While waiting for fish to jump at Tumwater Falls Park, there was this spider crawling along a fence post. I liked the grain of the wood against the blurred background with the spider between.
Camera: Nikon D850 Lens: Zeiss Milvus 135mm ISO 1000 1/250 sec f/5.6
I have been paying more attention to all the dragonflies and damselflies down at Capitol Lake (where I often walk). There are so many different varieties of these little critters … if you aren’t paying attention, they just all blur into a single amorphous category of “bugs”. In order to identify the photos, I’ve had to purchase some nature guides … bug books.
I like trying to track down the species… and I think I have these locked in … but if anyone disagrees with my identification, please let me know. I’m interested in accuracy, and my college studies were in geology, chemistry and math. not much help there in id-ing bugs.
Male Camera: Nikon D850 Lens: Zeiss Milvus 135mm ISO 400 1/500 sec f/11 Female Camera: Nikon D850 Lens: Nikon 105mm Macro ISO 200 1/320 sec f/9
One way to tell the difference between a dragonfly and a damselfly is that dragonflies hold their wings out extended when at rest, while damselflies lay them back across their bodies.
Camera: Nikon D850 Lens: Nikon 28-300mm set at 300mm ISO 200 1/250 sec f/8.0
Nice to see some honey bees at work making us blackberries…
Camera: Nikon D810 Lens: Nikon 50mm f/1.8 ISO 100 1/160 sec f/6.3
To be honest, I’m only a little sure on the ID of this sweet little bug. I really need a better bug book, I guess. But it’s green and has clear wings, so… it seems likely. Most folks would just call this a dragonfly. And that’s not incorrect. But it’s sorta like identifying a Northern Harrier as “a hawk”. Or so my reading suggests.
Camera: Nikon D850 Lens: Nikon 105mm Macro ISO 200 1/250 sec f/8.0