Wildlife pictures

[brancho]

Here are a bunch of recent shots starting with some of a large bumble bee from today.


This is one big slow bumble bee.


No1
Big bumble 1 by Alf Branch, on Flickr


No2
Big bumble 2 by Alf Branch, on Flickr


This is a a wasp I think but I am unsure as it may be a sawfly I suppose.


No3
Wasp or sawfly by Alf Branch, on Flickr


A large beetle hiding from me


No4
Hiding beetle by Alf Branch, on Flickr


A Damsel fly


N05
Damsel fly by Alf Branch, on Flickr


A hover fly


No6
Syritta pipiens by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[brancho]

And finally a frogghopper


No7
Frogghopper by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[Harvestman]

That froghopper looks thoroughly p'd off at being photographed

 

[brancho]

That froghopper looks thoroughly p'd off at being photographed

Mike
You are probably right as they do not like being photographed they always turn thier back to me when I aproach

 

[brancho]

Here are some shots from my latest forays into the garden.

I have trying to get to grips with my Olympus 60mm f2.8 macro lens which produces great results but was posing me issues with focus particularly the focus by wire MF speed. Now I have finally worked out what back button focus is I mananging to use the lens in a predicable way. The first three shots were taken with the 60mm but I need to work on the light for this.


A couple of leafhoppers.


Leafhopper 1 by Alf Branch, on Flickr


Leafhopper 2 by Alf Branch, on Flickr


Bumble bee by Alf Branch, on Flickr


Finally a very fast moving and difficult to track barkfly with the Sigma tubes and Raynox.


Barkfly by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[quietone]

OOooo.. otter, very nice.

Eh... dunno how this got here... was replying to harvestmans post ..

But, seriously, these macro shots are simply stunning.

 

[brancho]

OOooo.. otter, very nice.

Eh... dunno how this got here... was replying to harvestmans post ...

Are you talking about post #1 on the thread 23 pages and over years ago?
If so there are a lot of photos between then and now.

 

[brancho]

Here are some wasp shots from the other week. They really love our laurel hedge and feed at the base of the leaves that seem to exude sap and other things eat there too.


Wasp 3 by Alf Branch, on Flickr


Wasp by Alf Branch, on Flickr


Wasp 2 by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[Harvestman]

Here's a Sphecodes bee taken whilst borrowing someone else's macro lens for a try out.

[/url]Sphecodes sp by Michael Kilner, on Flickr[/IMG]

 

[brancho]

Nice shot Mike.
How did you find it using a macro lens?
Were you using AF or MF?

 

[brancho]

We have had some of the best weather of the year lately and the garden is full of butterflies and moths though I am struggling to shoot the moths. These shots were all taken with my Zuiko 60 mm f2.8 macro lens which I am starting to enjoy using.



Here is a Red Admiral



red admiral 2 by Alf Branch, on Flickr


I was able to get very close this is uncropped.


red admiral 1 by Alf Branch, on Flickr


Here is a Small Tortoise Shell



Small tortoise shell by Alf Branch, on Flickr


Here is a happy accident that happened with this hoverfly took off while I was shooting it



Hover flight by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[Arya]

Picture taken during a photo clinic at EKT Langedrag Naturpark, in Norway. It was an amazing experience to walk among these animals, inside the fence!

[/url]Untitled by Lykketrollet, on Flickr[/IMG]
Lynx Lynx

 

[Ferret75]

Picture taken during a photo clinic at EKT Langedrag Naturpark, in Norway. It was an amazing experience to walk among these animals, inside the fence!

[/url]Untitled by Lykketrollet, on Flickr[/IMG]
Lynx Lynx

My God Arya that is a stunning photo! Beautiful!

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[Arya]

Thank you so much Ferret75!

 

[Ferret75]

Hope you will be putting plenty more on the forum, sounds like you've had a lot of amazing experiences over your 2 year sabbatical, looking forward to them.

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[Harvestman]

Lynx are fabulous creatures. What a wonderful picture! Thank you for sharing.

 

[Robbi]

That is a truly stunning photograph !

The size of that Lynx,s paw is amazing

 

[Drain Bamaged]

I Taut I Taw a Puddy Tat!!!!

 

[Harvestman]

My new Sigma 105mm macro lens is starting to bear fruit

[/url]Lepthyphantes sp - Arachtober 25 by Michael Kilner, on Flickr[/IMG]

[/url]Hopper by Michael Kilner, on Flickr[/IMG]

[/url]Beetle on apple by Michael Kilner, on Flickr[/IMG]

 

[Arya]

I especially love the one with the spider, with the dramatic background. I almost get the feeling of a Tim Burton movie.
Your pictures are so crisp!