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Saturday Self-Challenge: Things That Fly or Float
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Pictures for Pam, Day 134: SSC: Hoverfly with Fairy Dust
(+10 insets!) (please view large) :D
I woke up to a very wet day but happily it wasn't raining when I went out on my walk. It's such fun to be outside in the springtime because the birds are so busy! It seems like every tree is a-twitter with birdies, and though I cannot see any nests, I'm sure they are there, hidden in the branches. I was delighted to discover exactly where a pair of nuthatches have theirs--it's in a hollowed spot of trunk near the top of an oak tree just off the road. I saw them leave as a pair and could see where they came from! What fun!
By the way, if you've been keeping up with my bird sightings at the feeders, we've got new species showing up! Finally the lovely Lesser Goldfinches have found the feeders and we're seeing groups of up to 6 visiting! Yesterday I saw a mourning dove moving around under the feeders and when I turned away, Steve laughed out loud and said, "Another mourning dove flew in and crash-landed on the first one…RUDE!" :D I'll show these new bird species as insets below my main presentation.
Today is SATURDAY SELF CHALLENGE!! YES!! *pumps fist in the air* The theme seems to be made exactly for me: "Close Up In Color". OK, I think I can do that! :D Happily, Wednesday was the first day of spring and I went on a photo safari around our property looking for all of the flowers which were in bloom. I managed to find several few new ones and I got some pictures of saxifrage too. (This is a flower I've mentioned but haven't shown any pictures until now.) It's a fairly plain flower but I'm delighted to say that I got some very nice images to share. I also got a much better picture of a flower I'd photographed in the past called Hairy Bittercress.
My main image is a tiny hoverfly (.3"/8.46mm) sitting in a sea of bokeh with just its face in sharp focus. It landed on a stem right next to me as I was photographing a buttercup and wasn't bothered by me at all. This allowed me to take many dozen pictures in various apertures and different angles. In fact, I was the one that left, not him! The thing that sets this little guy apart are those incredible iridescent wings! Aren't they amazing?! This picture is magical to me because the bokeh turned the colors of its wings into fairy dust!
You will find two more angles of this hoverfly as insets but I'm also presenting most of the subjects I photographed on the first day of spring. What fun it was to process them all. It was extremely satisfying to add some better pictures of species I've photographed before. I am not much of a fan of either Saxifrage or Hairy Bittercress but I actually got some attractive images of them--not easy to do, let me tell you! :) Anyway, I hope you enjoy the show! (I actually had to trim down the number of pictures…far too many so I'll post another set in a few days along with pictures of new flowers I've found since!) :)
Pam, it was easy to know what to search for and I went in figuring there would be plenty of choices--hoverflies are pretty brave little guys and make fantastic subjects because they often just sit there, asking, "Do I look more beautiful from the left, or perhaps from the right? Oh? You'd like an image of me hovering? Why of course, here you go!" :D I picked your beautiful Hoverfly on Bradford Pear Blossom image… what a stunner. The blossoms are right out of Cinderella and that hoverfly is the perfect model! :) I hope you have had a good day my dear!! *BIG HUGS TO YOU*!!!!
Explored on 3/24/19, highest placement, #1.
I woke up to a very wet day but happily it wasn't raining when I went out on my walk. It's such fun to be outside in the springtime because the birds are so busy! It seems like every tree is a-twitter with birdies, and though I cannot see any nests, I'm sure they are there, hidden in the branches. I was delighted to discover exactly where a pair of nuthatches have theirs--it's in a hollowed spot of trunk near the top of an oak tree just off the road. I saw them leave as a pair and could see where they came from! What fun!
By the way, if you've been keeping up with my bird sightings at the feeders, we've got new species showing up! Finally the lovely Lesser Goldfinches have found the feeders and we're seeing groups of up to 6 visiting! Yesterday I saw a mourning dove moving around under the feeders and when I turned away, Steve laughed out loud and said, "Another mourning dove flew in and crash-landed on the first one…RUDE!" :D I'll show these new bird species as insets below my main presentation.
Today is SATURDAY SELF CHALLENGE!! YES!! *pumps fist in the air* The theme seems to be made exactly for me: "Close Up In Color". OK, I think I can do that! :D Happily, Wednesday was the first day of spring and I went on a photo safari around our property looking for all of the flowers which were in bloom. I managed to find several few new ones and I got some pictures of saxifrage too. (This is a flower I've mentioned but haven't shown any pictures until now.) It's a fairly plain flower but I'm delighted to say that I got some very nice images to share. I also got a much better picture of a flower I'd photographed in the past called Hairy Bittercress.
My main image is a tiny hoverfly (.3"/8.46mm) sitting in a sea of bokeh with just its face in sharp focus. It landed on a stem right next to me as I was photographing a buttercup and wasn't bothered by me at all. This allowed me to take many dozen pictures in various apertures and different angles. In fact, I was the one that left, not him! The thing that sets this little guy apart are those incredible iridescent wings! Aren't they amazing?! This picture is magical to me because the bokeh turned the colors of its wings into fairy dust!
You will find two more angles of this hoverfly as insets but I'm also presenting most of the subjects I photographed on the first day of spring. What fun it was to process them all. It was extremely satisfying to add some better pictures of species I've photographed before. I am not much of a fan of either Saxifrage or Hairy Bittercress but I actually got some attractive images of them--not easy to do, let me tell you! :) Anyway, I hope you enjoy the show! (I actually had to trim down the number of pictures…far too many so I'll post another set in a few days along with pictures of new flowers I've found since!) :)
Pam, it was easy to know what to search for and I went in figuring there would be plenty of choices--hoverflies are pretty brave little guys and make fantastic subjects because they often just sit there, asking, "Do I look more beautiful from the left, or perhaps from the right? Oh? You'd like an image of me hovering? Why of course, here you go!" :D I picked your beautiful Hoverfly on Bradford Pear Blossom image… what a stunner. The blossoms are right out of Cinderella and that hoverfly is the perfect model! :) I hope you have had a good day my dear!! *BIG HUGS TO YOU*!!!!
Explored on 3/24/19, highest placement, #1.
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Super work... 'Best wishes' to you.. from David J'..... UK.
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Never knew a hoverfly could be this incredibly beautiful up close:)))
The flowers and birds are also absolutely gorgeous!
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Thanks for a fun read and all your enthusiasm for the challenge! :)
Valfal has addedQuel plaisir de lire vos nouvelles le matin ! J'admire vos connaissances en botanique en espèces d'oiseaux et d'insectes. Vous maitrisez parfaitement la faune et la flore ! N'ayant aucune de ces connaissances, je découvre et j'apprends tout au long de vos lignes. Je vous remercie pour cela ! Capturer des sujets est une chose mais les capturer en connaissant ces sujets doit être encore plus passionnant !
Encore une fois, ces photos sont d'une qualité exceptionnelle et vous félicite pour le choix de votre objectif très lumineux et la focale qui se prête à ces brokeh formidables !
Je vous souhaite de passer un bon dimanche Janet !
Dommage que les fleurs ne soient en public , certaines auraient pu aller dans mes groupes de botanique avec plaisir
I like the softness of the fly with the soft bokeh on the main photo very much.
I`m always an admirer of your nature photography.
Sooo difficult to make a sharp macro outside: no chance for using a tripod, mostly it`s windy - and insects are moving so fast !!! Your EXIF-datas are so interesting for me - hope to learn !!!
(for yesterday`s challenge I was hunting some bees and butterflies - and failed a lot !!!)
The insets are great too. The mourning dove seems to be freezing. It puffed up its feathers. The pics of the tiny blossoms are outstanding. Especially I like the pic of the Smallflower Woodland Star. It glows like a purple star in the sunlight.
Dazu noch in exzellenter Schärfe ein Besucher.
Freundliche Grüße und einen schönen Sonntag
Erich
Your main image is just simply splendiferous..!! That's not one of my made up words either - it means excellent or very beautiful and special - which just about sums it up :-)
The images in the PiPs are without exception, just wonderful, especially all the tiny little flowers and are just a joy to look at :-)
Thanks for your recent comments on my photos.............I always appreciate your thoughts!
ave a nice week
Mille bravos pour ta série de macros de grande qualité !
Bonne semaine à toi.
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