Killed 3 spiders in my house last night. They look like small brown thingies but when you photograph them all these detail come alive. Unfortunately this 32 image stack is problematic. The depth of field is so small (hence the 32 images) the out of focus areas appear very large. This can be seen if …
Category Archives: Animals
Crow Scrap Crew
Happens every Monday morning. The crows go dumpster diving.
Animal Ark
While we were in Reno we visited the Animal Ark. We didn’t get there til midday so I have too many photos of sleeping animals which I will not post.
Lord of the Flies
I really hate flies! But then why do I photograph them so much? This is a 26 shot focus stack image, shot with my 65mm MPE on the 5X magnification.
Lacewing
Sandy found a green lacewing on her windshield and brought it to me to photograph.
Kingfisher
I have been trying to photograph a Belted Kingfisher for quite some time now. She has proven to be quite elusive. She always announces her arrival with a loud heckle, but the second she sees me she bolts. I will get a decent photo if it’s the last thing I do…
Hawkish
Did my usual morning thing. Coffee in one hand camera in the other. Noticed 2 hawks go back and forth diving into the field. So I ran out there and attempted to get a little closer. I don’t know if it is a Coopers or Redtail Hawk.
Bugging
Found a bug in our trash, so I shot em. Needless to say it looked nothing like this to the naked eye, but on a macro level all the details come to light.
Dragonfly
Next week Saturday I will be attending a Canon Live class on macro photography. How appropriate that today I would come across a dragonfly in the backyard. I shot em with natural & artificial light.
Your fly is down
Caught this huge fly fornicating on my guava tree so I caught em and shot em. MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro with a MT-24EX flash.