2014 08:47:00 #
Sylvias wrote:
Just a few I saw on my travels.
5 shots
5 shots
Very good shots, much appreciate you sharing them.
However, your Dove is called a Laughing Dove, Streptopelia senegalensis and your sparrow is really a female Pintailed Whydah.
Richard
Mar 9, 2014 10:06:44 #
photog11 wrote:
We've finally had some wet days in the SF Bay area. Mushrooms, which usually come out in November and December, are appearing now. This one is about 7" in diameter and 4-5" high.
Is it edible?
Is it edible?
It looks to me like a Western Amanita. Any mushroom with patches on top of the cap and a veil on the stalk with a bulb at the base is either downright poisonous or close to it and mushrooms to look at, take pictures of, but NOT to eat or handle. Just my 2 cents.
Richard
Feb 28, 2014 08:35:19 #
The last two pictures are of a domesticated male Muscovy Duck, Cairina moschata. Wild Muscovy's tend to be all black with large white wing patches. Interesting shots.
Richard
Richard
Jan 26, 2014 17:33:14 #
fstop22 wrote:
If I could get a shot of a jumper such as you have made, I would be riding high! Need to explore (obviously not now with the temperatures way below 0) our new environs. Unfortunately my better half killed the common black one I was trying to seduce last fall. But, for now I need to experiment. Many thanks for the info.Here's one worth taking a look at. 12 photo handheld stack captured at F/16. Not as fine as the flower photos but works in the field for live subjects.