20D GETS CLOSE !

One old adage about photography suggests that you should
always try to "get closer." One way to do that is to use a
long lens. Another way is to actually get close to your subject.

So with that in mind I took these pics this morning.

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673036/original

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673031

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673033

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673034

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673035

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673254

-Annika ----- loves having the whole day off !!!

On Jul 4, 4:36 pm, Annika1980 wrote:

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673031

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One old adage about photography suggests that you should
always try to "get closer." One way to do that is to use a
long lens. Another way is to actually get close to your subject.

So with that in mind I took these pics this morning.

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673036/original

Nice shot of spike.....I hope he is enjoying his nail-less life........

Annika1980 wrote:
One old adage about photography suggests that you should
always try to "get closer." One way to do that is to use a
long lens. Another way is to actually get close to your subject.

So with that in mind I took these pics this morning.

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673036/original

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673031

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673033

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673034

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673035

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673254

Great stuff.



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Annika1980 wrote:
One old adage about photography suggests that you should
always try to "get closer." One way to do that is to use a
long lens. Another way is to actually get close to your subject.

So with that in mind I took these pics this morning.

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673036/original

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673031

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673033

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673034

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673035

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673254

-Annika ----- loves having the whole day off !!!

You really did take all those in one morning? You must have more
wildlife in a square mile than we have in the whole god-damned country!

Colin D.

PS: Excellent shots, that 20D really goes, for moderate size images at
least.

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Annika1980 wrote:

One old adage about photography suggests that you should
always try to "get closer." One way to do that is to use a
long lens. Another way is to actually get close to your subject.

So with that in mind I took these pics this morning.

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673033


Bret had a good fourth we all can enjoy. Nice

Jim are those eyes at the butt end of a grasshopper?


w..

On Jul 5, 7:11 am, Walter Banks wrote:
Annika1980 wrote:
One old adage about photography suggests that you should
always try to "get closer." One way to do that is to use a
long lens. Another way is to actually get close to your subject.

So with that in mind I took these pics this morning.

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673033

Bret had a good fourth we all can enjoy. Nice

Jim are those eyes at the butt end of a grasshopper?

w..

Many insects have "eyes" as warning camouflage to try to scare
predators away.

Jim

On Jul 4, 4:36 pm, Annika1980 wrote:
One old adage about photography suggests that you should
always try to "get closer." One way to do that is to use a
long lens. Another way is to actually get close to your subject.

So with that in mind I took these pics this morning.

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673036/original

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673031

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673033

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673034

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673035

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673254

-Annika ----- loves having the whole day off !!!

I am always impressed with your work Bret. You have some of the finest
nature close ups I have ever seen. But to be able to do all this in
one day? Your wife must be very understanding. [-)

Have a great weekend.


Draco

Getting even isn;t good enough.


Doing better does.

On Jul 5, 10:26 am, Draco wrote:
On Jul 4, 4:36 pm, Annika1980 wrote:





One old adage about photography suggests that you should
always try to "get closer." One way to do that is to use a
long lens. Another way is to actually get close to your subject.

So with that in mind I took these pics this morning.

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673036/original

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673031

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673033

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673034

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673035

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673254

-Annika ----- loves having the whole day off !!!

I am always impressed with your work Bret. You have some of the finest
nature close ups I have ever seen. But to be able to do all this in
one day? Your wife must be very understanding. [-)


Thanks, but I was home by lunch. Those pics were all taken in a
couple of hours and most of them were within a few yards of each
other. That's the good thing about shooting macro shots of bugs. You
can find them almost everywhere you look. Of course it helps that the
place I go (Reflection Riding) is a virtual outdoor photo studio
featuring everything from wildlife to birds to flowers.
Like shooting fish in a barrel. I got herons and turtles to my left,
wild turkeys and deer to my right, snakes over there, caterpillars in
that tree, and if I look up I'm probably gonna see some hawks or owls
or woodpeckers.

On Jul 5, 11:58 am, Annika1980 wrote:
On Jul 5, 10:26 am, Draco wrote:





On Jul 4, 4:36 pm, Annika1980 wrote:

One old adage about photography suggests that you should
always try to "get closer." One way to do that is to use a
long lens. Another way is to actually get close to your subject.

So with that in mind I took these pics this morning.

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673036/original

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673031

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673033

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673034

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673035

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/81673254

-Annika ----- loves having the whole day off !!!

I am always impressed with your work Bret. You have some of the finest
nature close ups I have ever seen. But to be able to do all this in
one day? Your wife must be very understanding. [-)

Thanks, but I was home by lunch. Those pics were all taken in a
couple of hours and most of them were within a few yards of each
other. That's the good thing about shooting macro shots of bugs. You
can find them almost everywhere you look. Of course it helps that the
place I go (Reflection Riding) is a virtual outdoor photo studio
featuring everything from wildlife to birds to flowers.
Like shooting fish in a barrel. I got herons and turtles to my left,
wild turkeys and deer to my right, snakes over there, caterpillars in
that tree, and if I look up I'm probably gonna see some hawks or owls
or woodpeckers.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

...and with my luck I would I would get splattered by one of them
birds. When I looked up, that is.

Sounds like a wonderful place to be at on a nice day off.


Draco


Getting even isn't good enough.

Doing better does.