Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: John Koerner on June 11, 2016, 05:40:17 pm
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Kind of a cool day today ...as in temperature :)
The Lupines were beautiful, but everything seemed to be hiding ... however I did find a couple of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) and a couple of Acmon Blues (Plebejus acmon).
(http://www.thenaturephotographer.club/thumbnails/1/1_thumb_0000001449_large.jpg)
(http://www.thenaturephotographer.club/thumbnails/1/1_thumb_0000001447_large.jpg)
Not much of a day, for one of my few days off, but hope it warms up a bit tomorrow :)
(All images taken exactly as found in nature, un-baited/un-staged/un-manipulated in any way, via natural light. Single images, minimally-processed.)
Thanks for looking,
Jack
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Very nice indeed.
Have a Nice Day.
Thierry
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Beautiful soft light, well done.
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Thank you both.
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Beautiful soft light, well done.
+1: soft light and razor sharp focus is always a nice combination. (Is that a skipper butterfly?)
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More great shots John, in my neck of the woods (SW CT) it seems that the benevolent honeybee is a rarity and what is most often seen are the GD wasps & yellow jackets which all seem to have missile lock on me :)
Kevin in CT
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+1: soft light and razor sharp focus is always a nice combination. (Is that a skipper butterfly?)
Thank you. The butterfly is an Acmon Blue (Plebejus acmon).
More great shots John, in my neck of the woods (SW CT) it seems that the benevolent honeybee is a rarity and what is most often seen are the GD wasps & yellow jackets which all seem to have missile lock on me :)
Kevin in CT
Thank you.
Been stung by plenty of Yellow Jackets, but I hold them no ill-will ... they're just being Yellow Jackets :D
It's a shame on the honey bee topic. I am glad to say, that even though California may be short on water, the honeybee population thrives here. It is impossible not to find them on just about every group of wildflowers that one finds.
I normally don't photograph honeybees, but the pickings were slim on this cold day, but the light indeed was soft, and I though the "cloudlike" quality of the flowers might make for an especially-appealing image of one. There was a soft breeze, so it was tough to get a sharp image, but fortunately the bee was fairly slow in the 64° weather, and the wind died down for just long enough for me to get a productive 'click' ;D
Jack
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Very nice images.
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Thank you again :)
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Beautiful images.
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Beautiful images.
Thank you sir.
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The butterfly foto is particularly lovely.
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Thank you.
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beautiful shots
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Gratzi :)