One Cute...One Not So Cute
Jul 22, 2021 09:36:46 #
I was taking the trash carts out to the curb and this cute large eyed fly was persistent to land on the lid. Because I am most often carry an empty plastic pill bottle in my pocket it worked out good for me and not so good for it.
As I walked into the house with my prize, a housefly was walking on the kitchen countertop and the two of them became good friends for the short time that they had remaining before staging them for focus stacking sessions.
I've learned from my days as a Scout..."Always be prepared".
As I walked into the house with my prize, a housefly was walking on the kitchen countertop and the two of them became good friends for the short time that they had remaining before staging them for focus stacking sessions.
I've learned from my days as a Scout..."Always be prepared".
Jul 22, 2021 09:43:30 #
Jul 22, 2021 10:21:09 #
quixdraw wrote:
Two more amazing views that would otherwise remain unseen! Thank you!
Thanks, Quixdraw. My 'batting average' at catching flies is on the rise.
Jul 22, 2021 10:41:18 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
Thanks, Quixdraw. My 'batting average' at catching flies is on the rise.
Great, just as long as you don't start using the Frog & Toad method!
Jul 22, 2021 11:08:36 #
quixdraw wrote:
Great, just as long as you don't start using the Frog & Toad method!
Quixdaw, I could only guess how many bugs I've spit out while riding the motorcycle before I got one with an effective windshield.
Jul 22, 2021 11:11:23 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
Quixdaw, I could only guess how many bugs I've spit out while riding the motorcycle before I got one with an effective windshield.
Been there done that on motorcycles and road racing bicycles. Doesn't take more than once to learn to keep your mouth shut. Never had a windshield - goggles or face shield on the helmet.
Jul 22, 2021 11:55:12 #
quixdraw wrote:
Been there done that on motorcycles and road racing bicycles. Doesn't take more than once to learn to keep your mouth shut. Never had a windshield - goggles or face shield on the helmet.
Quixdraw, I always wear a helmet regardless of what the State Laws allow. It makes it much easier to identify the body. I was a goggle guy for face shields always either fogged or would never clean clear enough for me. Riding a motorcycle at night gives you quite an experience when you get whacked by a June Bug driving 60-mph or so down the highway and no one could ever relate to how much the rain stings at those speeds either.
Jul 22, 2021 12:01:51 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
Quixdraw, I always wear a helmet regardless of what the State Laws allow. It makes it much easier to identify the body. I was a goggle guy for face shields always either fogged or would never clean clear enough for me. Riding a motorcycle at night gives you quite an experience when you get whacked by a June Bug driving 60-mph or so down the highway and no one could ever relate to how much the rain stings at those speeds either.
The one I particularly recall, in full leather, helmet, face shield somewhere on the Illinois / Wisconsin border. Motoring along at some speed, hit a virtual cloud of tiny bugs. Every front surface coated, face shield opaque. The front of brown leather, yellow. Fortunately open road, no traffic and no harm done. no idea what they were. Exciting!
Jul 22, 2021 18:51:44 #
Don't have any motorcycle stories to share. Don't even know how to ride one. But every time I see one of your bug photos I thank the gods that humans are several magnitudes larger than insects!
Jul 22, 2021 18:53:53 #
Retired CPO wrote:
... But every time I see one of your bug photos I thank the gods that humans are several magnitudes larger than insects!
Ditto!
Jul 22, 2021 19:31:32 #
Retired CPO wrote:
Don't have any motorcycle stories to share. Don't even know how to ride one. But every time I see one of your bug photos I thank the gods that humans are several magnitudes larger than insects!
Retired CPO, there once was a time when the insects were large and they ruled the world. It was the time before the dinosaurs, about 300-million years ago. The earth had a far richer oxygen atmosphere which was a factor in their large sizes. Dragonflies fossils show that they were about three feet in size.
Jul 23, 2021 09:06:37 #
Jul 23, 2021 09:54:08 #
ecobin wrote:
Two of your best, Gary. Just super!
Elliott, thanks ever so much.
Jul 23, 2021 10:10:30 #
Jul 23, 2021 14:09:04 #
Fotoartist wrote:
Totally amazing. Inspiration for the Epcot dome.
Your lighting deserves special merit on these also. Excellent++.
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