Clovis' 2025 images

[BrokenolMarine]

The pics keep coming, and the images you capture are amazing. Some beautiful, some stark, some could lead in a Stephen King movie. I love it. Thanks for sharing.

[clovishound]

The pics keep coming, and the images you capture are amazing. Some beautiful, some stark, some could lead in a Stephen King movie. I love it. Thanks for sharing.

Well, I've spared you some of the gorier bug eating bug shots.

[BrokenolMarine]

The pics keep coming, and the images you capture are amazing. Some beautiful, some stark, some could lead in a Stephen King movie. I love it. Thanks for sharing.

Well, I've spared you some of the gorier bug eating bug shots.

I have a couple of those myself. A praying Mantis eating a roach, a lizard having lunch. An otter eating a snake. I LOVE Those shots. Circle of life brother. Keep shooting... your equipment and skill level puts you in the PRO class.

I take off my hat and sweep it wide in a salute.

[Ernie]

Thanks again for the pictures. Well done.

[clovishound]

Well, I went back to Cypress this morning with the CNPA outing. I tried some different settings and a different lens. Some things worked out, and others didn't. I got some sharper images for some of the in flight pictures. The big thing holding these images back is the background. I was too focused on getting the dragonflies sharp that I didn't really pay attention to the background properly. I assumed it would be blurred enough not to matter. Well, there's always next time. It's always a learning experience when you start something new.

These two were decently sharp. I need to get a little closer with this lens, as I had to crop more than I would like to. Thank goodness for the high resolution sensor. I never could have gotten by with this with 24 MP.

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This one was a static shot, but I liked the color of the dragonfly, and the detail, so I included it.

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[clovishound]

The stuff of nightmares:

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I sure am glad these guys aren't the size of a pony.

[clovishound]

I've been taking advantage of the opportunity to shoot these two praying mantises in my back yard the last couple days. Been playing around with flash, available light, using a scrim, and different flash settings to bring out the background.

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I actually saw this mantis grab this bee out of the air. Unfortunately, my camera was on the tripod pointed at another mantis nearby. I did manage to get over and snap a few while he was chowing down.

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