Nature – Daffodil Hill Photography

One of Life’s Little Surprises

This morning after I drank my first cup of Joe and reading the news I headed out to clear my head using my favorite form of therapy: Nature Photography Therapy. Now for those who know about this type of therapy the initial consulting fee (Buying a camera, lens, extension tubes, tripods, extra batteries, etc..) isn’t cheap but it is well worth the investment!

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Since about the middle of August I have been waiting for the Jewelweed plants on our place to start blooming. With more than average rain they have bloomed and are thrive much to my delight. The blooms(above photo) are great source of food for Hummingbirds and all types of pollinators. After taking the above photo I began setting up for a closer shot when I got a little surprise (see photo below). As you can see by the size of the bee that the Jewelweed has a very small bloom but has a big role to play in nature. Till the next time, Peace.

Bumblebee On A Button Bush Bloom

We have several Button Bushes on our place, yet thought they are in bloom there is one thing missing: Honey Bees. Usually Honey Bees are everywhere and especially on the bloom of our Button Bushes. Not so this year. I have being looking into why this is and one of the Commonwealths universities is trying to do the work to find out. In my opinion any effort is better than burying our heads in the sand. Please check out where you can help out in your area. As for me and the bees I am planning on adding a second wildflower garden next year……with more planning than my first one. Till the next time enjoy this Bumblebee feeding on a Button Bush bloom.

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A Bee Through Extension Tubes

About a week ago I received a set of Kenko AF Extension tubes that I had ordered off Ebay. I have a set of manual extension tubes that I have used with mixed results. The reason the results are mixed is my Sony A37 does not support Image Stabilization on my Minolta manual lenses. With the AF enabled tubes I have been able to get some images I am happy with. Here is a cropped pic that I used the AF extension tubes with.Post shot editing was done with On1 Photo and Corel PaintShop Pro X7.

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Rain Brings The Green Things

Little Green Spider

I took this photo back in 2011 as I was walking a nature trail one evening. I used a Nikon CoolPix 4600 set on macro. In this post I resized the image and tried sharpening it up a bit but the sharpening gave the pedals a “halo”, which I will have to figure out why later. For now here is a little green spider.