More shots from the archives

Lord Vetinari

One of the things I do at this time of year when it's cold and pouring with rain outside is to start sorting through the previous years shots ready to archive them. I hate doing this but it becomes bearable when I make a few finds- shots that for some reason I didn't do anything with.

Here's some from yesterday's sorting.

Brian V.

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Dalantech

Nice series Brian! I especially liked the walking stick!

Lord Vetinari

Dalantech wrote:

Nice series Brian! I especially liked the walking stick!

Thanks Dalantech
That's a water measurer (Hydrometra I think) about 10 mm body length. It's about the only pond bug that survives in/on my pond- the fish eat the rest.
Brian V.

Dalantech

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Thanks Dalantech
That's a water measurer (Hydrometra I think) about 10 mm body length. It's about the only pond bug that survives in/on my pond- the fish eat the rest.
Brian V.

-I was shooting at Lago de'Averno last year and noticed a steep decline in the mosquitoes when the dragons and damsels were active. Anything that gets into the air at that lake is instantly on the buffet table...

Lord Vetinari

Dalantech wrote:

-I was shooting at Lago de'Averno last year and noticed a steep decline in the mosquitoes when the dragons and damsels were active. Anything that gets into the air at that lake is instantly on the buffet table...

Even damsels and dragons don't survive in my ponds- the fish eat the larvae- the ones I get in my garden come from neighbours ponds.
Brian V.

Dee

I like
the photo of the iris! (but all your macros are really neat!)

Awais Yaqub

Beautiful work as always Brian

Skippy

Lord Vetinari wrote:

One of the things I do at this time of year when it's cold and pouring with rain outside is to start sorting through the previous years shots ready to archive them. I hate doing this but it becomes bearable when I make a few finds- shots that for some reason I didn't do anything with.

Here's some from yesterday's sorting.

Brian V.

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Ahhhhhh I was wondering when you'd give us another fix of your amazing Macros .

I love this flower shot it's so unusual what sort of plant is that Brian??
It's looks like a pink tongue .... Skippy
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tlee

The first image is really cool! But, I am just in love with the iris. Awesome lighting and color!

Lord Vetinari

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Beautiful work as always Brian

Thanks Awais
Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

Skippy wrote:

Ahhhhhh I was wondering when you'd give us another fix of your amazing Macros .

I love this flower shot it's so unusual what sort of plant is that Brian??
It's looks like a pink tongue .... Skippy
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Thanks Skippy
The flower is actually a weed in my front lawn- the buds start off red but the flowers open yellow ! It's only about 2" tall (the whole plant). Pretty certain it's a member of the lupin family. I rather like it so leave it alone
Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

tlee wrote:

The first image is really cool! But, I am just in love with the iris. Awesome lighting and color!

Thanks
The iris is in natural light but I darkened the whole picture and then burnt/removed distracting background from it. The flower survived all this without any alterations
Brian V.

ultravox

[SIZE=-1]Brian, always a pleasure to look to your photos.
Best regards.
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Dalantech

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Even damsels and dragons don't survive in my ponds- the fish eat the larvae- the ones I get in my garden come from neighbours ponds.
Brian V.

Then it's time to go fishing... with dynamite... :beatwax

Lord Vetinari

ultravox wrote:

[SIZE=-1]Brian, always a pleasure to look to your photos.
Best regards.
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Thanks Cristian for looking and commenting.
Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

Dalantech wrote:

Then it's time to go fishing... with dynamite... :beatwax

Dynamite ! - but I like my fish- some are over 20 years old now.
Brian v.

Dalantech

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Dynamite ! - but I like my fish- some are over 20 years old now.
Brian v.

Bummer -too old to be tender...

wxwax

This one's truly beautiful.

LilleG

That iris is simply gorgeous!

Serrator

Brian...sensational macros! They are so rich and have such clarity, really great eye candy.

Lord Vetinari

Thanks LillieG, serrator and Ultravox for looking and commenting Much appreciated.
Brian V.