July 2014 Photo of the month contest - Wildlife Gardeners

EllenW · 07-06-2014, 08:52 AM

It's time to start submitting your photos for July 2014. Let's make it through the last day of July. There is plenty going on in your habitat's this time of year. Can't wait to see all the great photo's everyone submits.

thank you!

gymell · 07-09-2014, 10:25 AM

Well I'll kick things off. July isn't usually a big photography month for me because bird activity tends to slow down. Here are a couple from past years, I'll try to get a few more as this month progresses.

The first is a juvenile or female ruby-throated hummingbird (almost impossible to tell the difference) at royal catchfly, with wild bergamot in the background. Taken in July 2010.

The second is a clear wing hummingbird moth at wild bergamot, with some royal catchfly in the background. Taken in July 2013.

Both these photographs were taken right by my patio, with a 500 lens and extension tube (allows for closer focus.) I can say that the bird was way easier to photograph than the moth - the former being much more predictable in its movements!

EllenW · 07-09-2014, 04:08 PM

thank you gymell. Great photos.

NEWisc · 07-10-2014, 06:35 PM

Very nice photos Gymell! You must have a lot of patience and a good eye to get those kinds of stop-action shots.

EllenW · 07-21-2014, 04:01 PM

hello WG'ers! everyone is taking beautiful photos this summer. How about submitting some of them to the photo contest? thanks!

rockerBOO · 07-21-2014, 04:20 PM

Catbird I see everyday lately. Has been searching through the leaf debris in the front yard after I put the logs in.

Huntsman on cup plant. They can get over the water moats where ants are not able to.

Found out about these sand wasps lately. Being mostly sand here at the bottom of an ancient lake.

EllenW · 07-21-2014, 07:12 PM

thank you rB

kchd · 07-21-2014, 09:07 PM

Here's one from years past, July 2009, sitting along the shores of Lake Ponchartrain waiting for thousands of purple martins to come in to roost beneath the causeway bridge.

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back40bean · 07-21-2014, 11:34 PM

Gymell, your photos are stunning

EllenW · 07-22-2014, 12:57 PM

The color is beautiful in your picture kchd, thanks

07-06-2014, 08:52 AM	#1
EllenW Alternate POM Judge Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Maryland	July 2014 Photo of the month contest It's time to start submitting your photos for July 2014. Let's make it through the last day of July. There is plenty going on in your habitat's this time of year. Can't wait to see all the great photo's everyone submits. thank you! __________________ In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle

07-09-2014, 10:25 AM	#2
gymell Grub Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Twin Cities, MN	Well I'll kick things off. July isn't usually a big photography month for me because bird activity tends to slow down. Here are a couple from past years, I'll try to get a few more as this month progresses. The first is a juvenile or female ruby-throated hummingbird (almost impossible to tell the difference) at royal catchfly, with wild bergamot in the background. Taken in July 2010. The second is a clear wing hummingbird moth at wild bergamot, with some royal catchfly in the background. Taken in July 2013. Both these photographs were taken right by my patio, with a 500 lens and extension tube (allows for closer focus.) I can say that the bird was way easier to photograph than the moth - the former being much more predictable in its movements! Attached Thumbnails

07-09-2014, 04:08 PM	#3
EllenW Alternate POM Judge Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Maryland	thank you gymell. Great photos. __________________ In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle

07-10-2014, 06:35 PM	#4
NEWisc Fox Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wisconsin	Very nice photos Gymell! You must have a lot of patience and a good eye to get those kinds of stop-action shots. __________________ . Age is a biological fact. Old is a state of mind. I will age, but I refuse to get old.

07-21-2014, 04:01 PM	#5
EllenW Alternate POM Judge Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Maryland	hello WG'ers! everyone is taking beautiful photos this summer. How about submitting some of them to the photo contest? thanks! __________________ In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle

07-21-2014, 04:20 PM	#6
rockerBOO Heron Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Lower Pioneer Valley	Catbird I see everyday lately. Has been searching through the leaf debris in the front yard after I put the logs in. Huntsman on cup plant. They can get over the water moats where ants are not able to. Found out about these sand wasps lately. Being mostly sand here at the bottom of an ancient lake. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Rebuilt Backyard - Photoblog of progress in my backyard. Flickr Photo Group - Share your photos with us on Flickr Ecogarden Design - Design your garden right in the browser

07-21-2014, 07:12 PM	#7
EllenW Alternate POM Judge Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Maryland	thank you rB __________________ In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle

07-21-2014, 09:07 PM	#8
kchd Heron Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: c. Mississippi	Here's one from years past, July 2009, sitting along the shores of Lake Ponchartrain waiting for thousands of purple martins to come in to roost beneath the causeway bridge. __________________ "That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of ethics." — Aldo Leopold

07-21-2014, 11:34 PM	#9
back40bean Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Decatur, GA	Gymell, your photos are stunning

07-22-2014, 12:57 PM	#10
EllenW Alternate POM Judge Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Maryland	The color is beautiful in your picture kchd, thanks __________________ In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle

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