Posted by sterlingphoenix at 11:49:39 on September 17th, 2011 | Category: Photos | Tags: insects, really local, wildlife Mr. Dragonfly was still there this morning, so I went back with the ISO not turned up to Insane.
I was hoping to get natural light pictures, but sadly there’s a reasonable breeze so I still had to use the flash. But hey.
Here’s a close-up. And people think Michelle Bachmann has […]
Posted by sterlingphoenix at 02:44:10 on September 17th, 2011 | Category: Photos | Tags: insects, macro, really local I noticed this dragonfly sleeping outside while letting the dogs out for Last Call.
I spent an hour taking pictures of it, all the while forgetting that I set the ISO to A ZILLION to help me focus. So these are all a LOT noisier than they need to be. Oh well. This one’s […]
Posted by sterlingphoenix at 13:09:45 on January 4th, 2011 | Category: Photos | Tags: birds, really local
I love Pleated Woodpeckers. I want them to come over and let me pat them.
Posted by sterlingphoenix at 14:44:17 on September 23rd, 2010 | Category: Photos | Tags: insects, really local, yes I know spiders aren't insects I saw one of these spiders a few years ago – it made a web in my driveway that was several feet across and I almost walked into it.
They’re actually quite skittish and tend to run away from people. This is a feature I appreciate in spiders.
Anyway, I found this one […]
Posted by sterlingphoenix at 21:31:25 on September 19th, 2010 | Category: Photos | Tags: birds, really local
I had a flock of about a hundred of these marauding around the yard a few weeks back. They came back this weekend and I managed to get a nice shot of one of them.
Posted by sterlingphoenix at 21:05:06 on July 25th, 2010 | Category: Photos | Tags: plants, really local
Posted by sterlingphoenix at 15:55:55 on July 9th, 2010 | Category: Photos | Tags: cat, circus dog, duncan, Gigi, really local
Guess Who would like to be outside, too.
Posted by sterlingphoenix at 22:43:53 on June 28th, 2010 | Category: Photos | Tags: animals, really local, squirrel
Posted by sterlingphoenix at 23:17:20 on June 13th, 2010 | Category: Photos | Tags: plants, really local
This is all growing in a maple tree in my yard. Here’s a photo of where this all is on the tree.
I was hoping for a sunny day, but I didn’t think the mushrooms would survive for very long.
And yeah, I used the same location for POTD while I was […]
Posted by sterlingphoenix at 23:09:14 on May 29th, 2010 | Category: Photos | Tags: insects, macro, really local
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