Tag: animal
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Cat in the Gap. (#43179)
This was my wallpaper for a while. I’m definitely making her look at the camera here, I loved the geometry of the stairs so had to try to fabricate the shot.
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Cataract.
The washed out and colour-cast edges are done by wrapping a clear sandwich bag with a hole in the middle, around the lens which I coloured with a blue highlighter on the left and a red one on the right. The hole lets the cat’s head/eye stay sharp and in focus while the surroundings look…
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Day 7: Green Hopper.
So I chased the sound of this little thing for around half hour until I got close enough (15cm) to take a photo. Grass in the way of the lens was a problem but I didn’t want to ‘use’ it this time (see previous post). Bonus ant top right.
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Day 3: Bee Low.
Pardon the pun but this was a very low angle to shoot from. Similar to the beach photo, I was lying down, this time on wet grass. The drops of water are from very recent rainfall. No idea what the flower is, as always. Help much appreciated!
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Day 2: Phaenicia sericata
Fancy latin name for a common green bottle fly. Pro-tip for handheld insect photos: Use manual focus and spam the shutter button. Even if there’s no wind, breathing will put the focus off so with 20-40 shots you should have at least one in focus.
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What a Difference a Lens Makes.
Shot with my speedy Tamron 70-300mm. The AF speed is comparable to Canon L lenses. Combined with Servo focus and a bit of luck, makes shots like these take a single try.
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Butterflies And Lack Thereof.
This pretty much sums up this year’s butterfly abundance, though this could also be a wasp nesting.
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Filmmaking.
I skipped a 6am post the other day so this is making up for it. I started an MA Wildlife Filmmaking course 4 weeks ago and this is the first photo since the start (taken 4 weeks ago). This breaks up the chronology a little bit but is more up to date than the current…
Maks Swiderek 