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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Wisconsin
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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The coupling butterflies is my favorite, but I took this later in the day and decided it was worth sharing too.
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Salamander
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Grimes County,Texas
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I like the design and composition in this photo. The shadows of the leaves are mirrored in the shape of the dragonfly and the straight grain of the background (wood?) provides contrast.
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Thank you, scarecrowsdrm.
When the dragonfly first landed on the wood siding of the barn, it was closer to the shadows and I thought it would make an excellent photo. I guess I scared it when I moved the camera. It flew off only to return a short time later, but not quite in the same place. I'm glad you still think it is a good composition--I imagined that its first placement was better, but I really lucked out that it came back!
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Salamander
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Grimes County,Texas
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#126 |
Heron
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Tinley Park, Illinois, USA
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Thanks scarecrowsdrm, glad you like that shot. They're a favorite species of mine to photograph, and that's my best shot of them, so far. Instead of my usual grab and run style of photography, I took the time to use a tripod and a wired remote to trigger the camera, no flash, so the exposure was 2 seconds long at f/22 which gave me sufficient depth of field. Unfortunately, I couldn't take the time to photograph them more, as I was leading a mushroom foray and we had to move on. This photo was cropped from a wider shot, so it was a little bit of a grab instead of carefully composed.
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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#128 |
The Bug Whisperer
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Monroe County, WV, USA
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This months' efforts - A tiger beetle near Moncove Lake in Monroe Co. WV, sunset over Minot ND (flood-swollen Souris River in foreground), the banks of the Souris River where it flows through our farmstead near Minot (the water level is nearly 20' above where it normally is at this time of year), and a baby toad (less than an inch long) found near my brother's grain bins on the prairie more than a mile from the river.
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Heron
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Tinley Park, Illinois, USA
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I particularly like the Tiger Beetle, suunto, they're fascinating, and can be tricky to photograph. Any idea what species it is? Seems like the only one I ever see here is the Six-spotted Tiger Beetle, which is a beauty, but I'd like to photograph more kinds of them.
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#130 |
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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I especially like the sunset and the markings on the toad.
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