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Category Archives: Closeup Photography
07.28.2022 Crossed Blades in Brickyard 2
Third in the series. It was a good morning for dew drops. It was too breezy for stacking but I think the out of focus blade works better than had it been sharp. Aside from not liking to alter nature … Continue reading
Posted in Abstract, Amherst, Closeup Photography, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts
Tagged abstract, Amherst, Brickyard Conservation Area, Brickyard Meadow, dew drops, dewdrop with starburst, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, New England, western massachusetts
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07.26.2022 Nature’s Artistry
Of course, art is in the eye of the beholder and is only meaningful as such to humans. Everything else is about mating and survival for the insect. Leafhopper- possibly Prescottia lobata. Another new species for the yard and me. … Continue reading
Posted in Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts
Tagged Amherst, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae, Hemiptera, insect, Massachusetts, Membracoidea, New England, Prescottia lobata, true bug, True Hopper, Typical Leafhopper, western massachusetts
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07.25.2022 Macro Monday-Crossed Blades in Brickyard
While in Brickyard yesterday, my main goal was intimate scenes of grass and dew drops. There was a lot to work with and this is the first of a series. 5D Mark IV with 180 macro and 2.0 teleconverter at … Continue reading
07.24.2022 Today I learned a new behavior and the word for it.
While photographing in the yard Friday afternoon, I noticed a Goldenrod Crab spider with it’s bumblebee prey and made several photographs. (Note, this is not Nature at its prettiest but all part of the grand scheme of things.) Through the … Continue reading
Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts
Tagged Amherst, Arachnid, Araneomorphae, Chelicerata, Desmometopa, Entelegynae, Freeloader Fly, Insect Behavior, Kleptoparasite, Massachusetts, Milichiidae, Misumena vatia, New England, Thomisidae, True Spiders, western massachusetts
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07.22.2022 Funny, I didn’t smell anything
Green Burgundy Stink Bug-Banasa dimidiata Another new to me species in the yard. This, I think, is the fifth or sixth stink bug species we’ve had visit us. This one seems to want some blueberries. They like most trees and shrubs … Continue reading
07.22.2022 Frog Friday
For a change a non-green frog…well just a slight hint of green here and there. Pickerel Frog-Lithobates palustris in the grass and mud the way one usually finds them. I know they are around when I see the grass wiggle … Continue reading
07.18.2022 Sweet Bee
I’ve admired the metallic sweat bees a few of you have posed recently. I wish that was what I am sharing today, but alas the only sweat bees in the yard recently have been these Furrow Bees. Sweat Bee-Furrow Bee-Halictus … Continue reading
Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts
Tagged Aculeata, Amherst, Apoidea, Bee, Furrow Bees, Halictidae, Halictinae, Halictus, Hymenoptera, insect, Massachusetts, New England, Sweat Bee, western massachusetts
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07.16.2022 Small Saturday
Sorry. I just can’t come up with something more clever. I saw one of these caterpillars on a daisy fleabane a few weeks ago but it was rolled tight atop the flower and didn’t make for a good image. But … Continue reading
07.15.2022 Frog Friday
I have no idea if this is the same little guy I shot with the iPhone two FFs ago. They change color, hence the versicolor moniker, so that’s not a hint. At any rate, at least this one is in … Continue reading
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