Fuzzy caterpillar
The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Letter E — Needs to have two E’s in the topic (needle, elephant, geese, peek, jeep, eye, etc.) You can always use adjectives and adverbs with a specific topic just make sure you give us the word that fits the requirements of this challenge. Steeple, Saints Peter and Paul Church, San […]
It’s a very odd feeling to look down in the dirt and spot a long yellow weed casually making its way across your path. As soon as I realized I was looking at a stick insect (Phasmatodea), I knelt down with my camera. Unfortunately, this was the best I could do, since he had no interest whatsoever in posing for […]
My entry for Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Shadows. Let’s see what is hiding within the shadows. Shadows in black and white can be so dramatic.
What do you suppose it is about the Coccinellidae that makes us smile rather than cringe when we see one? They are beetles, like so many other insects, and they can sometimes be a pest and have even been known to bite humans (although rarely, I suspect). Still, just about everyone can recognize the red ladybug beetle with black spots, and we’re […]
As I marched along the deserted horse trail, a flash of bright red caught my eye. The play of shadows on the leaves, backlit by morning sun, was so irresistible I decided that I didn’t mind standing in the dried weeds to capture the shot. It wasn’t until I checked out the images on my laptop that I saw the […]