Loving bees on a table in a friends backyard in Koudekerk aan de Amstel, near Amsterdam, Holland. - FEATURED in Backyard Macro and Closeups (3 a day) / 8 November 2009 / - FEATURED in Macro Untouched. 2 per day only 6 November 2009 / Supermacro. Used camera: Canon Powershot S3 IS
Featured in Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Art – November 2009 / Featured in Macro Untouched – November 2009 Thanks to Andrew for identifying this as a Garden Orb Weaver. Appreciate it mate. These guys are apparently nocturnal feeders, and rest nearby their webs during the day. Bites can cause mild pain. Shot on the 27th of October 2009 in Brisbane, Australia, with a Canon 450d and a 70-300 is usm telephoto with 68mm of stacked extension tubes. Shutter: 1/50th (fired built-in flash +2) / Aperture: f/11 / ISO: 200 My Images Do NOT Belong To The Public Domain. All images are copyright © Jason Asher. All Rights Reserved. Copying, saving, downloading, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited. Non-compliance with these term(s) WILL result in legal action.
Canon 5D Mk2 65 MPE Macro @ 5X Ringlite Flash Handeheld ISO 400 F9 1/200 sec Cronulla NSW Most of us have probably heard that the world’s bee population is declining – from Britain to New Zealand and throughout the United States, crops and wildflowers are being affected by this issue. Recently, scientists have had success in treating parasitic infection in bee hives, giving us new hope in halting the decline. From wikipedia’s entry on pollinators: “Millions of hives of honey bees are contracted out as pollinators by beekeepers, and honey bees are by far the most important commercial pollinating agents, but many other kinds of pollinators, from bluebottle flies, to bumblebees, orchard mason bees, and leaf cutter bees are cultured and sold for managed pollination.” You can choose to become a beekeeper, perhaps by taking a beekeeping school course in your area, and becoming licensed to keep bees. There are lots of resources online with information for beginning beekeepers, places to buy beekeeping equipment, and forums in which you can post questions about bees. As a bonus, if you raise honey bees, the local pollen in the honey can help relieve allergies, however you may want to use caution in eating local honey. Helping the bees out might be enough reason to take up the hobby, but another good reason is to help your garden flourish. Perhaps keeping bees yourself is just more work or time than you care to invest. There are other ways to contribute as well. Maybe you can host a hive for another beekeeper. Or, you can choose to provide environments that need less maintenance like a bumblebee nest box, which you can build (easier to build a bumblebee box in the US, as most places to purchase seem to be in UK) or just purchase a bumblebee home. Another common bee you can host is the mason bee – there are starter kits available, as well as other more attractive mason bee houses. Finally, even if you don’t choose to host any bees in your space, you can provide a bee-friendly garden. Bees are attracted to blue, purple, yellow and white. Old-fashion shrubs with nectar-rich blossoms like lilac, honeysuckle and azalea are bee magnets. Heirloom flowers like cosmos, zinnia, aster and daisies lure them with the promise of pollen. Herbs such as mint, hyssop, salvia, lavender and thyme are covered with bees during bloom time. Select a variety of flowers which will bloom at different times throughout the year for a steady supply of nectar and pollen. There’s a wealth of bee-friendly options, so finding plants that work with your existing garden shouldn’t be too hard.
A day-flying moth, slightly over an inch long. Appears black until the sun hits it and then it turns metallic blue. / The red tip on the posterior is a warning to predators. / Though it mimics a wasp, it is totally harmless; a nectaring moth. Here it is in Bidens alba. It also loves to nectar in goldenrod. It is know also as the Oleander Moth, and its host plant for the caterpillars is the Oleander. http://www.killerplants.com/renfields-garden/20031008.asp Bayou George, FL. Sony w50
Great Mormon (Papilio memnon) is a large butterfly with contrasting colors that belongs to the Swallowtail family. A common butterfly, it is widely distributed and has thirteen subspecies. Klapmuts, (near Paarl), South Africa
as is fuji finepix S8100 a lady bird ready to jump. / From my backyard / was featured in # 1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE / was featured in Macro Untouched. 2 per / / /
As Is / Nikon D80 / 70-300mm lense / Taken in my back yard, Perth, Australia VIEW LARGE VERSION
BEST VIEWED LARGER / Morning dew in a web / Nete Herentals, Belgium Canon 40D – Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM / ISO 800 – f/6.4 – 1/250s Have a look at my other photos. For example:
I took this close up macro shot in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo last weekend, using the macro setting on my camera.
A friendly little guy having his lunch!
Found in the garden at the old Beechworth Asylum / Beechworth, N.E. Victoria, Australia. / Nikon D40x, 105mm VR Micro Nikkor / 1/1250 f8 ISO HI-1 / /
super-macro / location Bieszczady – Poland
Taken at My Home Studio / Reading, Pennsylvania Make: NIKON CORPORATION / Model: NIKON D80 / Shutter Speed: 1/125 second / Aperture: F/8.0 / Focal Length: 105 mm / ISO Speed: 125 / Date Taken: Nov 18, 2009, 7:35:48 PM
First light comes to the back garden. First Light was featured in Backyard Macro & Closeups.
Got to love the color of these. Captured in my studio. Nikon D200, Nikkor 105mm /
A typical Garden Jumping Spider found in the backyard. This guy was probably about 1cm or so long. Shot on the 14th of November 2009 in Brisbane, Australia, with a Canon 450d and a 70-300 is usm telephoto with 68mm of stacked extension tubes. Shutter: 1/80th / Aperture: f/20 / ISO: 400 My Images Do NOT Belong To The Public Domain. All images are copyright © Jason Asher. All Rights Reserved. Copying, saving, downloading, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited. Non-compliance with these term(s) WILL result in legal action.
super macro Pentax Optio S30 / location Brisbane – Roma Park
Canon 5D Mk 2 100 L Macro Ringlite Flash ISO 200 F20 1/200 sec Edited in Lghtroom
shot at dusk / natural light / ISO High / in my garden
Camera Olympus compact SP 700 <<<


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