Published on 12, July, 2020
I'm hoping I won't be the only person uploading to this thread.
Here's my 1st: the honey bee.
Without this bee we'd be lost as they are essential for crop pollination.
Taken in my garden on an angelica flower.
Ta. I understand better now.
Great photo. My cat caught a bat once, or found it already dead, I dont' know how she came by it, but she was fascinated by it and kept pushing towards me and meeping, like she was asking what it was, is it a mouse or a bird?
Oh, yes. I hadn't considered that
I Sperg said:You don't find them cute?
Boika said:although this Natterer's is beautiful too.
I believe that Number is talking about the word 'captured' (ie the photo) not 'beautiful' (ie the bat) with his bracketed phrase.
although this Natterer's is beautiful too. (& genetically closer to a whale than a mouse)
You don't find them cute? Like little flying mice? I picked one up once during a school trip to a stately home, and it was so cute,loking So I stroked it and then dscovered what the prhase "alive with fleas" actually means. and it all suddenly got a lot less cute...
Nature is great looked at from a distance but when you get up close, it's always "Icky" in some way...
What a beautiful thing you have captured here (the photo, not the bat.) Thank you for putting this out there.
Still a bit windy for good insect pics but this guy is an insect specialist..
Boika said:socially hesitant
Really nice to see your lovely photos and to see this thread alive again.
Thanks for uploading.
A socially hesitant digger wasp..
Mostly rain today so another old pic..White Admiral
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Boika said:Yes, finding this thread has inspired me to take more photos this year. I have lots of fungus ones but they might be too boring ;)
Yes, finding this thread has inspired me to take more photos this year.
I have lots of fungus ones but they might be too boring ;)
That's good to hear!
I have a lot I haven't sorted or uploaded so I should do the same.
I love fungus so I personally wouldn't find them boring.
I started a flora and fauna thread where I may have posted a fungus photo.
I must investigate.
Looks like our Maurice to me...
Boika said:and I STILL can't remember if bigger aperture gives more/less DOF!
Unfortunately, I seem incapable of remembering the technical details of cameras, so now I just use a Panasonic Bridge camera (FZ2000) which suits all my needs and I just keep it on auto.
I actually started this thread so I'm the 'deleted user' OP.
I hope you will upload more.
Nice of you to say but we all know it involves taking hundreds of pics and choosing one!
....and I've been into photography for 40 years now and I STILL can't remember if bigger aperture gives more/less DOF!
You are a brilliant photographer.
I saw this Southern Hawker taken by the hornet while on the wing. It's eating the wing muscles, good stuff
A fresh Southern Hawker in the garden pond..