Looking Waspish

Hoverfly on Thistle flower




Taken with Nikon Coolpix S9050

Harvest Time

The last local field of grain being harvested on a glorious sunny afternoon.

 




Shot at 1920 x 1080 and 50 fps on the M5. Mainly at 150mm zoom.
Hand held in blustery conditions.
No extra processing in iMovie apart from shortening the video clips and adding a soundtrack.

Guess What ....

... this is a photograph of.

Common Darter Dragonfly

First one obliged by allowing me to get within about four feet to photograph it while it rested in the garden.







Then I found another when we went walkabout down the lane



Both times they co-operated long enough to obtain some video



A bit wobbly as all were taken hand held.
All taken with the M5 and 18-150mm lens.

A Chance Encounter

Went looking for dragonflies down the lane and had a brief encounter with



a pair of Muntjac deer. Even with 150mm zoom they were hard to see.

Closer crop of the above photo



While watching them I only noticed one. When I saw the photo I could see there were a pair.
We were far enough away not to scare them and the wind was blowing towards us.
They slowly ambled away and disappeared from view.
Needless to say, Penny was just as interested as I was.

I've Got a Lovely Bunch of ....

..... fungi



These should be common enough but could I find a matching picture to identify them? Nope!
They appear to be of the Psathyrella family but which I know not.
Cannot be seen in this shot is the nearly buried piece of rotting tree branch they are growing on.
I guess they are about 20mm across.

Eyeing Up the Next Meal?

A Common Darter dragonfly seems to have its eyes on the green bottle fly.



A hurried shot with the Nikon Coolpix S9050