Pic of the Day

[Kyle]

LOL, you're scared of jumping spiders?! That's about as cute as a spider gets! I love 'em, they're absolutely fascinating. I wish we had more of 'em around here.

 

[mass]

they're harmless..

 

[mato]

they're harmless..

ha you can say that again

 

[Rokosauros]

Eh, I don't have a macro capable camera to take those super close up shots you guys do, but what I lack, I'll make up in quantity! A very common hybrid that, IMO, looks fantastic when it pitchers en masse! And it regularly does so!

 

[maxima]

My little drosophyllum farm,

 

[Devon]

That's a lot of Drosophyllum!

I saw some interesting green/turquoise bugs today so I took the camera out. it looks like some kind of wasp.

This is pretty much my first attempt at insect photography.

I edited them a bit.

It was cleaning itself. Sometimes it used it's head/mandibles to hold its body up while it groomed.

 

[Whimgrinder]

Excellent photos, Devon! One suggestion, however: go easy on the blur tool (or whatever you used) and give it a softer gradation between the sharp and blurred zones. Otherwise these are superb pics!

 

[Brie]

A few that i've taken lately that i've particularly liked..

 

[Brie]

Awesome shots Devon, I really like the second one..

 

[Dexenthes]

Everyone has such awesome cameras that take such awesome pictures. I love the insect photography, there's just no way I could ever pull that off at the moment.

BUT! I have a point and shoot and a dissection microscope!

I just thought it was really interesting that there is a ring of white glands or trichomes or something on the lid of this N. argentii.

 

[Devon]

Excellent photos, Devon! One suggestion, however: go easy on the blur tool (or whatever you used) and give it a softer gradation between the sharp and blurred zones. Otherwise these are superb pics!

Thanks! After I finished with the blur tool, I realized I liked it more before. I did go a bit overboard - although I am still experimenting with photoshop.

 

[Whimgrinder]

Thanks! After I finished with the blur tool, I realized I liked it more before. I did go a bit overboard - although I am still experimenting with photoshop.

Its not at all bad, but it would be better if there was a wider gradation between the zones. The third one in particular (although a spectacular photo!) suffers some because the fly lives in a rather sharply defined "spotlight" in a sea of blur. It is, admittedly, a challenging thing to get right, and practice will make you an expert quickly. The second image is, for me, more successful because it leaves intact the subject's focal plane, as in a tilt-shift effect.

 

[Devon]

Its not at all bad, but it would be better if there was a wider gradation between the zones. The third one in particular (although a spectacular photo!) suffers some because the fly lives in a rather sharply defined "spotlight" in a sea of blur. It is, admittedly, a challenging thing to get right, and practice will make you an expert quickly. The second image is, for me, more successful because it leaves intact the subject's focal plane, as in a tilt-shift effect.

Thanks for your feedback - I appreciate it. I'll be a little more gentle with the tool, should I choose to try it again.

@Brie: Love the regia shots. Gorgeous.

 

[Whimgrinder]

Today, Sir Ceph gets the spotlight:

 

[zlookup]

Beautiful ceph, but also, amazing photography.

 

[Whimgrinder]

Beautiful ceph, but also, amazing photography.

Thank you! I makes an effort ;-)

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[Fred P]

THAT is a beautiful shot and a beautiful plant.

 

[Peatmoss]

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN'T GROW!!!!

Seriously nice photos and plants, plus some mad cultivation skillz.

 

[Whimgrinder]

THAT is a beautiful shot and a beautiful plant.

Thank you sir!

 

[Whimgrinder]

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN'T GROW!!!!

Seriously nice photos and plants, plus some mad cultivation skillz.

Thanks, and actually, I can't grow any Drosera worth a damn except capensis and spathulata! Most of the others hate me. Oh, wait....I can grow D. roseana reasonably well. I don't know why the Drosera hate me, but they do. Never mind.....there's always this!!!: