Found this moorhen being chased off by another, I was taking macro shots but they ran around me. So I took a few snaps and this one was looking at me perfectly
These are Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo). These were flapping
around my garden today. I though that they were nothing special. I then
got told by my grandfather what they were. And aren't they. Beautiful.The frond is just me playing around with macro and that's what came out not great but good and a nice shot anyway.
This guy had huge legs, I tried to get them in but also keep the subtly try and make it interesting. Keeping the flower in and also contrasting the bright beetle properly rather than loosing it in the background.
This is my prize shot so far. I have always wanted to see this fly, I have never seen it until today. I found it I was so happy. Then I took several pictures and got this. I was actually punching the air in happiness when I took the picture, I didn't care if it was bad. I kept on shooting while they, yes they, were still visible and active.
This spider is clutching his or her egg sack. But he or she was HUGE compared to the others that were scurrying around. So was his or her egg sack. It also was the most tolerant of the hundreds that were to finding a new home for their eggs.
Now I wanted to show this meadow grasshopper in a different light not to get it full focus, but to give it a grass like quality. Also not to get the eyes in focus, but for it to be about the shapes in the image. I rather like it.
