Here are some creatures that are more difficult to photograph, and I do not have enough photos for a full post on any of these creatures, however I thought I would compile all my photos together for this post.
Ant on Peony, 2008
Ant on Hosta, 2021
Bee on Flower, 2011
Prey Mantis, 2012
Cabage Butterfly, 2011
Beetle on Milkweed, 2008
Swallowtail Butterfly, 2014
Turkey Vultures, 2021
Fly on Tiger Lilly, 2015
Prey Mantis, 2012
Kingfisher, 2021
Insect on Marigold, 2012
Goldifnch Closeup, 2014
Green Bottle Fly, on Daliah, 2011
Humming Bird, 2012
Merganzers, 2019
Merganzer, 2019
Fritillary Butterfly, 2013
Katydid, 2015
Swallowtail Butterfly, 2011
Batimore Oriole, 2007
Baltimore Oriole, 2021
Common Redpol, 2016
Wood Duck, 2019
Grasshopper, 2009
Common Merganzers, 2008
Yellow Rumped Warbler, 2016
Wood Duck, 2019
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Nice photos Shawn!
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you have some good photos there especially the bugs x
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Shawn, I thought the two preying mantis pix would be my favorites here until I saw your kingfisher. That is a brilliant shot. One of the world’s most iconic and hard-to-catch creatures. People spend a lifetime and never see one. Nicely done, lad. Thank you.
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I never really thought of that, the fact that people spend a lifetime to catch a glimpse of a Kingfisher. The Belted Kingfishers in Eastern North America are not quite that rare.
I see them almost every year, some years I might not see one.
But photographing them is another story. They always seem to be far away across a bay, and they wont go in any way close to a road or people. So I can see how people in Europe etc where there is less forest, spend decades trying to photograph a Kingfisher.
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And, may I suggest, paint it.
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Very good photos, indeed. I wouldn’t even recognize all of these creatures!
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