Tag: close up photography

I happend to catch this ant wandering around a flower. Ants actually do seek nectar from flowers but because they have very little hair so there is no place for pollen to stick on them so they are rather poor pollenators. Photographed with: Nikon D7100, Nikon 40 mm MACRO lens, […]

An Atlas model railroad N-Scale, 1:160th, Conrail GP-40 locomotive from the 1970’s with freight cars was photographed in my studio using a Nikon D7100, Nikon 105mm F2.8 lens. The train consisted of 62 images all at various focus points and merged into one final photograph using Helicon Focus Stacking Software. […]

Interesting facts about the praying Mantis: There are about 2000 species of Praying Mantis but only 18 species live in North America.  The remainder live in tropical climates. In 1977 the State of Connecticut named the European Praying Mantis the state insect.  It is not native to North America but […]

This butterfly was busy jumping from flower to flower. I believe in belongs to the Swallowtail family of which there are over 550 species but I’m no butterfly expert. Fun Facts:  Butterflies taste with their feet allowing them to quickly identify food sources.  They only consume liquids which are typically […]

This bumble bee was very busy today making his way from flower to flower. I felt he created a striking image as he contrasted with the purples and greens. Photographed with a Nikon D7100 APS-C, 24.1 MP camera and a Nikon 105 mm, f/2.8 MACRO lens. 1/1000th, f9, ISO 1600

It was a beautiful May afternoon.  I took various photographs and pieced them into a video clip. Below are the still images from the shoot:

Winter is upon us.  The day’s are short and nights are cold.  All of us in CT have been blessed with a very warm start to winter during December but come January I’m sure temperatures will return to normal.  This photo is of a local horse farm in Hamden, CT. […]

This was a fun shot that produced bright bold colors. The set up of this shot enhanced it’s appeal (I hope). I’ve included a shot of exactly how this was taken: 1). Utilize a number of colored pencils all having the same length and sharpened to the same points. 2). […]