theres just some thing about this picture here, some thing you don't see every day







and yes this pray mantis is eatting!


a nice humming bird moth


some robber flys/bee killers eatting and what not... they catch 'em in mid air and suck there guts out like a vampaire i think thats pretty cool ...



this spider made its web on a skid steer tire!
was pretty funny too watch go around and around and around





found this walking stick on my work truck in the morning, first time seeing one in about 15 years!!!








almost got stung by one of these paper wasps that was a close one too just glad their ppl tolerant unlike yellow jackets




dragonfly was all about gettin its picture taken





a nice rat snake

 

damn what kind of lens is that a macro? Those pictures are beautifull.

 

just a simple point and shoot camera

http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_se...p?fl=2&id=1184

 

wow, are you a professional photographer? Awesome pics

 

Wow! Those are great shots! Just goes to show you that tallent is way more important than equipment. That's proof that you don't need a $1000 + DSLR to get great photos. Tiger Woods with an old set of garage sale clubs could still beat most people with a top-of-the-line set of titanium/graphite clubs.

 

to be honest... this is my first camera and only owning it for about a year and a half!!!

key thing is take a lot of pictures, thats what professionals do and use the ones you like...

heck this is just a hobby i still need work/practice on my shots

another key thing is always keep a camera with you at all times cause you never know when you'll see a photo opp.

and a steady hand helps too tri-pod for night shots ect ect ect...

and i work at a nursery thats how i get all the cool nature shots...

 

Very nice pictures. I first thought those pictures were from some nature website! lol. Good stuff!

 

This is a beautiful pic!

+1

 

Great pics hornet_on_the_flower. One question though, where's your hornet on the flower pic?

 

pffft i aint no professional photographer, i'm only doing this just for fun...

i don't even visit photography sites or magazines

any a pic of a hornet on the flower is just a simple logo that i drew back in high school

and that i hardly see any hornets around and i don't mean a AMC hornet either haha

here i found one and did a simple search and i stole this pic for ya haha (remember this picture AINT MINE!!! )

 

Boo, no good(you realize that I don't really want a picture, and that I was only joshing ya right? After all you did explicitly state you have an olympus point & shoot deal and do this as a hobby).

I'm sure most haven't come across an AMC hornet, and if they did, they most likely aren't aware of what it is.

My favorite picture has to be the grasshopper posing in the grass. What a pimp.

 

here's a couple of mine-

tC front grille-1 dragonfly- 0


chilling on the hose-






canon s2

 

Very nice shots. Enjoyed those way more than the "squashed bug" series.

 

you should of focused in on the wasp

and what is that thing where all those bettles are eating on?

 

this coincidence dragonfly stuff makes one wonder if you guys are killing the same insects.

 

yeah if that dragon fly can fly from indiana too FL in a few hours, bleah

now this caterpiller is a real real... well let me just say its mild posion needles (its prickly hairs) is worse then a bee, yellow jacket wasp, hornet sting

it feels like thistles (feels like burning itchy feeling, best way too treat it is with mud)

btw its called a saddle back caterpiller

 

my question is...WTF IS THIS THING!!

 

that would be a moth.

as for the wasp + beetle picture, I didn't even know the wasp was there until I downloaded the picture. I set the camera up on a tripod and did a delayed shutter (2 seconds between clicking the ubtton and the shutter firing). I wasn't even looking at the beetles. Pleasantly surprised to say the least! I do wish the focus was better though.

as for what they were munching on, that particular tree is on it's way out and is giving off alot of sap. they were eating that.

 

i kind of wish i could mess with my shutter speed

i would love to take pictures of lighting

and if you look even closer at that moth you'll see a large chunk of its wing missing too! (on the left wing)

 

I saw a black widow last night at my friend Bill's house... Kinda creepy to know something that small could do such a huge amount of damage...