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Tag Archives: macro photo
A Dandy Little Predator
I took my boys to our family’s prairie today. I was only intending to stay for a little while, but they were having so much fun building forts in the trees and drawing pictures in the mud, we stayed for several … Continue reading
Photo of the Week – February 21, 2013
This photo reminds me of something, but I can’t figure out what it is. Help? The photo shows melting snow crystals around the edge of some prairie grass. You can’t see the grass because I focused in very closely on … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Photography
Tagged frost, grassland, ice pattern, macro photo, melting snow, prairie, snow crystals, winter
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HOLD STILL!! Photographing Bees for Fun and Frustration
Photography is easy. All you have to do is invest in a really good camera and be in the right place at the right time. Or at least that’s what I’m told by people who aren’t photographers. I always respond that … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Insects, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Photography, Prairie Plants
Tagged bee, camera, image, insect, macro photo, nature, photography, pollinators, prairie clover
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Photo of the Week – February 3, 2012
I’ve always admired black and white photographers. (Or at least photographers who take black and white photos…) The photo below, however, is a color photograph. It just happened that the scene was black and white. This photo was taken along … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Photography
Tagged close-up photography, ice, macro photo, motion, photo, photography, stalactities
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Photo of the Week – November 23, 2011
A few years ago, I photographed this tiny grasshopper nymph on a black-eyed susan flower. At the time of this photo, I don’t think the nymph was aware of the crab spider it was sharing the flower with… Just a … Continue reading
