A hover fly pauses briefly in our front field. Thanks for the ID Everett!
Panasonic Lumix GM5, Lumix 14-140mm lens @ 140mm, ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/250″ exposure.
Tiny droplets of morning dew cling to the fine hairs on red clover leaves in our front field.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro, ISO 1250, f/13, 1/1000″ exposure.
Up close with a tachina fly living in a yellow world.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro, ISO 800, f/13, 1/1600″ exposure.
It’s a busy time of year out there for pollinators. This bumble bee was working the comfrey that’s growing wild near our woodshed.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro, ISO 800, f/3.3, 1/2000″ exposure.
I went on a bug hunt yesterday morning and came across this crab spider lurking in a mallow blossom below our patio garden. She was waiting to ambush the the right sized pollinator…
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro, ISO 800, f/14, 1/400″ exposure.
Timothy grass is an abundant perennial grass in our region (and many others!) It’s pipe cleaner-like heads burst with tiny flowers as it blooms.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro, ISO 800, f/8, 1/1000″ exposure.
The frequent rains have provided ample opportunity to study raindrops. The line up of droplets on the stem of this red maple leaf caught my eye from a distance and drew me right in.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro, ISO 1250, f/8, 1/2500″ exposure.
There’s a spot over by the Mailbox Trail beaver pond that has a bunch of old rusted milk cans and such scattered about in the leaf litter. This one held a clutch of still-green ferns and some moss.
Nikon D600, Nikon 50mm lens, ISO 800, f/8, 1/500″ exposure
Something about leaves in change really gets to me…
Nikon D600, Nikon 24-120mm lens @ 120mm, ISO 800, f/40, 1/200″ exposure
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