Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF500mm f/4L IS USM, 1/400 @ f/8 It takes a cold morning before these guys rest long enough to be photographed.
Category Archives: Fauna
Natural Bridges SP: Monarchs
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF500mm f/4L IS USM, 1/200 @ f/8 The Monarchs are beginning to gather on the coast. The best view we has this weekend was at Natural Bridges SP in Santa Cruz. In the early moring hours, they cling to … Read More →
Botanical Garden Honeybee
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM, 1/200 @ f/6.3 Tilden Park Botanical Garden.
Industrious workers
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM, 1/200 @ f/6.3 I spent a few hours at the Botanic Garden in Tilden Park today and the bees were working very hard. I wish they would slow down.
I don’t know what it is
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM, 1/160 @ f/11 ..but I like it. Another fine photo taken at the Arboritum at Flagstaff.
Eurasian Eagle Owl – Bubo bubo
On a recent trip through the southwest, we were fortunate enough to have been told about the Arboritum at Flagstaff. In addition to a grand display of flora they also have a raptors program. The Eurasian Eagle Owl looks much like a great horned owl … Read More →
Flagstaff Arboritum
We visited the Flagstaff Arboritum and had a great time. The butterflies were abundant and quite absorbed in their work, giving me a chance to get close.
Swallowtail
Swallowtail uploaded by admin. This butterfly was so intent on mining some road apples that it let me get very close. Dupont State forest in North Carolina.
Tiny Butterfly
_MG_6008 uploaded by admin. This little guy was perhaps 1/2″ across. He/She stopped for just a moment and this was the better of two images Canon EOS 5D Mark II+EF100mm f/2.8 Macro – f/8@1/100
Resting
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF500mm f/4L IS USM, 1/500 @ f/8 Monarchs spend some time resting and gathering energy for the rest of their migration along the California coast. This example seems to have suffered some damage along the way.