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- Tue Jul 04, 2006 4:35 pm
- Forum: Macro and Close-up Photography Gallery
- Topic: Pretty mushroom -- Amanita muscaria?
- Replies: 4
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Pretty mushroom -- Amanita muscaria?
http://www.janrik.net/PanoPostings/SouthForkTieton2005Sep3-5/CRW_6953_small.jpg I found this picture today while rummaging around in photos from last summer. Nothing special, but I liked the colors in it. A closer crop... http://www.janrik.net/PanoPostings/SouthForkTieton2005Sep3-5/CRW_6953_crop.jp...
- Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:58 pm
- Forum: Macro and Close-up Photography Gallery
- Topic: Carpenter ants on a rotting tree
- Replies: 2
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- Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:50 pm
- Forum: Macro and Close-up Photography Gallery
- Topic: Have you ever seen a snake fly?
- Replies: 6
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Hah, excellent! :lol: I figured Mike B would chime in with some story about the Asian flying snakes. (I'm disappointed that he hasn't actually seen one :( , but I do appreciate the link -- there are some very interesting videos out there.) But a flying rattlesnake from Tom Webster, that one I did no...
- Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:17 pm
- Forum: Macro and Close-up Photography Gallery
- Topic: Just another flashy caterpillar...
- Replies: 5
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Most of those "spines" are for looks to would be predators. True enough -- that's what makes the exceptions so interesting and memorable! I grew up about 6 miles south of British Columbia, on the east side of the Cascades. In that area, the only stinging caterpillars were Hemileuca , and they were ...
- Mon Jul 03, 2006 11:19 am
- Forum: Macro and Close-up Photography Gallery
- Topic: Carpenter ants on a rotting tree
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8952
Carpenter ants on a rotting tree
http://www.janrik.net/PanoPostings/SouthForkTieton2006June29-30/CRW_9306_crop_small.jpg Field width 2", largest ants are almost 1/2" long. What's going on here? Well, I really don't know! These are carpenter ants, a large species that inhabits western forests and generally makes its living in and a...
- Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:09 am
- Forum: Macro and Close-up Photography Gallery
- Topic: Just another flashy caterpillar...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 17261
Ken, I did take the risk of "petting" a couple of these caterpillars just to see if they would sting. Nothing -- apparently my hide's too tough. Actually I've only encountered one small group of stinging caterpillars out here in the Pacific Northwest. Those are the Hemileuca sheep moths that I poste...
- Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:20 pm
- Forum: Macro and Close-up Photography Gallery
- Topic: Just another flashy caterpillar...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 17261
Just another flashy caterpillar...
To tell the truth, I didn't notice the electric blue spots until I looked at the pictures. By eye, I thought the critters were just black and yellow with red heads. Old eyes, I guess. http://www.janrik.net/PanoPostings/SouthForkTieton2006June29-30/CRW_9321_cropped.jpg These things were really workin...
- Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:19 pm
- Forum: Macro and Close-up Photography Gallery
- Topic: Have you ever seen a snake fly?
- Replies: 6
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Have you ever seen a snake fly?
Oh, sorry, I must have put an extra space in that title. :wink: What I really meant was, "Have you ever seen a snakefly?" http://www.janrik.net/PanoPostings/SouthForkTieton2006June29-30/CRW_9281_crop.jpg Well, you have now! These strange creatures are fairly close relatives of Dobsonflies, lacewings...
- Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:35 pm
- Forum: Macro and Close-up Photography Gallery
- Topic: Arrowhead Blues: Triumph, Tragedy, and the Impossible Dream?
- Replies: 2
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Arrowhead Blues: Triumph, Tragedy, and the Impossible Dream?
In order... The Triumph -- a pristine male Arrowhead Blue ( Glaucopsyche piasus ). http://www.janrik.net/PanoPostings/SouthForkTieton2006June29-30/CRW_9332.jpg The Tragedy -- what should have been like the first, except that this sad individual did not succeed in getting any of its wings properly ex...
- Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:53 pm
- Forum: Macro and Close-up Photography Gallery
- Topic: For Rik...Dragonfly photo'ed with stacked tc's.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5790
Tom, thanks for the actual pixels. I'm just about as impressed as it's possible to be. From lens designer through photographer, this is excellent. A very useful calibration point -- quite different from my previous experiences with cheaper lenses and TC's. --Rik PS. Am I correct that this is the len...
- Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:26 pm
- Forum: Macro and Close-up Photography Gallery
- Topic: Flame Skimmer Dragonfly at 600mm.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5216
- Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:20 pm
- Forum: Macro and Close-up Photography Gallery
- Topic: Sundew plants
- Replies: 4
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- Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:07 pm
- Forum: Macro and Close-up Photography Gallery
- Topic: For Rik...Dragonfly photo'ed with stacked tc's.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5790
Tom, I agree, this is remarkable -- and very pleasing! Good point about not being able to lock the tripod. Let me think about this... The unlocked tripod will still prevent linear movements and also roll. So presumably the IS compensates for whatever up/down and side/side rotation happens as you han...
- Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:47 am
- Forum: Macro and Close-up Photography Gallery
- Topic: Need Help to ID a Beetle
- Replies: 2
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George, I believe you have a "leaf beetle", family Chrysomelidae. Chrysomelidae is a huge family (over 25,000 species worldwide, 1500 in North America), with quite a bit of variation. I can't find anything that looks quite like yours in BugGuide, but that's not surprising given how few species it ca...
- Fri Jun 30, 2006 11:45 pm
- Forum: Macro and Close-up Photography Gallery
- Topic: Flame Skimmer Dragonfly at 600mm.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5216