You’d go mad too if you had to carry this home around on your back wherever you went. At least down here you’d not have to worry about clipping power lines, low overhang bridges, getting tangled up in tree line avenues or finding somewhere out of the sun. I found a lot of these little […]
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Christmas Spider
We had just finished putting up the tree. Braced, it . Watered it. Waited a while longer and watered it again. Soon the room was filled the lovely smell of fresh pine and we stood back to admire our unadorned symbol of Christmas. Just as we we inspecting the crown we noticed that the prime […]
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Even at 1/3200 of a second this incoming bumblebee’s wings are a blur. Short of using a high powered strobe I don’t think it is possible to freeze their motion completely. There were two kinds of bees hard at work on this patch of flowers. One was a slimmer and less hairy bee which methodically […]
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There is something almost unreal about the petals of a tulip. Unlike the velvety textures of roses or the rough textures of chrysanthemums, tulips have a feel all of their own. I simply just love the form and texture of tulips. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Tulip Texture’, 2.5s f16 ISO800 100mm
Read MorePrickles
Prickles just lay there on the pavement and did not mind at all when I lay down in front with my big (relatively) lens. It only too a few moments to realise why this Prickly Geko (Heteronotia binoei) was not in any hurry. The pavement was freezing. Not exactly what a cold blooded reptile needs […]
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