sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Walked about through the field with camera in hand and it was like being in a sauna out there at 94-deg.F and 62% Rh. I did find a few critters and some charming wildflowers which made it all worthwhile and taking a cool shower and sitting in front of the fan afterward was quite refreshing.

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kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

A fine set of bugs and blooms, sippy.

docshark Loc: Millersville, PA

Nice variety Gary. Very sharp. Well done my friend.
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trigger finger Loc: Beautiful Polk Co. Fl.

Sippy you and that new lens is working out really well! I like your stuff. You haven't had that lens all that long and your dialed in already. Hey enjoy your stuff daily thanks

ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA

Well done, Gary.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Thanks, Trigger Finger. I would not have imagined the difference the lighter lens would make for me. Of course being an old guy has a lot to do with the ability to hold the camera on-point.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Thanks, Kpmac. Spending time in the field allows me to see things in a more artistic way than the more surgical focus stacking sessions in the basement do.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Thanks, Doc. I was only good for about an hour out there and I was fortunate to find a few subjects that were cooperative.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Thanks, Elliott. It was hot and humid however it was an enjoyable time with the camera in hand.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Beautiful set Sippy. It amazes me how bugs can manage antennae 3 or 4 times their body length

EnglishBrenda Loc: Kent, England

You did not suffer in vain, these are lovely images all of them. Well done, I love your trips outside best of all.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Thanks, Curmudgeon. I zoomed out on that shot so that the antenna would show its length which I thought was way cool.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Brenda, thanks ever so much. The walkabouts through the fields are the best way that I can find Mother Nature at her finest. My focus stacking sessions provide me with something that I can do regardless of the weather day or night. They are technical studies of some of the specimens that I come across and the little beauties and cuties are best off where Mother Nature has put them where I can get artistic pleasure seeing and recording them.

Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI

This is an excellent set! Dogbane beetles are not easy since if anything they are too metallic. Fortunately for me I rarely see them.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Thanks, Mark. They are among my favorites because Mother Nature painted them with that 'flip/flop' paint job which changes their color based on how the light strikes it.