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Photo Of The Day June 2020
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.Another Park Head
Pixel 3a w/Moment 18mm
f1.8 1/1304 ISO 55
Pixel 3a w/Moment 18mm
f1.8 1/1304 ISO 55
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There's a lovely freshness & delicateness to this, well done, Hugh! ?
Cheers
Hugh
The insect? It’s a cicada. Likely the dog-day cicada. All through summer you can hear them ”grinding” in the trees seeking mates. They spend most of their lives in the ground eating roots, then emerge to mate and lay eggs in trees. From what I gather, the final form has no mouth, so it does not eat. This entire process of emergence took about 40 minutes or so. I have 2 pictures to go after this one.
My what tiny wings you have!
It's a fascinating process, observing the transformation of an insect like this. I still recall with great pleasure spending four hours a few Christmas days ago watching & photographing a Dragonfly Nymph as it became the glorious winged beast! ?The insect? It’s a cicada. Likely the dog-day cicada. All through summer you can hear them ”grinding” in the trees seeking mates. They spend most of their lives in the ground eating roots, then emerge to mate and lay eggs in trees. From what I gather, the final form has no mouth, so it does not eat. This entire process of emergence took about 40 minutes or so. I have 2 pictures to go after this one.
My what tiny wings you have!
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At my age and short legs there is a good chance that I fall off
Don’t mind going over those steps at all.
Absolutely stunning pictures in this thread. Love checking this periodically for new ones!
Nothing special. Found this in the yard and since it is really hot and humid today, I stayed inside and snapped a few.
At my age and short legs there is a good chance that I fall off
It’s not that bad when you see what’s there on the other side. Worth the effort.
One of my many tarantulas. Here's looking at you.
I am building up my Z6 as a complement to a DSLR for the 20mm to 200mm range. But we are due a 105mm macro and it is a brand new system. I think Nikon personally have went a more interesting route than Canon in the top of the class 1.8 S line that are all really beyond their peers everything but that they don't open up to f/1.4 or f/1.2. And the Nikon 70-200 S f/2.8 is the sharper lens than the RF 70-200 but that RF lens is a little fat hing you can travel with better. The biggest fail of Nikon on the Z bodies so far is their is no grip which is insane, but it isn't going to stop me keeping my Z6 now and using it as a backup in the future or a glorified point and shoot on holiday.
I'm sure that when Nikon finally does release its new macro lens for the Z series of cameras, it will be a really nice lens, just as the F-mount ones always were. I just didn't want to wait for however much longer it will be before that lens is available. I've never been interested in Canon and know next to nothing about their lenses, but I have gotten the impression that, yes, both Nikon and Sony are more on top of some things when it comes to mirrorless and their new mirrorless lenses. Yes, it is unfortunate about the grip situation with Nikon, as many shooters prefer to put a grip on their camera bodies, especially one which can permit the use of an additional battery.