Shot near Sunset peak, Hong Kong. Acquired this tripod this weekend: will open the infinite possibilities of long exposure and HDR 
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Ready, steady, go
On August 9th, 2012 by admin | No Comments | Posted in SmallLate sun beams in the forest
On August 9th, 2012 by admin | No Comments | Posted in Desert 
Sunbeam along the trail in the early evening. It’s an introspective time where the forest is often quiet. It is an hour or two before sunset, but already conditions are getting dark. Hopefully you are not too far from your destination, or you’ll be enjoying a splendid evening walk into …
Red hopper: sooc
On August 9th, 2012 by admin | No Comments | Posted in Uncategorized 
Red hopper seen at the forest park of Mountain Haven, Eden, Davao City. Unusual bug, quite small about 5 mm in size only with lang antennae. Taken with my usual set-up Canon 5DMk2 with Kenko c-af 1.4X with Canon mp-e 65mm at 2x; flash c/o Canon macro twinlite 24EX. I …
Green bird grasshopper
On August 3rd, 2012 by admin | No Comments | Posted in Uncategorized 
The "bird" grasshoppers of the genus Schistocerca are very large insects. This Green Bird Grasshopper, Schistocerca shoshone, was over two inches. They are also very wary. I had to coax this one into position using a small branch.
Newcastle view colour
On July 31st, 2012 by admin | No Comments | Posted in Fixed 
On the 21st of April me and 3 friends went to Tollymore forest park. It turned out to be a fantastic sunny day apart from the haze which really spoiled some of the landscape shots however the forest shots turned out fantastic. It was a 14km walk roughly and quite …
Classic party photo, turf irish pub
On July 31st, 2012 by admin | No Comments | Posted in Desert 
Some of the revelers at the Turf Irish Pub in central Phoenix, gathered for the third stop along the pub crawl sponsoring the Arizona Hemophilia Association fundraiser. Casey is a volunteer, seen in the previous snapshot. Other photos of the happy folks will be seen in the photos by Denny …
Alien environment
On July 29th, 2012 by admin | No Comments | Posted in Desert 
A shield bug on the shingle bank at Porlock Weir. Thin pickings! I reckon this is a Forest Bug (Pentatoma rufipes), which will have strayed from the woodland that slopes onto Exmoor.
Scott’s oriole with a big bug for babies.
On July 28th, 2012 by admin | No Comments | Posted in Forest 
©carolynpepper IMG_6321 copy Forages in shrubs, trees, yucca, and agave. Eats insects and fruits. Uses bill to probe for nectar in flowers of cacti, agave, yucca, and other desert plants. It is fairly common in arid and semiarid areas, palm oases, oak-juniper woodlands.
Arroyo grasshopper
On July 22nd, 2012 by admin | No Comments | Posted in Small 
This male Arroyo Grasshopper, Heliastus benjamini, is on a hot rock. Notice how he is propping himself as far off the stone as possible.