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Photo of the day - July 2022
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Water Lilies, Beauvais Lake, AB.
Fuji Xp90 camera.
Fuji Xp90 camera.
Smithville Village, NJ. This town has been around since the mid 1700's and was once a one room stage coach stop during the American Revolution. Shot with the Fuji X100V using the built-in ND filter mid day. Classic Chrome film simulation.
Santa Margherita Ligure, Italia
Nikon D90, ISO 200, 1/1000 sec, f/5.6, 24 mm
Nikon D90, ISO 200, 1/1000 sec, f/5.6, 24 mm
Tiny ground cover wild flower from the horse pasture, approx 1/8" diameter.
They are SO territorial. I have a feeder, and every once in a while this one hummingbird perches atop the little hook that it hangs from doing the same thing - chirping and clicking at any other hummingbird that approaches the feeder, then flying at them to chase them off. They can be really nasty toward each other. Beautiful, but nasty.
When you work hard to prepare them a good breakfast and they stick their tongue out at it... 🤣
That's probably the case here. I've spread out our feeders to see if that will help the others get some food too.
From last evening, before the fireworks, we had the Snowbirds show.
Split-eyed Owlfly...
Their characteristic apomorphy , shared with the Ululodini, is the ridge which divides each of their large compound eyes; both groups are thus sometimes known as split-eyed owlflies.
The first fossil record of the Ascalaphinae dates to the Miocene, and the subfamily thus probably evolved in the latter half or towards the end of the Paleogene.
Their characteristic apomorphy , shared with the Ululodini, is the ridge which divides each of their large compound eyes; both groups are thus sometimes known as split-eyed owlflies.
The first fossil record of the Ascalaphinae dates to the Miocene, and the subfamily thus probably evolved in the latter half or towards the end of the Paleogene.
.. caught during early-morning walk today ... tree and refections cast against parking lot wall ...
Thanks!!
My main gear is around 20 years of macro photography experience
I have one of the cheapest Canon bodies..a t7i,
a Laowa 100mm, 2x magnification, f/2.8, all manual macro lens,
Canon 430EX flash with a DIY flash diffuser.
Thanks again!!
One of the delights of midsummer, especially in the southern US, is the lovely Crepe Myrtle:
They make nice looking trees in the south. You can grown them here in MO, but they often freeze to the ground. You still get flowers out of them, but it’s not quite the same!
Northern Virginia is not really what is usually considered "the South" nor certainly the "Deep South," but we are kind of on the edge and Crepe Myrtle trees do well here due to our climate and our soil conditions. Actually, for a long time I had no idea of what that tree outside my condo unit windows which bursts into beautiful pink blossoms every midsummer was until I was down in Raleigh, NC one late July/early August and saw lot of trees that looked like it. I asked someone, they told me and aha, the penny dropped! I got online and verified it -- yep! Across the lake my tree has its twin growing near one of the townhouses and adding its special touch of colorful blossoms, too, so I get to enjoy both for a while now until summer fades and autumn arrives....
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