My next submission for the Emotography Showcase is V for vivacious.
Month: September 2016
Macro Moments Week 12
I had no idea the little critter I could see on my camera screen was actually a wasp. You can judge its size from the aphids nearby. I suspect it is an Ichneumon Wasp, they lay eggs inside the aphids.
Captured on my Panasonic Lumix, DMC-TZ60, macro setting.
Wildlife Visitors in September 2016
Although it was cold, wet and miserable these animals visited our place during September, you can visit other bloggers who contribute to Wildlife Wednesdays here.
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Adelaide Rosella
Aphids and a wasp
Australian Admiral
Black and white moth
Australian Painted Lady
Little Bitterbush Blue Butterfly
Mating Cabbage White Butterflies
Caterpillar – Cabbage White
Caterpillar
Caterpillar pretending to be a twig
Common Froglet
Crested Pigeon
Dragonfly
Eastern Spinebill in a Grevillea
Eastern Spinebill in a Eromophila
Female Tawny Frogmouth
Male Tawny Frogmouth
Galah -angry at an intruder in the nest hole he created
Hoverfly
Kookaburra
Kookaburra
Kookaburras checking out a nest box
Ladybug
Leopard Slug
Parent and baby Magpie
Slug
Baby Magpie – the abandoned one
Pill Bug
Possum – intruder in the Magpies’ nest
Rat
Small Marbled Scorpion
Tiny scorpion
Shield Bug
Shield Bug
Skink
Slaters
Common snail
Tiny striped spider
Tiny white spider
Spider inside small gumnut protecting its egg sac.
Three -toed Skink
Unhappy
Continuing on through the alphabet for the Emotography Showcase, I think unhappiness is felt by the subject and the viewer in this one.
Quest
I was forced into a quest this morning, it was suddenly very important to have a Guardsman’s jacket. With my sewing machine in for repair I certainly wasn’t going to start from scratch. Thank goodness for the local Salvation Army shop, our quest for a long sleeved, red shirt was successful. The quest for gold buttons was simple, I just needed to go to my button jar.
Temperamental
My submission for the Emotography Showcase this week, a temperamental Sleepy Lizard.
Edge
For this week’s Photo Challenge I haven’t stuck exactly with the brief but the image does convey edges to me.
Have you ever been patiently waiting for your photo op to appear then become aware of a sound that makes you realize you’re looking in completely the wrong direction?
Stylish
Feeling so stylish this week, just for the Emotography Showcase.
Mirror
This is the best I could come up with from today but …….
this one from my archives is a better fit for the prompt, “Mirror“.
Wildlife Visitors in August 2016
I liked this challenge Wildlife Wednesdays and thought I’d participate but decided I preferred to keep the photos in the post for the month they were taken. I’ll be able to check back and see if the timing of the sightings is the same next year.
Not all wildlife at our place cooperates with me, we have aggressive Red Wattlebirds everywhere but let them see a camera and they’re off. Rainbow Lorikeets on the other hand and all too keen to show off their colours. There are lots of little birds that flit about like butterflies in the tops of the Gum Trees, no way can I get a shot of those.
I hope I’ll get better photos of some creatures but for this month these are the ones I have to go with.
If you click on an image it will take you to a slideshow where they’re larger and the captions are visible.
Adelaide Rosella
Australian Admiral
Australian Painted Lady
Honey Bee
Cabbage White Butterfly
Centipede
Crested Pigeon
Curl Grub
Tau Emerald Dragonfly
Eastern Rosella
Eastern Spinebill
Galah
Legless Lizard
Meadow Argus Butterfly
Native Cockroach
Nesting Magpie
New Holland Honeyeater
Nesting Rainbow Lorikeets
Rat -the reason I’m reluctant to use the bird feeder
Ringtail Possum
Shield Bug
Slaters
Frog Spawn …. I think
Stonefly
Tawny Frogmouths
Baby Wattlebird
Teeny, tiny Jumping Spider
Ladybug and friend
Skink
snaphappi 