Archive for the category "Insects"

I did not have many good opportunities to photograph these guys. They are fast, and rarely landed anywhere near me. I snapped this shot with the camera handheld. With my luck, getting the tripod and setting it up would've been a waste of time.

Red Dragonfly: A Friend in Your Yard

October 1, 2012

Here, I added quite a bit of vignette to the shot. That made the butterfly kinda pop with light. This is pretty easy to do in Aperture 3. I didn't mess with the color too much. Pretty much what I saw is what you get.

Yellow Bedwetter

September 24, 2012

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Backyard Dragonfly

September 12, 2012

Click me for a full screen view of my lips and buck teeth

Cicada Killer

August 27, 2012

Click for a large view.

Tattered. Battered. Beautifully so.

July 24, 2012

Seems awfully hot for silk. Must just be me.

My Backyard Silk-making Machine

July 6, 2012

I shot this fly as I was peering through one of our Hydrangea bushes. For some reason, they swarmed around this bush until I treated it with a systemic root wash. Problem solved.

Bugs We Can Do Without

July 6, 2012

Monarch butterfly on a coneflower

Attractions of the Coneflower

July 3, 2012

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The Wings Can See

June 20, 2012

The underwing of a Painted Lady. Click for a full size view.

Scenes From the Butterfly Garden

June 12, 2012

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