October 21 - 273/365
10/24/10
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| Canon PowerShot SD600 |
Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts
September 5 - 248/365
10/17/10
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| 28-135mm lens @ 28mm, f/5.0, 1/1600, ISO 200 |
July 3 - 184/365
7/19/10
50mm lens, f/1.8, 1/4, ISO 400
This image definitely goes into that "I don't know how I managed to take this" folder. I was coming home late at night from a movie with friends and was looking around outside in the dark for photo since my day was just about up and I needed a photo still. I had already tried capturing lightning bugs the other day unsuccessfully, but another one caught my eye. It was barely blinking, but also not moving in a tree next to our driveway. When I tried to get a closer look, I realized that what I had actually spotted in the dark was a lightning bug caught up in a spider web. I ran inside to grab my speedlight flash and somehow managed to focus well enough in the pitch black dark to get this image of the spider spinning its web while holding on to its midnight snack. Can't believe I even saw it, let alone managed to capture it.
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June 3 - 154/365
6/22/10
28-135mm lens @ 80mm, f/5.0, 1/50, ISO 800
I took a walk around my neighborhood after dinner to find some inspiration for today's shot. I am pretty sure I've shot this rock area before [but not as one of my 365 images] but liked how the image turned out today better.
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April 1 - 91/365
4/1/10
50mm lens, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 800
Have you ever seen those photos some people have in their portfolio that show detailed birds in flight, or super close ups of insects? I've always wondered how they got those photos and figured the likelihood that I would ever happen to catch a bird/insect/etc at just the right time [and get it to stay still for me to capture] was pretty slim. Well today was my day. I went out in my backyard to check on the growth of a few new plants and two bumble bees practically smacked into me while in the middle of mating. Not liking bees, even "tame" bumble bees, I started to dash back to the house. But luckily, I stopped to watch them for a minute, and not long after, the female shook off her male mate and landed on a tree branch. And of course the male, not happy about being shoved away, hovered in front of the female, just waiting for his chance to pounce on her again. Lucky for me, I dashed into the house to grab my camera, even taking time to switch to my 50mm lens, and those bees were still there. I got as close as I could to them without scaring them off, but still needed to crop the photo a little bit to really show off the bees. I love that I was able to capture this moment in nature, and can't believe I was actually able to get one of "those" photos that I have always admired in others work.
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