Zooming – September 2016
/I already did a zooming post earlier this month focused totally on insects --- but there have been so many other good shots that I couldn’t resist another for this month with more than insects in the mix. I am getting a new camera soon so this might be the last set of images with the 30x in optics and digital up to 120x. Let’s start with some plants: crabapples against a clear blue sky. Most of the leaves have already fallen from the tree but I looked around to find some fruit with a leaf nearby.
A flower with its petals still in tubes. Soon they would flatten into more normal looking petals.
A cloud of pink flowers.
Lots of pollen.
Milkweed seeds on the verge of blowing away.
The long central stalk of the hibiscus flower.
And a mushroom that was greenish underneath.
Back to some animals…..this chipmunk had very full cheek pouches. It was probably collecting food to be stored away for winter.
A skipper sunning itself among the dew drops on a large flower.
A bee so focused on the flower that it doesn’t notice my son-in-law’s camera trying to get a close shot (upper left corner). I prefer using the zoom!
A molting bird…maybe a grackle?
A dragonfly.