jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 3, 2013 19:53:55 GMT -5
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Post by gingerkid on Feb 3, 2013 22:36:51 GMT -5
Nice shots, James!! The purple lilies are beautiful (honeybees, too, lol, and a wasp?) Those "waterlily" bugs will sting the mess out of ya!!   |
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Dora
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Post by Dora on Feb 3, 2013 22:51:55 GMT -5
Excellent photographs! I love the details of their wings. My favorite picture is the last one, looks that one of them is taking a nap inside the flower. ;D
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 3, 2013 23:20:12 GMT -5
They get in there and party on the nectar.The tropicals have strongest sweet scent.That big yellow bee-ground hornet?
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Post by kk on Feb 4, 2013 5:36:08 GMT -5
Love all the photos. Wish I could manage even half as good a shot.
Fantastic focus and framing is beyond reproach.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 4, 2013 7:34:53 GMT -5
My wife's fancy camera and the crop function on Window's Live Photo Gallery makes it easy for moron like me kk.And a dang good subject.The only adjustments were exposure and crop.
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Post by gr on Feb 4, 2013 7:38:21 GMT -5
outstanding photography. Which camara does your wife have ?
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Post by beefjello on Feb 4, 2013 8:25:45 GMT -5
Terrific shots James! Just showed Christa, she's really into flowers. Flying stingy things.. not so much.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 4, 2013 9:15:02 GMT -5
Thanks you guys.I work in waders and have harvested many thousands of water lilies over the years and never had a bee sting me.I think they are drunk on the strong nectar jellomen.
gr,that camera is an older Nikon D70 bought used and cheap.You can access the internal memory and find out how many shots it has taken.She recently bought a newer D90 used and it had taken 36 photos-like new.
The very important part is the lense.It is one of her retired ones.It has a switch for macro,but not 1:1 macro.But it is freindlier than 1:1 or 1:2 macro.It's a zoom.Nikon 24-85 mm
1:2.8-4 D.I take all rock close ups w/out tripod and all scenory with that rig.It does it all.Those lilies were stock photos for sale brochures taken about 2 feet away.I just went thru them and found the pics w/bugs and cropped them for this post except the bees were intentional.I shoot in manual till the histogram graph looks like a camel hump in the center.No brain
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Post by Pat on Feb 4, 2013 10:30:38 GMT -5
Gorgeous photos of gorgeous flowers. Happy bee/wasp/hornet/yellow jacket bugs. Party time!
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 4, 2013 10:47:10 GMT -5
Thanks Pat.Trying to find that hornet/wasp.Seems closest to a ground hornet.It is large-1 and 1/2 inches.Non aggressive.They typically lay eggs in/on another insects body and bury it so the hatchlings will have something to eat at birth.Can't seem to get the markings right.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2013 13:29:42 GMT -5
nice images! Thanks for sharing.
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Post by Bikerrandy on Feb 4, 2013 19:49:21 GMT -5
Awesome shots!!  |
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 4, 2013 20:33:56 GMT -5
Thanks guys.Hope you enjoy
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jason12x12
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Post by jason12x12 on Feb 4, 2013 22:28:27 GMT -5
those are amazing photos thanks for sharing
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grizman
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Post by grizman on Feb 4, 2013 22:41:12 GMT -5
Very nice macro work with the camera. I love shooting macro of both insects and flowers. I shoot the desert cacti in AZ, and the wild flowers in Montana. Keep up the great work!
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 4, 2013 23:31:17 GMT -5
The digital system is addictive.Old school filmer gone wild.It is a great invention.Shoot away
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Post by helens on Feb 9, 2013 0:12:39 GMT -5
James, do you have any miniature tropical water lilies or lotus? I have this big 55 gallon plastic drum that I want to cut in 1/2 and sink in my yard for 2 little waterlilies and some goldfish maybe.
Years ago, I had a koi pond, and I had waterlilies and a BIG lotus. I cannot talk about what happened to my fish, it still makes me sad... but miniatures would be neat... I know there's at least 1 variety of dark purple miniature waterlily, because I had one of those, so there's probably more of them. Whatcha got:)?
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bhiatt
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Post by bhiatt on Feb 9, 2013 0:44:37 GMT -5
Those are really cool looking plants jamesp. Helen I like your ideal with the container.
I might just have to try that out at my brothers house. His wife is a green thumber and in the last 5 years or so I planted around a 1,000 plants, bushes, small ornamental trees, all kinds of cool looking stuff in their yard for her. She maintains,trims and cuts all the stuff though. Its pretty cool looking. Did a fancy brick border around it all this year to top it all off. Took me pretty much all spring, summer and fall when I wasnt working out of the labor hall I worked on their yard.
Shes an architect and designed the layout and has picked all the plants out thoughout the years, adding more and replacing dead stuff.
I keep telling my brother Im going to send some pics to The Botanical Gardens in St Louis. Its one of the coolest residental yards Ive seen. Shes spend a bunch of money on it, thats for shure. Around May or so everythings in bloom and for a few weeks the flowers almost look fake.
I work as a laborer and enjoy doing this type of thing even if its not my own yard.
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Post by helens on Feb 9, 2013 1:37:12 GMT -5
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