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Post by tod2 on Oct 1, 2013 18:13:20 GMT
Incredible photos! And I suppose incredible patience too!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2013 18:26:50 GMT
tod, we spent most of the day riding bikes, so no patience was involved, just lightning reflexes. I have a crap camera, and 75% of my shots I throw out, and just occasionally get something worthwhile. This board is inspiring me to buy a new one, if I can save up. I want to take pics of insect and flowers (close up) and birds (from a distance) all the time and scarcely manage it now.
Everyone else's photos are just magic!
Maybe htmb can answer - what are those enormous black bees that are in Florida? I tried photographing them, but they were not happy with my dithering and focusing.
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Post by htmb on Oct 1, 2013 21:03:19 GMT
A type of bumble bee I would imagine. I will find some pictures to see if we're talking about the same thing.
Love your butterfly. Not bad for having a "crap" camera.
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Post by htmb on Oct 2, 2013 1:06:10 GMT
Is this the kind of bee you saw, Lizzy?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2013 2:09:04 GMT
I don't think so. I really could have sworn it was 100% black, and looked quite mean.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2013 15:16:16 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2013 15:58:12 GMT
Yikes! That's it, casimira. Thank you.
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Post by tod2 on Apr 29, 2014 17:47:57 GMT
Our autumn weather is glorious with clear blue skies, very little wind and lots of warm sunshine. This has given the butterflies a real go-ahead. They are fluttering past, only hovering over a flower for a few seconds, and most just flitting from one side of the garden to the other. So very hard to capture on camera!! This is a Common Zebra Blue Alternate common name: Common Blue Afrikaans common name: Gewone-ertjiebloutjie Wingspan: ♂ 21–29 mm ♀ 24–30 mm Notes: Attracted to wet mud. Distinguishable from other members of the Common Blue group only by genital dissection. Common and widespread throughout South Africa in all biomes; absent only from the highest mountains. Larvae feed on Plumbago. Flight period: Year-round in warmer areas, Oct–Mar in cooler areas. Here I captured the teeny little weazel on my Plumbago bush.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2014 11:00:49 GMT
Wonderful. Yesterday in the Albert Kahn gardens, I saw a few butterflies and bees at work but they were too rare to try to chase with my camera. The weather will need to warm up some more.
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Post by fumobici on Apr 30, 2014 17:07:36 GMT
I caught this honeybee at work on a peony in le Jardin des Plants yesterday. Almost as colorful as the Rue Denoyez photos I took this afternoon.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2014 17:13:32 GMT
Just the refined palette of colours in that photo are already fantastic, and most of us already know how difficult it is to capture those fickle insects with our cameras. I get maybe one good photo out of 10 or 15 attempts (although it is very often due to the autofocus of my camera which is so wonderful in most photos but generally hopeless when attempting extreme closeups).
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2014 22:37:54 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2014 17:05:59 GMT
Excellent! I saw a few pollinators when I visited the Albert Kahn gardens again recently, but they were too fast for me to get any pictures. I am thinking that perhaps they slow down as the warm season progresses and they become laden with more pollen, so I will be on the lookout in my next outings.
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Post by lugg on May 28, 2014 19:23:21 GMT
Fabulous photos here since I last looked - Lots of bees are out and about here, which is great news but I have seen very few butterfly yet,
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Post by htmb on May 28, 2014 20:51:36 GMT
Wonderful bee pic, Lugg!!
Recently, I've seen few butterflies here, though I haven't been out in a couple weeks.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2014 12:36:33 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2014 12:42:44 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2014 16:08:53 GMT
Wow!! All these so brilliantly captured. I love this thread!!
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Post by tod2 on Jun 2, 2014 16:20:45 GMT
You did great Kerouac! Those are awesome pics!
Fumobici - That is like going into the ovens of hell! What a lovely red colour!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 5, 2014 16:33:40 GMT
This page is wonderful ~~ so many perfect pollinator portraits!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2014 17:46:10 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2014 19:26:27 GMT
I love this thread!!!! That last pic is spectacular K2 as are all the others throughout this thread.
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Post by htmb on Jul 4, 2014 12:35:46 GMT
Really nice shots!!! I love the various brilliant colors of the flowers in this thread, too. I surprised myself with this one. It is probably the best pollinator photo I've ever taken since I haven't had a lot of luck in the past.
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Post by tod2 on Jul 4, 2014 12:50:49 GMT
htmb - that is truly a photo that captures the title of this thread!! It's a wonder the poor thing could fly after gathering all that pollen
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Post by htmb on Jul 5, 2014 19:04:06 GMT
Thanks, Tod!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2014 13:10:29 GMT
Fabulous HTMB. Is that a Magnolia?
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Post by htmb on Jul 6, 2014 13:26:21 GMT
Thanks! Yes, it is a magnolia. The blossom was pretty high up, but I thought I could see insects inside when I took the picture.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2014 15:58:10 GMT
They look like pillagers!
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Post by htmb on Jul 6, 2014 16:17:07 GMT
It reminds me of my eye. The lines in the magnolia blossom are similar what I'm seeing at the moment.
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Post by tod2 on Jul 9, 2014 11:55:04 GMT
A lovely photo htmb! Looks like the bees are working in secret!
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