Boss photos you've taken

[kev]

From today's walk -
A couple of dragonflies (don't know what kind)
A young grey heron (x2)
A brown rat
and finally . . . . . a dead mole complete with feeding bluebottle lol (I have never seen a live mole in the wild, so was lucky to see this)

 

[Bilbo]

Broad bodied chasers I think, and poor moley...

 

[Bilbo]

Scrap that - it's a black-tailed skimmer and a 4 spotted chaser @kev

Paul.

 

[kev]

Scrap that - it's a black-tailed skimmer and a 4 spotted chaser @kev

Paul.

Cheers for that

 

[Bilbo]

So this morning I ran another two swabs over the sensor and the first photos today have had no cloning of spots done to them at all.

In these images, the sensor looks as near to clean as I think it's going to get, though time will tell when different backgrounds come into play and various light levels and colours and brightness. But, hopefully, I've got it sorted, at least until next time the dreaded dust gets inside!!!

The example is the Ichneumonid wasp peering over the edge of a leaf on the apple tree uncropped full image, and then cropped in, and then I've got a bee on the laurel and a greenbottle near to it, which is cropped, and that too shows no spots I can see on first inspection. So I'm much happier now, especially as the workflow time will be reduced not having to get rid of blemished areas!

Paul.

 

[Seathestars]

Herring Gull, Common Reed Bunting, no idea what the flower is, nice colours mind you. @Devanski Can you work your magic please

 

[Devanski]

Herring Gull, Common Reed Bunting, no idea what the flower is, nice colours mind you. @Devanski Can you work your magic please

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Common evening primrose, buddy .

 

[Seathestars]

Common evening primrose, buddy .

Really, as it happens I take evening primrose oil capsules, good for cells and skin I believe, thanks a lot

 

[Bilbo]

Araneidae family of spiders, the green orb cucumber spider is hard to find because they blend in so damn well...

Paul.

 

[kev]

Araneidae family of spiders, the green orb cucumber spider is hard to find because they blend in so damn well...

Stunning images. . . . . . . . . . as ever!

 

[Bilbo]

Froghopper on a rose petal:

This is the common froghopper, Philaenus spumarius. It was standing on the stem of a rose, just beneath the bud, and I was able to gently break the flower away from the plant and that allowed me to use the petals as the background as it moved around.

It was around 9.30pm when I took these, which probably explains why it didn't bounce off into the garden and gave me the chance to nail a good few shots from various angles, by turning the rose around to get the shots.

Paul.

 

[Sassy Colombian]

Araneidae family of spiders, the green orb cucumber spider is hard to find because they blend in so damn well...

Paul.

Paul, your pictures never stop amazing me. What a cool looking spider too, nature is so amazing.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Froghopper on a rose petal:

This is the common froghopper, Philaenus spumarius. It was standing on the stem of a rose, just beneath the bud, and I was able to gently break the flower away from the plant and that allowed me to use the petals as the background as it moved around.

It was around 9.30pm when I took these, which probably explains why it didn't bounce off into the garden and gave me the chance to nail a good few shots from various angles, by turning the rose around to get the shots.

Paul.

Amazing - what a face!

 

[Bilbo]

Stunning images. . . . . . . . . . as ever!

Paul, your pictures never stop amazing me. What a cool looking spider too, nature is so amazing.

Thank you both.

I'm crap at most types of photography - unless the subject is small. People, scenery, architecture, I'm hopeless at these. But give me a bug...

Paul.

 

[Bilbo]

Amazing - what a face!

Thanks Spadge - yeah, it's full of expression!

Paul.