General Photography thread

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Since Covid hit, and with our home situation, I haven't been able to get out much to take any photos.

So it was yesterday I found myself looking back through my hard drive and found this picture I would like to share. It wasn't taken on safari or anything so grand, but if my memory serves me, at Colchester zoo... I had thought of cropping out the wooden fence rail at the bottom, but think that would have made the head too detached and just floating!

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Why the long face?

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

"Horrible" insects are horrible until you take a photo of them with a macro lens and can then see their hidden beauty.

Yep, they transition into something so remarkable and fascinating that horror and disgust are suspended.

 

[1066familyman]

"Horrible" insects are horrible until you take a photo of them with a macro lens and can then see their hidden beauty.

Brilliant little piece on a macro photographer on first episode of Springwatch this year. He gets some stunning shots!

I wish people would just think of Flies as pollinators in the same way they think about Bees. They might get more love then.

 

[Jack Straw]

Brilliant little piece on a macro photographer on first episode of Springwatch this year. He gets some stunning shots!

I wish people would just think of Flies as pollinators in the same way they think about Bees. They might get more love then.

That bloke was something else. Amazing shots he produced.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Brilliant little piece on a macro photographer on first episode of Springwatch this year. He gets some stunning shots!

I wish people would just think of Flies as pollinators in the same way they think about Bees. They might get more love then.

The problem I have with them, is not so much the pollinating, but more the vomiting and shite eating (then spreading).

 

[1066familyman]

The problem I have with them, is not so much the pollinating, but more the vomiting and shite eating (then spreading).

Well, yeah, there is that as well

 

[Weststander]

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Golden Gate

Wow ... nature, the landscape and your perfect photo.

 

[Jack Straw]

Went to Castle Hill to do a bit of moth-bothering this evening. One or two reasonable butterfly shots, but the cheeky magpie made me smile.
Orange butterfly is a Dark Green Fritillary.
White one is a Marbled White.

 

[1066familyman]

Went to Castle Hill to do a bit of moth-bothering this evening. One or two reasonable butterfly shots, but the cheeky magpie made me smile.
Orange butterfly is a Dark Green Fritillary.
White one is a Marbled White.

Loving all of them JS.

Marvellous scenes!

 

[1066familyman]

I'm thinking of paying a visit to Knepp soon as still never been. Keen to take my budget camera and spotting scope along to see what shots I can get. Would be good if I could see the Storks too.

Just watched a YouTube video from a visitor with some lovely shots, especially of the Storks.
He was good enough to mention the gear he was using. Oh, the Nikon Z9 camera body you say? Nice, I'll just check the price on that out of interest.....

I didn't bother checking the lenses he was using

 

[Jack Straw]

I'm thinking of paying a visit to Knepp soon as still never been. Keen to take my budget camera and spotting scope along to see what shots I can get. Would be good if I could see the Storks too.

Just watched a YouTube video from a visitor with some lovely shots, especially of the Storks.
He was good enough to mention the gear he was using. Oh, the Nikon Z9 camera body you say? Nice, I'll just check the price on that out of interest.....

I didn't bother checking the lenses he was using

Knepp's a very interesting place. The last time I went, we booked a table at the Countryman pub, parked in their car park, walked around the estate for three hours, and got back for a beautiful meal and a couple of pints of Harveys.
I've posted this photo before, but here are the storks again. I only had my macro lens, so they're a long way off at the top-left of the tree.

 

[Surf's Up]

Holidaying in the Rockies atm and took this on my camera from my hotel window

 

[Surf's Up]

Should say phone camera not camera!!

 

[Jack Straw]

Holidaying in the Rockies atm and took this on my camera from my hotel window
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The view from the gite we're renting soon in France looks quite nice, but yours knocks spots off it!

 

[Smirko]

Holidaying in the Rockies atm and took this on my camera from my hotel window
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What a view!

 

[Smirko]

Green Hornbill from my recent sojourn to ZAF.

 

[1066familyman]

Having a clear out of phone photos and found this that I took back in March.
Digiscoped using a Svbony sv406p and a Redmi Note 9 pro.
Used 'pro' mode so I could play around with ISO and shutter speed. No post processing.

 

[Jack Straw]

Spent a while trying to get a decent Humming-bird Hawk Moth. This was the best of a reasonable bunch.
Full size image here;
https://www.flickr.com/photos/128321708@N03/52180279688/in/album-72177720299584193/lightbox/

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

This was just before the last flower opened. Previous best with this plant was 4 flowers. This year, 14

 

[Jack Straw]

This was just before the last flower opened. Previous best with this plant was 4 flowers. This year, 14

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You're kidding? (See what I did there?)