Tiny White Moth

Tiny White Moth

These are perched on black berry stems.  I have been observing them for several days.  I have found two plants perhaps 200 yards apart upon which they are perched.

Tiny White Moth

I have searched and searched on this one.  I suspect that it is larval stage of something.  It seems to be furry or woolly.  I have not physically captured one.  I can't seem to see any of the fore wing.  I am assuming they have wings.  I have never seem one open them. 

They seem to remain on the same stem from day to day.  They can walk around.  I have only observed them in the early to mid morning.

If you look closely on the stem in some of the shots there may be something on it upon which they may be feeding.

Tiny White Moth

I think that I will try to photograph them using flash.  They barely move and I have, thus far, used only available light.

Tiny White Moth

I would greatly appreciate any comments regarding the identity of this creature or anything else, for that matter.

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Damselfly Flying

Eastern Forktail

This is not a great shot of the Eastern Forktail but I think it is interesting.  The damselfly was just in the process of taking off when I made this capture.  Its eyes and head are in perfect focus even though the abdomen and wings are moving.  I remember thinking that I may not have captured anything.  They are quick and many times the leaf will be empty in the capture.  That pattern was different here.

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Tachina Fly

Tachina Fly

This is a large fly, about the size of a horse fly but more plump.  As you can see, it is feeding off the rattlesnake master blooms.  They also visit decaying matter to feed.  Optionally, they don't eat at all as adults.

Tachina Fly

It is a true fly from what I can read about it.  They say at Wikipedia that there are over 1300 species in North America. They are protelean, living inside a host, at the beginning of their life, and emerge to full adulthood by eating their host.

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Bumble Bee

Bumblebee

This bee was immobilized by dew, cool air, sleep or a combination of the above.  I placed a rose holder on the stem of the Culver's Root bloom to mitigate the effects of an ever-so-slight breeze.  I focused with live view and used mirror lock.

I thought of my grandsons, L & L, while making this image.  They are having issues with bees this summer. 

I, personally, think this is a beautiful image.  I know that most of my friends and family find this sort of shot frightening but I think it is just beautiful.  Either way, it is evocative.  It not that a definition of art?  I could go on and on.  I plan to put it on my website for sale as a print next winter when I have time.

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Rattlesnake Master and Bumblebee Continued

Rattlesnake Master and Bumblebee

This one was shot at EC + 2 if I remember correctly.  We almost lost the entire background to over exposure but the plant and bee are well exposed.  This, however; was not my favorite variation.

Rattlesnake Master and Bumblebee

This is an HDR variation comprised of 5 different exposures ranging from - 4 to + 4 and combined in Photomatix software.  We have no lost detail and it conveys the feel of early morning with the sun low in the east.  You can see the heavy dew on the plant and insect and understand why the bee is not flying.  The sky makes an interesting background.  I removed the background distractions at the bottom with the "clone" and "healing" tools.  The lack of distraction makes the image even more powerful.  The rim lighting is dramatic.  The number of heads on the plant is strong.  It is sharply in focus as I used "live view" on the camera to focus.

Rattlesnake Master and Bumblebee

This is yet another view of the same scene.  It lacks deep DOF but the subject is sharply focused.

I have been looking for a similar scene as I had another thought about it since the shoot.  This, the first five shots not the last, would have been an ideal opportunity to use "spot" metering on the 7D.  The spot covers 2.3% of the screen and would probably give an ideal exposure for the bee and plant.  The first shot on this page is a close approximation using Evaluative Metering.

Bumble Bee and Rattlesnake Master

Rattlesnake Master with Bumblebee

Bees have been in the forefront of attention for my grandsons, Lucas and Loudon.  I have had them, Lucas and Loudon, on my mind lately so I have been photographing them, the bees.  I made the boys a video about bees that I called The Bee Movie for Lucas and Loudon.  It is the last one on the page.  It is not what I considered a successful effort.  I had trouble with my video software and  the sound.  It does, however; convey the message I wanted to share.

Rattlesnake Master and Bumblebee

I have started visiting Gorman earlier in the morning recently.  We had a heavy dew and the bumble bee was apparently immobilized.  I was able to set up my tripod for these shots.  It occurred to me that I should try different exposures to give the plant and bee varying amounts of detail.

Rattlesnake Master and Bumblebee

  I also tried neutralizing the light in some of the shots.  The sun was still near the horizon and with the light at that level, I decided that I liked the warmer tones of the first and second shots in the series.

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Comma Butterfly

Comma Butterfly

This butterfly was sipping salts from the sand that washed out of the stream bed.  I made several shots of it and moved on.  

Comma Butterfly

It was one I did not have in my collection of butterfly images.  I have several of the Question Mark but this is my first of the Comma.  They have similar appearance.  The defining mark is on the underside of the hind wing.  As I am sure you know, the mark resembles a comma.  As you can see the shape of the wings is irregular like a polygon.  I suppose that was the inspiration for naming it polygonia c-album.

It followed me down the trail and I suddenly saw it on my jeans sipping sweat salts.  It then moved to the boots of my friend, sipping more salts.