He was crawling along a Moon Flower vine. When this small movement is the only way you can spot them. How small ? Maybe a little more than 1/2 inch, 1.2 cm. That’s tiny.
Below is a flower that was in the same general space for perspective. I keep hoping g I’m going to find a small one inside a blooming flower.
Specs; OM-1 (1), OM 12-100, GODOX iT32 flash, Lightroom.
By now, with weeks of watching and photographing these plants, I can tell how these blooms close each morning.
First the dew, or rain, touches the flowers petals and after just a short time each drop makes the surface most transparent. You can most see through the leaves of the flowers.
Finally the flower folds inward. I’m not sure if the water pulls the leaves inward or not. I then to think the think braces push together though.
The entire process is actually fast. Which makes me think I could shoot a time lapse of this. I won’t, but I could. 🤣
Poking around the Moon Flowers early morning I find all kinds of other subjects to shoot. Most are the type of shot is just to test and see what I get. Rarely do any get published.
This is not the first time I’ve photographed the dew or rain drops. I liked this and maybe I need to pay more attention to details.
Specs; OM-1 (1), OM 12-100, iT32 GODOX Flash, Spot Metering, Lightroom, (I think I used something else too lol).
The Great Egret was down in the cut, standing right on the base of the wooden trunk. Since I was up on the dike I had no other angle, or option but to take a head shot.
He didn’t stay there long. This is the spot where you both see each other at about the same time.
Specs; OM-1 mk2, OM 100-400 II, Lightroom, DxO Filmpack ( Kodachrome 25).
As long as they bloom I’ll go shoot some photos. They are so darn photogenic. You can use just so many different developing tools on these flowers too.
ON1 Photo Raw editor had an update, a big fix actually, so I ran the files and took it out for a test. I have a good amount of time invested in testing it, more than any other editor, so ‘once more into the breach’.
Specs; ON1 Photo Raw, GODOX iT32, OM 12-100, DxO Color Efex
I don’t think I’ll be getting any flying Hummingbirds this year. It’s getting late in the season and at this point any shots I do get will be a hungry bird at the feeders while I’m standing nearby.
The little guys are heading to South America now and need a good supply of fresh food. The feeders we hang will hopefully give them what they need for the long trip.
The Roseate Skimmer is a common Dragonfly in the Americas (I don’t think he’s changed that name yet). They range from North America to Brazil.
I’ve only recently started to try shooting insects so they’re all new to me. Ellen’s 90mm (180 mm efov) is starting to call me, though for now I’m using what I find handy.
The lace like wings have always fascinated me and I’m discovering how hard it is to get the focus right on them. Stacking images is likely the best method and I have all I need to do it, I just need to remember and maybe practice.
Best viewed large.
Specs; OM-1 (1), OM 12-100, Lightroom, Topaz.
This photograph is just a ‘fun’ image, not great and it’s on my porch screen. However…
Some places in the world, like South America, have larger insects. Many don’t. The US actually doesn’t have many large ones. Of course the all live where I do, no really they do.
These critters live in just about every place on earth, size differs. Here my new friend was about the usual 2 inches in length. When talking about bugs that makes him a beast.
Once you get past the idea that one might land on you they are very interesting. Here is an information link should you want to stay up half the night… Cicada
Specs; OM-1 (1), OM 12-100, GODOX iT32 flash, Lightroom.
