Insects are back

scitch · Post by **scitch** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 11:48 am

Took a voyage into my backyard today just armed with my Tamron 90mm macro and an external flash. Here's what I found:

I have two of these in my freezer and cannot wait to stack those feathered antennae.

Mike

gmazza · Post by **gmazza** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:28 pm

Good images, I would work more in the concept of the first one, the diagonal formed by the leaf and the drop could make an interesting image.

Usually images from insects from behind are not the prefered by the public but you could work on the concept to make them more interesting or change to profile or frontal aproaches.

SONYNUT · Post by **SONYNUT** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 6:49 pm

still have 5 ft of snow......maybe by fall

DQE · Post by **DQE** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:32 pm

SONYNUT wrote:still have 5 ft of snow......maybe by fall

Same here (in Maine, USA)...nevertheless, I am desperate for an early spring.

Does anyone know of any especially effective rituals (of ANY variety!) that might cause an early and warm spring??!! (grins)

thartl · Post by **thartl** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:44 pm

DQE wrote:
SONYNUT wrote:still have 5 ft of snow......maybe by fall
Same here (in Maine, USA)...nevertheless, I am desperate for an early spring.

Does anyone know of any especially effective rituals (of ANY variety!) that might cause an early and warm spring??!! (grins)

Temp was -3 after wind chill today here

sonyalpha · Post by **sonyalpha** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 1:08 am

After two reasonable days, it was minus 3 in the UK Midlands last night....Spring is very late this year...but Hey!...There are signs :-)

sonyalpha

LordV · Post by **LordV** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 2:57 am

DQE wrote:
SONYNUT wrote:still have 5 ft of snow......maybe by fall

Does anyone know of any especially effective rituals (of ANY variety!) that might cause an early and warm spring??!! (grins)

I think ritual migration to Florida can work pretty well

Brian v.

scitch · Post by **scitch** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 2:00 pm

I was going to say the same thing about Southern California, Brian. 80 degrees today. I've already seen butterflies, wasps, bees, midges, ladybugs, mosquitos, and more.

Gustavo, I agree about the angles. Many of these insects were moving fervently and unfortunately didn't pose very well.

Mike

DQE · Post by **DQE** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 2:07 pm

scitch wrote:I was going to say the same thing about Southern California, Brian. 80 degrees today. I've already seen butterflies, wasps, bees, midges, ladybugs, mosquitos, and more.

Gustavo, I agree about the angles. Many of these insects were moving fervently and unfortunately didn't pose very well.

Mike

I *really* enjoyed all my business trips to Southern California - mostly to Newport Beach and the San Diego area. The conferences I mostly attended were held in February, and were always a miraculous escape from winter. Getting off the plane and soon hearing song birds, seeing flowering plants, etc, was so delightful!

Now if I could only figure out a way to move there, now that I'm retired! Last time I checked, housing, etc near beach areas, etc, was exceptionally expensive!

With my luck, I figure that shortly after I moved there, the megaearthquakes would begin...