Nature

[soohk]

Care to share ur nature shots?...

S1

Canon 40D, Lens 70-300mm F4-5.6 @ F5.6, 1/1600

[angiud]

Ripe cashew fruits (Anacardium occidentale) in Koh Phangan, Thailand May 30, 2010

[eurasianthai]

French kiss...

[angiud]

16 January 2010 100 mm macro with ring flash

[angiud]

Land snail after a thunderstorm in Ubud (Bali), April 2010

[katana]

I think this one is a White-lipped snail (Cepaea hortensis), which is common in Europe.

[soohk]

S3

Canon 40D, Lens Canon 60mm F2.8 @ F4, 1/400

[angiud]

Grasshopper in my garden

[angiud]

Nymphaea in my garden

[kicking]

soohk, the S2 picture is really good...

[soohk]

soohk, the S2 picture is really good...

thanks

S4

Camera: Canon

Model: Canon EOS 40D

Lens : 70-300mm F4-5.6

Exposure: 1/160 sec

Aperture: 6.3

[soohk]

S5

Camera: Canon

Model: Canon EOS 40D

Lens : Canon 70-300mm F4-5.6

Exposure: 1/125 sec

Aperture: 8.0

[IanForbes]

Nice photos, gang. And thank you, Anguid for the photo of the cashew nuts on the stem. I've never seen cashews other than in a package or bowl. They are quite attractive.

I leave my back yard in Canada rather wild because the wild game likes it better that way. The blacktail deer come into my yard to rest on my rough lawn that I only cut once a month. I don't mind too much if they munch on my climbing rose bushes and trim my tulips. This little buck was resting until I disturbed him to take a photo.

[astral]

Wild orchids in the Middle East

[angiud]

Astral, very nice pic, but those are not orchids, I don't recall the name now.

[soohk]

S6

[bprinceuk]

[soohk]

S7

[bprinceuk]

[astral]

What is the little face lurking in the right upper background??

[angiud]

A garden fake owl?

[IanForbes]

Unfortunately, the tree this cone came off has since been cut down, but for many years there were three months that the bright purple cones decorated this evergreen.

[IanForbes]

The wild rose is especially lovely after a summer rain.

[Nignoy]

this is freddo he lives on my verandah

[IanForbes]

Nothing specific, but it certainly is nature. Right after a storm the evening sunlight can make for spectacular cloud scenes.

[angiud]

Today, in my garden, eating all the new orchid buds.

[IanForbes]

I love your closeups, Angiud. What camera and lens are you using?

Too bad about the bug eating the orchid... but that is just nature doing what nature does.

[angiud]

Thank you, Ian.

I use a Canon 450D with Canon 100 mm f 2.8 Micro lens (no stabilized), sometimes with camera flash, sometimes with a ring strobe.

For the yellow beetle a tripod too.

[IanForbes]

Thank you, Ian.

I use a Canon 450D with Canon 100 mm f 2.8 Micro lens (no stabilized), sometimes with camera flash, sometimes with a ring strobe.

For the yellow beetle a tripod too.

Thanks for the reply. I only carry one lens with me when I travel to Thailand... an 18 to 200 for my Nikon 200D. it gives a good cross section for snapshots and medium telephotos, but not so good for real close ups. I also carry a Pentax W30 for when I'm around water, but the time delay prevents some photos being taken. The new Pentax W90 has a special lens and lighting system for extreme close ups, but I haven't checked it out. I have close up lenses at home in Canada that I use if I'm on photo shoot sort of day, but I don't bring them to Thailand with me.

[svenivan]

S7

Great shot, great colors.

What camera, lens, aperture, exposure? Extra light?

I want to learn to take shots like this!