I Have these flowers that are called Live Forevers and year after year I get hordes and hordes of Bumble Bees, Wasp, Carpenter Bees, Skipper Butterflies the Skipper Butterflies are a large abundance of these guy’s. My yard use to be flooded with all these
insects but I noticed in the last two years the numbers have dropped significantly. Canon R5, Canon RF 100mm Macro Lens ISO 100 Camera set @ F 11 shutter @ 125s Induro Tripod, I use a large Flash point Ring Light where the camera mounts on rails and the Lens comes through the ring it is a very powerful light I purchased it from Adorama Camera. I shoot only in manual. And use the light for fill. I keep getting the black above and under because I have all my pics stored on my I Phone.

All but the first of these shots were taken between dawn and 10 AM this morning, with the air so dry, it would probably chap a turtle's lips.

The first photo, however, was taken last evening, showing a street marketer protecting the goods. The real feel temperature was probably about 18°.

The airplane out of LaGuardia is about 5 miles away. The seagull is not.

The there's this little boy playing hide and seek with me on the bus to Central Park... or maybe it's peekaboo. It's been a very long time since I've played either.

The next image is of the Pond in Central Park at its southernmost point looking at the Gapstow bridge, and the next shows some people walking towards it.
Next you see an ice-skating lesson for two girls who should be in school.
Then we've got two male mallards playing follow the leader. The last two are part of the horse drawn carriage scene.

Hello all...we were in Japan for a 3 week wildlife tour early February. Most of the trip was lost due to me getting Covid on day 3 and deciding to call it quits and returning home on day 6. My wife also tested positive after arriving home. Big disappointment but the right decision to come home. I am still struggling with symptoms but gradually getting better.

Anyway a goal of mine for quite a while was seeing the Snow Monkeys near Nagano. I was only able to spend about 5 hours with them out of 2 1/2 days the group was there but got some great photos...hope you enjoy them!

Dave