Backyard a little bit close up

Looks like an ordinary backyard with a pond and a bunch of plants, right?

Lets take a closer look.

Here is a common orb weaver Neoscona oxancensis

Here is a honey bee Apis mellifera
Take note on the shape of the flowers. You see part of it going up over the bee's head. Cool adaptation to depositing pollen on the bee's head which the bee will deliver to another flower for pollination.

Here is a western yellow jacket Vespula pensylvanica

Finally, here is a fiery skipper Hylephila phyleus This guy eats plants, but there are a lot of birds around that probably call this guy dinner.

It sure is pretty Chameleon what a nice place to live. I would love to have a garden like this.

Yvonne

hey cham, I'm just getting into photography and love your pics... what lense/camera did you use to get that close and with such vivid color?

Pyramidion wrote:

hey cham, I'm just getting into photography and love your pics... what lense/camera did you use to get that close and with such vivid color?

It's actually just an Olympus D-550. I was using the closeup mode on it. I want to eventually get a digital EOS, but those are expensive right now. I've noticed that many digital cameras get more vibrant pictures then regular film camera.

Anyway, my camera is a 3 megapixel and the picture has actually been reduced to 800x600.

The yellow jacket must die.

I like the orb weaver

Too much free time im guessing Chameleon?

Anyway, have you taken or are taking any photography courses Cham? 'cause those pictures look like they came out of a magazine or something, their very nice and quite professional looking.

TheDruidXpawX wrote:

The yellow jacket must die.

I like the orb weaver

Backing away slowly.....spiders are evil...must die...*shivers* grrr....

PyRo wrote:

TheDruidXpawX wrote:

The yellow jacket must die.

I like the orb weaver

Backing away slowly.....spiders are evil...must die...*shivers* grrr....

awwww, no no no. Spiders are good to have around. They are your natural pest controllers and they work for free! They will do more good then any incestiside you will buy. If they are around, then that means there is food for them.