Nature pics

[Archive4]

I did wonder what you fed the family on, spending all the money on a " summer house "

 

[timo_w2s]

I've been glow worm hunting for a few nights this week as we've got a few good spots in south Bucks for glow worms. Tonight I found a group of about 20 females on a residential road side and under a street light too. Since they use their light to attract the flying (non-glowing) males you'd think they prefer to glow in the dark to stand out more but this colony don't seem to mind the yellow sodium lights.

 

[4wd]

I've been glow worm hunting for a few nights

That hungry ? :O) Nice pictures, strange creatures.

The monster flower:

 

[Archive4]

That hungry ? :O) Nice pictures, strange creatures.

The monster flower:

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A Ninja Daffodill?

 

[Archived-1]

That hungry ? :O) Nice pictures, strange creatures.

The monster flower:

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Great picture 4wd, puts mine to shame , I keep promising myself I am going to get a new camera, but my money is better spent elsewhere atm , in the near future .

 

[Archived-1]

Just walking round the garden and noticed my passion flowers have just started to produce flower heads, I will set my tripod up once they flower and see what I can do, I would like to get into taking macro pictures

 

[sonnetpete]

Slightly off topic but.....

Some of you may know I've recently got a new girlfriend who moved in with me a couple of weeks ago...she brought this camera with her....(plus a spare zoom lens)

http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/nikon_d3200_review/

Bit of a step up from my Fuji Bridge camera....

 

[4wd]

I keep promising myself I am going to get a new camera, but my money is better spent elsewhere atm , in the near future .

Thanks for the comments\likes, makes it worth crawling around.

(one of) the nice thing(s) with SLR is the ability to produce nice blurred backgrounds. And don't have to cost a fortune, some unexpensive sh Canon (or Nikon) with stock lens is a good start, then over time one sees how far (how expensive :0) one wants to go.

 

[Archived-1]

Thanks 4wd, I have a cheap Nikon Coolpix L120, I will be spending around £300 when the time comes and see how it goes, probably next year now, I need to finish my house, the one I have is getting me by for the time being ,

Please keep the pictures coming pal .

 

[Piltdownpaul]

Wild rabbit

Male Reed Bunting

Feeding time for a Starling.
Enjoy

 

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Wild rabbit
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Male Reed Bunting
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Feeding time for a Starling.
Enjoy

Great pictures as always Paul, hope your keeping well pal .

 

[Piltdownpaul]

Great pictures as always Paul, hope your keeping well pal .

I am in all fairness Martin, unfortunately for the past 5 months i've been visiting a terminally ill relative in hospital, and you can imagine the effects this has on your normal life, but hey ho life goes on. I still get time to go out with the big zoom lens and get pics though. Cheers Paul.

 

[Piltdownpaul]

pontiend
Thankyou

 

[Archived-1]

S0rry to hear that Paul, I lost a life long friend a few months ago to the big C only 45 yrs old , head up and carry on best you can pal, always nice to see you around .

 

[Piltdownpaul]

S0rry to hear that Paul, I lost a life long friend a few months ago to the big C only 45 yrs old , head up and carry on best you can pal, always nice to see you around .

This is heart related,in fact it might be her final day today, i didnt want to go to the hospital today, been given hours. Thought i'd come on here to divert my mind for a while.

 

[Archive4]

Found this little chap in the garden just now, didn´t want to hurt him, but know idea what he is. The stone to his side is 8mm grade!



Don´t think he is a tic, by the mouth

 

[Piltdownpaul]

Common Buzzard Top Female Mallard Duck Below.

 

[Archive4]

Found this little chap in the garden just now, didn´t want to hurt him, but know idea what he is. The stone to his side is 8mm grade!

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Don´t think he is a tic, by the mouth

Have done some research into this guy, not a tic or tick. Tick´s are arachnids with eight legs and a three stage body, this little chap is some sort of beetle, you can tell by the front legs and "one piece body ", not sure what kind though, working on it!

 

[skomedal]

Got bitten by this bug ger, luckily I swatted it and as it was still whole took some snaps.

Horse fly

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Horse fly facts

_http://www.arkive.org/horse-fly/chrysops-relictus/

Regards

 

[Captain Jack]

I got bitten by one while up in the Lakes the other week. Very itchy afterwards