little explorer ...
an ant sucks the juice from a spring flowering bud … i enjoyed watching these little biters for about an hour before attempting to capture one on camera …
little explorer ... belongs to the following groups:
Conservation Photography, Everyday Life, Globes, Spheres and Curves, Green!, Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies, Kairos - Capturing the Decisive Moment, Selective Coloring, Silhouettes and United KingdomAvailable for sale as Cards and Matted Prints
tuffcookie, 2 months ago
sweet capture snappy!! Hope you didn’t get nailed by one in your endevers to catch him on camera :)
digitalmidge, 2 months ago
Whoa this is very cool, love the extreme angle here, it’s very interesting..really good one Dave, my friend..
SNAPPYDAVE in reply to tuffcookie’s comment, 2 months ago
i did actually …
SNAPPYDAVE in reply to digitalmidge’s comment, 2 months ago
thanks zoe … back now sore ;-)
digitalmidge, 2 months ago
Hee hee, it sucks to get old…;
) Me too, have the same issues…no more ‘belly crawling’ to get those hard to find shots… ;\tuffcookie, 2 months ago
lol well now that just sucks doesn’t it lol
SNAPPYDAVE in reply to digitalmidge’s comment, 2 months ago
yip … bigger lens required me thinks …
SNAPPYDAVE in reply to tuffcookie’s comment, 2 months ago
you rotter … hows the toe hee hee
tuffcookie, 2 months ago
lol toes ok. sore but i’ll live lol.. hope the bite isn’t too bad.. those little buggers can really take a chunck out of you :)
SNAPPYDAVE in reply to tuffcookie’s comment, 2 months ago
im chunky anyway … they could feast for a week and you may not see the difference … gonna start walking again … and I will bring my camera to make it a wee bit more interesting
tuffcookie, 2 months ago
walks are always good.. i was to and from work everyday :)always have the camera with me… except on days like today when its pouring down rain.. i’m water proof but me poor camera isn’t lol
SNAPPYDAVE in reply to tuffcookie’s comment, 2 months ago
you can get covers for them from ebay, etc … not too expensive either … rain sucks … hate it … depresses me … you seem a wee bit more cheery tonite tuffie …
tuffcookie, 2 months ago
hmm i’ll hold off on the rain cover til i get the camera i really want lol.. til then i just won’t venture out in the rain with me camera. hmm i’m not to bad.. tackling my laundry room/office at the moment…. not sure how i ended up on the pc lol
SNAPPYDAVE in reply to tuffcookie’s comment, 2 months ago
ah its because your an addict like me … cant keep away … i think my wifes ready to divorce me … my chores are mounting too … ah damn it you only get one life me thinks … might as well enjoy it !!! ... you can get some great shots in the rain you know … just bring a good old fashioned umbrella ;-)
tuffcookie, 2 months ago
lol oh yeah i’m so addicted lol.. hard to keep away from here lol.. i was folding laundry and some how gravitated to the pc lol… hmm i’ll have to brave the rain one of these days lol
SNAPPYDAVE in reply to tuffcookie’s comment, 2 months ago
i think my recent work must have made you gravitate this way ;-))))
tuffcookie, 2 months ago
lol think so?? uh huh sure sure lol
Lori Peters, 2 months ago
What a picture! Who knew?
SNAPPYDAVE in reply to Lori Peters’s comment, 2 months ago
lol
mlgkats, 2 months ago
good macro of the batchler buttons good color and clarity
SNAPPYDAVE in reply to mlgkats’s comment, 2 months ago
your too clever …
mlgkats, 2 months ago
i have them in my garden as well
dawndavies, 2 months ago
wow this is fab, well done dave nice angle dawn
SNAPPYDAVE in reply to mlgkats’s comment, 2 months ago
;-)
SNAPPYDAVE in reply to dawndavies’s comment, 2 months ago
thanks D
mlgkats, 2 months ago
:)
ltruskett, 2 months ago
This is cool.
whisperingruth, 2 months ago
AWESOME artistry SnappyD! You are very creative!!
whisperingruth, 2 months ago
AWESOME artistry SnappyD! You are very creative!!
SNAPPYDAVE in reply to ltruskett’s comment, 2 months ago
:-)
SNAPPYDAVE in reply to whisperingruth’s comment, 2 months ago
thanks i appreciate that
Maya -, 2 months ago
Very interesting and cleverly composed image!
SNAPPYDAVE in reply to Maya -’s comment, 2 months ago
thankyou maya