Boss photos you've taken

[Bilbo]

The weather is still surprisingly cold in the north west and the winds are stronger than expected - leading to a paucity of insects around my area. Did find a fly on a leaf on the spiraea shrub - but there's is so little to go at it's becoming depressing!!!

Paul.

 

[dholliday]

@Bilbo's still out doing his thing


I got my eager hands on a Nikon D3 the other day, a full 7 years gone since first lusting after it thanks to dpreview's gushing review.

Well, I still prefer Canon bodies, but it's a very fine piece of kit. Some test shots here, 5mp (DX-crop) JPG's with the AI-S Nikkor 2.8/180, resized to load quick:

 

[Bilbo]

Cheers Doc

Nowt wrong with any of those Noik shots - certainly sharp and clean enough as I would expect.

 

[BLUENOWZ1878]

_CSC0342 by BLUENOWZ1878, on Flickr

 

[Bilbo]

Finally the wind subsided enough to allow me ten minutes hunting around the garden tonight and finally a couple of subjects - an orb spider/cross spider, and a harlequin ladybird on the flower off the clematis, and then after it flew from there, I found it again on a love in the mist, where I managed some nice colourful images. I like the last best personally, but also the profile and patterning on the spider.

Paul.

 

[Bilbo]

This is my nemesis. One of the 2 insects that I really do not like - despite how great they look (the other is the centipede).

I got about as close as I wanted to for this!

Exif:
Copyright: Paul Iddon - A View of the UK
Camera: Canon EOS 70D
Exposure: Manual exposure, 1/250 sec, ISO 100





Paul.

 

[BLUENOWZ1878]

red1 by BLUENOWZ1878, on Flickr

Red2 by BLUENOWZ1878, on Flickr

red gate by BLUENOWZ1878, on Flickr[/QUOTE]

 

[Philw]

This is my nemesis. One of the 2 insects that I really do not like - despite how great they look (the other is the centipede).

I got about as close as I wanted to for this!

Exif:
Copyright: Paul Iddon - A View of the UK
Camera: Canon EOS 70D
Exposure: Manual exposure, 1/250 sec, ISO 100





Paul.

Haha, they all give me the creeps, but their eyes are so cool, and this guys head looks like it's made of leather... wonder if there's a 'micro' industry there....

 

[Bilbo]

A bit of sunshine has brought a few bugs into the garden - a mason bee - seen this a good few times, but this is the first I managed to get a shot - then there's a new for me hoverfly, and a female wolf spider carrying her babies in the bag at the back, a tree bumblebee, only the second ti,e recorded in my garden, and fleeting glimpse for the first time this year of a ruby-tailed wasp on the wall of the house.

Oh, and a young frog appeared in the pond. Not this years froglets as it was much to large, so maybe one of last years that has stopped over.














Paul.

 

[Bilbo]

Five female wolf spiders and their treasured futures kept darting in and out of their lairs today, and they are so darned fast when they decide to move.
















Paul.

 

[Tramps_mate]

Five female wolf spiders and their treasured futures kept darting in and out of their lairs today, and they are so darned fast when they decide to move.
















Paul.

Er... You're not in the UK are you?

 

[Bilbo]

Er... You're not in the UK are you?

Just up the road in Preston m8...

 

[Tramps_mate]

Just up the road in Preston m8...

Where are you photographing wolf spiders?!!

 

[Bilbo]

Where are you photographing wolf spiders?!!

Just up the road in Preston m8...

They're only little ones. You see them in summer around the edge of the house walls and such.

 

[Bilbo]

Can't always stay in the same (spittle) house, but he'll soon build a new one!

You know what it is ?










Paul.