Macro on Monday - Guess What

Only one contributor solved the mystery photo perfectly correctly so Wilma received the virtual gold star for identifying it as a fossil fish. Well done to Adrian, TexWisGirl and Sue Garrett who recognised it as a fish.



 




On to what will probably be the last Guess What photo until the new Year as it is getting harder to find suitable things to photograph at the moment. This one was taken today.

Guess What:


Clue: Nuts

No prizes. Just for fun.
The correct answer, along with any guesses left in the comments, will be revealed next Monday.

Dragon Hunter in the Hedge

Never know what you will find in a hedge:

Of Sparrows and Coconuts

Well, only one coconut and then only the shell. This one started life as a suet filled feeder but once it was empty the position of the cut-out made it ideal as a seed feeder. It is very popular with many of the smaller birds. Yesterday it was the turn of the House Sparrows to make full use of it:

What's on the menu today?


I'll have a sunflower heart please:


and I'll have the suet treat:


Room for two:


Video, slowed down to half speed:

Friday at the Flicks - November Admiral

Last Tuesday when the sky was clear and the Sun shining brightly I was almost caught unawares when a Red Admiral flew in and settled on an old planter near the bottom of the garden. Considering that night temperature had been below 2C and even in the Sun it was only 6C with a very cold breeze the last thing I expected to see was a butterfly.

Even with a 400mm zoom lens this is all I could see with the 70D:


A small crop from the above photo:


It stayed long enough to get a bit of video, same 400mm zoom with 3x digital zoom in the camera:



Have a great weekend observing the wildlife around you.
You never know what will turn up.

Clouds

From Tuesday of this week when overhead was beautiful clear blue sky.

Three stitched photos showing the rain / snow clouds gathering just off the coast:




Cropped from a single photo showing more detail:



One from last January which I didn't get round to using then:



All taken with the Nikon S9050

Which Seed Shall I Eat Next?

Plenty of small bird activity around the Birdy Bistro yesterday when temperature reached a maximum of 6C with an over night wind chill of -3C. Cold breeze but beautiful clear Sunny sky.

House Sparrow


Coal Tit


Blue Tit


Great Tit


Robin


Chaffinch


All photos taken with the Canon 40D with 100-400mm zoom lens and cropped.

Orchid

Canon 70D + Canon EFS18-35mm lens + flash

The built in flash was too strong as I was very close to the flower. 

Solution - cover over about two thirds of the flash with a finger.