Go Go Gadget!: Camera!

These honey suckles was found in my backyard, once again lol. Nothin like mid spring and the taste of these, good still subjects too.

These “briar flowers” as they’re colloquially known are actually roses, Japanese ones to be exact. Went for a more shadowy look on these :)

Tried some new ways of editing in Lightroom to bring more texture and vibrancy to my image :). Next time I might tone it down a little lol, but I loved shooting this feather it was so cute

This lil squash bug and his buddies loved hanging out in this tree! There were lots of them when I took this. This one was trying to hide, snapped him anyway :>

This honey bee wouldn’t stop moving so it’s the best I could get. The aster itself is beautiful in the late summer/early fall. The variation in color really pops here

The cloudless sulphur often feeds on “hummingbird flowers”, typically tubular red flowers. In this case it’s a wax mallow! Their proboscus is unusually long to be able to take advantage of the food source. Fun fact! The caterpillars of this species change color based on whether they eat more leaves or flowers :)

Another round of eastern carpenter bees, and their Old-Man-Bald-Spots™ . The quality of these photos is what happens when a transition camera from 2014 gets enough light and the subject is still for 30+ seconds, near perfection. This is almost the maximum I can make this camera achieve, clarity wise. The eastern carpenter bees have always been a favorite of mine to shoot as well. They so fluffy and cute!!

Another eastern carpenter bee, it’s Old-Man-Bald-Spot™ is very prominent once again! This one was spotted just as the sun started going down, around 5:30 or so. The golden hour helps photographing bees a lot. This is because the light passes through their wings adding a glowy effect; the intense orange from their wings and bodies allow for my dinky iphone camera to focus more easily! I’m gonna name this one epic destroyer face 9000 R.I.P. epic destroyer face 9000!!!

The great horned owl is a great subject, barely moves except swiveling its head. The Nikon B500 only has 16 megapixels, but with enough light and stillness, it can definitely capture some extreme detail. The prominent black rachis (feather “stem”) pop against his soft afterfeather. Someone tell me if the coloration on his beak is normal, he was captive and I’m curious!

These eastern carpenter bees are easily identifiable by the Little-Old-Man-Bald-Patch™ on their thorax! They are super prominent in the south during summer and spring and they usually allow me to get close. I’ve never been stung while shooting them and if I do, well, time for a different kind of shooting 👁️👁️…. With gloves!! Also I think the plant is called scaldweed :>

These are always fun to take pics of. I particularly enjoy when they are placed in more natural locations as they highlight the ecological damage they can cause. This one was in a fieald beside a road, sun blaring down.

In the fall my yard is a host to dozens of orb weavers, it’s only fitting I shoot them in special film. This turquoise film is beautiful and I’ll be posting more of it! :)

This dude was hanging out squawking away and I snapped him mid squawk. He’s real scruffy looking because he’s a juvenile male still coming into his vermillion glory. A mouthy teenager, if you will.

Look at how damned cute this lil guy is, very still for me as well lol

This little guy along with others played around my arms and hands and I got to feed them cups of nectar. Although not endangered and classified as least concern, these lorikeets numbers are dropping steadily. That’s why it’s a privilege to have this photo for the future :)