Todays Macros - 2014/08/03
Aug 3, 2014 23:23:41 #
Went out on a long (~5mile) hike today, Cotton Carrier worked like a champ. Insects started to pickup but still not what I'd expect. Perhaps I'm just looking in the wrong places, not sure. I found a nice path near the bayou that links up with a utility swath. One way in, one way out and not obvious from the well traveled trail. Quite nice, overgrown but enough rabbit trails to make your way around. Very tranquil, perfect place to allow the mind to wonder. I got to thinking about the ebb and flow of insect populations. It seems to be cyclical. Last year I could hardly find a lady bug this year they're everywhere. Last year there was an abundance of Swamp Milkweed and Haldemen beetles. This year nada. Not sure if it was the longer winter cooler spring conditions we had or it's just normal feast and famine response of nature correcting populations. I need to research this more.
Enough babbling, todays shots, from the secret utility corridor. I think I'll be hitting it up often.
Enough babbling, todays shots, from the secret utility corridor. I think I'll be hitting it up often.
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Guy to the left didn't want to play the focal plane game..
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This fellow was Kind enough to lift his leg so I could get a better shot of it's eye.
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Aug 4, 2014 12:00:13 #
nice job, like the seeming self-satisfied look on hoppers, nice midge with the hair against the blackness
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Aug 4, 2014 14:19:23 #
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Aug 5, 2014 00:18:35 #
Aug 5, 2014 00:21:00 #
infestation wrote:
Nice collection, the pollen collectors earning their keep
Thanks Infestation, indeed they do earn their keep. I like photographing these little bees very interesting to observe and I find them aesthetically pleasing.
Aug 5, 2014 00:21:40 #
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Aug 5, 2014 00:22:29 #
napabob wrote:
Thanks Bob, I was pleased with the hoppers and midge as well.nice job, like the seeming self-satisfied look on hoppers, nice midge with the hair against the blackness
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Aug 5, 2014 00:22:42 #
Aug 5, 2014 00:23:30 #
pfrancke wrote:
Thanks Piet, I didn't notice the dew when I was shooting it but it is a nice touch in the final image.I like that wasp, nice detail - seeing the dew on it's wings.
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