Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM, 1/200 @ f/6.3 Tilden Park Botanical Garden.
Category Archives: Fauna
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 … Continue reading
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.
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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
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A Lovely Tilden Trail
Tilden Trail uploaded by admin. Durning a walk down the trail in the Botanic Garden in Tilden Park a number of beautiful but impossible to catch views showed up. This is pretty close to what I saw. Canon EOS 5D … Continue reading
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Dairy Country drive-by
Mustard, Trees, Cows uploaded by admin. While driving home in some interesting weather our attention was drawn to fields of mustard in the dairy fields outside Petaluma. 20 seconds after this shot, the deluge began. Canon EOS 5D Mark II … Continue reading
Regal Bird
His Majesty uploaded by admin. I forgot to note the name of this fine bird that was strutting around the Savanna enclosure at the Oakland Zoo. Good loking and he seems to know it.
Lookin’ Out
Meercat uploaded by admin. This fellow was watchin’ out for his family at the Oakland Zoo. The zoo was a disappointment for me. I had heard good things about changes but it was very hard to photograph anything as there … Continue reading