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Category Archives: Macro Photography
Monarch Egg Hatching – Video
Today’s post has been a few days in the making. Back in September when the Monarch migration was underway, I photographed a lot of Monarch caterpillars and butterflies in their busy, nonstop activities. I collected several Monarch eggs from the church butterfly garden and set up a “nursery/studio” in my dining room. One of my […]
Pollinators at Work
Today’s post features an image I captured over the weekend. I have 3 patches of Showy Goldenrod planted in the church butterfly garden and all are profusely blooming right now. Being an “end of season” bloomer, the Goldenrod is near the top of the pollinator’s wish list at the buffet table, this late in the […]
Also posted in Insect Photography, Nature Photography, Uncategorized
Tagged nature photography, pollinator
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Let’s Get Really Small!
Today’s post features an image I captured over the weekend. With the annual fall Monarch migration in full swing, there have been lots of Monarchs visiting the church butterfly garden, here in the Missouri Ozarks. This featured image shows the sizes of a Monarch egg (upper, lefthand edge of image) and a freshly-hatched Monarch caterpillar, […]
Ozark Trillium
Today’s post features a focus-stacked, macrophotograph of a Trillium wildflower as it blooms in the woodlands, in the Missouri Ozarks. I captured 25 individual images and then combined them into a single image. As you can see, the detail can be seen in most of the resulting image. But you can see that flower movement […]
Also posted in Focus Stacking, Nature Photography, Wildflowers
Tagged Missouri, wildflower
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Dwarf Larkspur
Today’s post is a recent find at Fiery Fork Conservation Area, here in the Missouri Ozarks. This Dwarf Larkspur woodland wildflower is a new wildflower for me … I have seen the larger larkspur species, but this shorter version was a “lifer”: Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 5D Mark 3 camera body Canon 180mm, f/3.5 macro […]
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Tagged Missouri, nature photography, wildflower
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Color on the Hiking Trail
Today’s post features an often-seen wildflower along trails at the edge of woodland habitat … the Roundleaf Ragwort (a species of Packera). It is always a welcome sight when I come across this wildflower as it blooms … a cheerful, yellow wildflower: Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 5D Mark 3 camera body Canon 180mm, f/3.5 Macro […]