Day 875 Bees

This is the story of a bee pollinating a flower.

Day 874 Forks in Sepia Tone

Three different shots of the same thing converted to Sepia Tone.

Day 874 Forks in Noir

I converted these forks to Noir.

Day 874 Forks in Fade

Boring day so I took some quick pictures of silverware. I converted this one to fade in the Photos program for Macbook.

Day 873 Farmers

Day 872 post 2 Noir, On My Way Home

Day 872 Noir On my way home.

Love these. The bottom picture was taken while on my way to work.

Day 871 Old Barn

Day 870 The Tiniest of Creatures

This flying critter is so tiny. It was mostly all black. There were a few this size and a few larger. The larger ones looked like black bees. If I ever find out what this is I'll update.

Day 870 Beetle

A small beetle of some sort.

Day 870 European Paper Wasp

Best I've gotten of an European Paper Wasp so far. I love the detail of copper looking dust (wing dust?) on it's abdomen

Day 870 Flower Fly or Hover Fly. Eupeodes volucris

This is a female. Love her.

Day 869 Water Drop

I love photographing water drops even if it's only one drop.

Day 869 Dried Fox Tail Weed With Water Drops

Just for fun I photographed this foxtail with water drops on it. I put the sepia tone filter just for fun and like it. So here it is.

Day 869 European Paper Wasp

I decided to water the weeds and after I was done I noticed plant of wasps landing. I tried to get as close as I could but to close and they would take off. If you look closely they are cleaning themselves because they are wet. I love the water drops on the top wasp.

Day 868 Lady Bug

Day 868 Long Jawed Orb Weaver... I Think

Day 868 Hover Fly

Such a tiny guy. Buzz buzz around it goes. So tiny nobody knows. Can't believe I got a some what in focus images from this fly guy.

Day 868 Bee

Day 868 Scathophaga stercoraria

These have all but disappeared from backyard. I was lucky to find this one, however it didn't stay long.

Day 868 Spider Catches a Fly

It was my goal to photograph a spider with prey. Once I found a spider, I waited nearby hoping he'd be successful in his hunt. After about 15 minutes I saw out of the corner of my eye some quick movement. Hooray! The spider caught a fly.
The top picture is pretty with all it's colors, but I cropped it so we could see the spider eyes. I wish I had a better lens so I could get a real close up of spider eyes.

Day 868 Scuderia

Day 867 Disgusting Flies

Day 867 Lady Bug in My Back Yard

Day 866 Fly with Tattered Wings

Day 866 A Female Painted Lady

Day 865 Oxyopes scalaris possibly female

This spider was so excited to catch a meal. I could tell by her fast movement and seemingly jubilated deamenor. However, In my eagerness to get a good picture the poor thing dropped her prize.

Day 865 Scudderia

As soon as I remember what kind of plant destroyer this is I'll update. Possibly either S. furcata or S. mexicana

Day 865 My Best Bee Picture So Far

I LOVE the detail in this bee picture. I love her hairs all billowy and clean, her eyes all shiny and bright. She is a beautiful Bee.