Thot I'd pic a 'bisc.... and of course...

[Redfoot NERD]

It's a nice sunny day.. all the torts are out.. so I thot I'd take a couple pics of a few new Hibiscus blooms -

( Hugs & Kisses )

( Spin the Bottle )

And then there was this intruder on the upper left petal!

I'm real sure he wasn't a 'speeder' since he was hopping around. To give you an idea how small he was... my middle finger is about 3/4" in diameter - doubt he's 1/4" -

He kept moving -

Then I got a little closer -

It's a "hopper"! -

Look at those 'hopper-legs' and be sure to resize and clic again for 'full-screen'....

Terry

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Terry, those are outstanding pictures sir.

 

[Fernando]

wow you have a really good camera!

 

[GeoTerraTestudo]

So gorgeous. Thank you!

 

[jackrat]

I love that "spin the bottle".Very nice.

 

[DeanS]

I'm sorry Terry...I don't wanna backtrack and read every post you ever included here...so I'll ask again...what camera are you using? Outstanding macro capabilty! And, of course, OUTSTANDING shots, as usual!

 

[l0velesly]

Oh god, scary but a little cute. Amazing macros!

 

[dmarcus]

Very nice photo's...

 

[Redfoot NERD]

Dean a simple "point&shoot" SONY - http://www.dpreview.com/products/sony/compacts/sony_dsch20

Note the lens.. with a 2cm Macro. When I get real close the critter usually moves is why they aren't in focus a lot.

You may remember from last year I think - yes it jumped onto my finger -

Terry

 

[ChiKat]

Holy...the macro shots are incredible!!

 

[Jacob]

Great Shots, I Have To Start Growing Hisbcis!

 

[terryo]

NERD, I think you could take great pictures with a throw away camera. By the way....what are those bugs? You seem to have a lot of them. I always think about what you said once about how our torts get protein in everything that they eat outside, and then you showed a picture of that bug on the flower.

 

[Redfoot NERD]

Looks like a grasshopper to me Terry. There's not really a lot of the adults actually. In fact there are very few.

As far as taking good pictures.... you and many others have much better cameras than I do! Like anything else you just have to practice practice practice.... and learn the capabilities of the tool you are working with. I was not kidding when I claimed I've taken 10,000 pictures in the past few years with that camera. I took 37 different pictures ( I counted them ) alone of that one flower to get those few views.. LITERALLY! And then I only cropped and re-sized them. No "Photoshop",etc. anything else. No.... I do not sleep with my camera.

What's that old saying? - "A blind pig finds an acorn every once in awhile".

I'll start another "Priceless" pics thread just to show what can be done with these cameras these days.

NERD