A series I worked on in 2001. A coincidence of moments – a few days after talking to a friend about the old pin the bug science experiments we used to do in school I came across the Squished Fairy Book a children’s’ book about a girl who collects fairies in a scrap book by squishing them between the pages of her book. Loved it and decided to play around with the two ideas together. Interestingly when I first exhibited them I was abused by some of the gallery patrons for the ‘nasty’ ‘horrible’ work which ‘they would never have on their walls’.
Moth on the wall. My bathroom, London, UK. Iceland / Belgium / Italy / France / Hungary / Spain / Sri Lanka / USA / London / Portraits / Other This image has not been doctored. The moth was this colour. / Aside from some work with the levels and contrast.
Green Dragon on a yellow umbrella.
Bee captured in mid-flight, flying with his tongue out.
Saw this bug parked at Tim Hortons one day. It was so cool. The gut who made it was delivering it to the person who bought it. He had to drive it through a few provinces. I asked what he did when it rained and he replied, ” wear a rain coat”. Great on a hot summer day, not so good in the winter…LOL. Shot with a Pentax Optio 30 I believe.
One lonely ladybird, (ladybug), found in our garden this week. Hiding back in the shadows and slowly working towards the light. For those of you who have visited my site before and seen the many thousands of these beautiful creatures that I have photographed before at my “secret location” will be dismayed to find out they are all dead. Seems Council staff couldn’t prevent them from entering a nearby radio repeater station and rather than build a barrier sprayed the lot!!!! I have voiced my complaint and hope one day they will be able to breed and again mass in their thousands. In the meantime we can only hope lone ones like this survive and remain alive in our gardens. Canon 400D Sigma macro 100 – 300, worked on in Photoshop CS3.
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Another image from my Ladybird meeting place near Mt Burr, Limestone Coast, South Australia. Many of you who have visited before would have seen a range of images from this secret little place where these ladybirds congregated in their thousands. Recently I reported they had all been killed by poison spray laid by Local Government. I have been back and they are just starting to regenerate now with only small bunches in their tens surviving but they seem to be making a slow comeback. This image, shot with a Canon 400D – sigma 100 – 300 macro, is an old image I have been wanting to post for some time. Hopefully we will see them back in their glory like this in years to come.
Two little Australian gum beetles having a game of hide and seek, taken in Tasmania, Australia. Taken with a Canon DSLR and Canon 100mm macro lens, with a sturdy tripod. Natural Light. My New 2010 Calender Featured in the following groups / Flowers in Macro / Australian Wildlife / A Beautiful Blur / Insects, bugs and creepy crawlies July 2009 / Backyard Close Ups Aug 2009 / Another one of my bug images has been featured on red bubble home page / the image is called Peek A Boo! / Another one of my bug images has been featured on red bubble home page / the image is called White Valley! Two home page features in one week….so excited. thank you all…* /
My little hopper was captured using a DSLR with a Canon 100mm macro lens and tripod. Photographed in Tasmania, Australia. Great card for any occassion…. / This image has been featured on the / Red Bubble home page March 2009 / Another one of my bug images has been featured on red bubble home page the image is called White Valley! Two home page features in one week….so excited. thank you all… / This image is also on page 10 of Red Bubble all time favourite images… see here />My New 2010 Calender / Chalenges Won / 1:1 Macro Photography Group: Won the March Avatar Challenge / A Photographer’s Craft group: Won February Challenge / The Woman Photographer Group: Macro Bugs Challenge and itty bitty teeny tiny (ie..very small) challenge FEATURED IN THE FOLLOWING GROUPS: / Bubble $uccess Stories Sept 09 / Featured Only Sept 2009 / 1:1 Macro Photography Feb 2009 / A Photographer’s Craft Feb 2009 / Featured Only Aug 2009 / Canon DSLR Group Feb 2009 / The Woman Photographer March 2009 / Extreme Close-Ups March 2009 / All The Colors of the Rainbow April 2009 / Australian Wildlife June 2009 / Focus and Lighting July 2009 / If it doesn’t belong Sept 2009 / ! Bubble $uccess Stories ! I found this tiny little Australian Grasshopper hopping around in my vegi patch. The flowers photographed in this image where also from my garden. / Photographing grasshoppers was new to me when I found this little guy in my garden, he was so green and cute I had to try and get a photo of him. / He didn’t sit still for long, I had a few seconds, but when he looked straight at me I knew (hoped) this is going to be very special. !another one of my bug pics called White Valley! has been featured on red bubble home page March 2009 / Two home page features in one week….so excited. thank you all… / http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u58/gamam1/congratulations8.jpg / yeyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!
This image was captured in the highlands of Tasmania, using a Canon DSLR and a 100mm Canon macro lens and always a tripod.. / This image has been featured on / red bubble home page Two home page features in one week….so excited. thank you all…! / / My New 2010 Calender !features.jpghttp://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u58/gamam1/congratulations8.jpg! White Valley has been featured in the folowing groups / The Woman Photographer Feb 2009 / 1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE Feb 2009 / Butterflies, Skippers, Feb 2009 / Ladybugs Feb 2009 / Focus and Lighting July 2009 / Your Accepted / See my other pic featured on home page this week March 2009 /
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Yes their back! The ladybirds from Mount Burr made an emergence yesterday with thousands massing in a number of spots within the forest. This group were huddled together in their hundreds on a power pole just above ground level. As with all things in life there is always one or two who stand out in a crowd. Canon 400D 18-55 taken at night with aid of a speedlight. Processed in Photo shop CS3.
Yesterday I reported the swarming of thousands of these beautiful creatures in the Mount Burr Forest in the South East of the State. This lot were clustered around the nut on a bolt holding the side plate onto a powerpole. Interestingly I went back today and nearly all of the tens of thousands had disappeared back to wherever they came from. What a magical twenty four hours this was. Thanks to Biggzie (see his site for some great images) I can now tell you that they are the: Common Spotted Ladybird / Harmonia conformis Canon 400D 18 – 55 lens with speedlight.
Another trip out to the swarming of ladybirds that I have been reporting on at Mount Burr South Australia. This time we took them flowers!!!!!! The thousands I have posted on recently have dwindled to small groups of twenty to thirty and are slowly moving on. They climbed aboard our flowers which gave us opportunities to take some images a little different to those uploaded over the last few days. I promise the ladybirds shots will stop soon but they are just such brilliant works of nature that I can’t help keep going back whilst they are there. Canon 400D 18 – 55 lens with two stage extension tubes and speedlight.
Featured in Daisy & Company October 30, 2009. / Top Ten in the “Tell Us A Story” Challenge in All Original Blends group October 6, 2009. / Featured in Gorgeous Flower Cards June 9, 2009. / Featured in All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical June 5, 2009. Best Viewed Full Size More fun with textures and layers. The daisy image was shot with the Nikon D40x using the 60mm Nikon/Nikkor macro/micro lens. The moth / butterfly was taken with the Nikon D40x but with the 18-135mm Nikon lens. texture courtesy of Princess of Shadows – Deviant Art
Featured in Rustic June 27, 2009. / Featured in Nirvana June 19, 2009. / Featured in Photography 101 June 19, 2009. Looks Best Full Size As I walked toward these wonderful, rickety old sheds near the Triadelphia Reservoir in Montgomery County, Maryland, this lovely creature alighted on the fence post and very obligingly posed for me. I caught this shot right before he floated away. I liked the way the butterfly and posts came out in nice crisp detail with the sheds and overgrown shrubs in a blurry bokeh. Image taken on June 15, 2009 with the Nikon D40x and the 18-200mm vr Nikon/Nikkor lens. Shutter speed 1/200, aperture 5.6, exp 0.00, iso 200.
Found these ladybirds covered in pollen crawling all over these small flowers and partying in a cup!!! Canon 400D 18-55 lens with two stage extension tube.
Ladybird in my garden just before it rained yet again! :( FEATURED in ‘Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies’ Group July 2009 FEATURED in’ Ladybirds Group’ July 2009 FEATURED in ‘DSLR Users Only – 1/24 – Camera & Lens In Description Please.’ Group July 2009 Nikon D300, Nikkor 105 micro VR, ISO 200, F/4.2, shutter 1/500, available light, hand held. Light room preset used to boost colour.
I had a vision to turn my colorful bug images into sepia toned black and white images with a touch of color. But didn’t know how, until today….. So a big thank you to two wonderful people here at Red bubble, Diane Schuster for all her help in teaching me and also to Prasad for his very helpful tutorial… / Love to know what you all think of my new work…..photgraph taken in Tasmania, Australia, using a 100mm Canon macro lens. My New 2010 Calender FEATURED IN THE FOLLOWING GROUPS: / Depth Of Field
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