Video: Bugs with the Canon 5D Mk II.
I have yet to explore the full potential of my 5D Mk II DSLR, and it will be a few months before our world will thaw out and give me the buggy opportunities I want. But here is a YouTube video by...
View ArticleEarwicga Aegas ǽgðer Ymelas
Earwig is to ant as earwicga is to ǣmete (‘emmet’)…. Rooted in Anglo-Saxon, the origins of earwig from the online edition of the Oxford English Dictionary: Old English ēarwicga, from ēare ’ear’ +...
View ArticleIn the shadows
Tucked away in the shadows of the garden’s giant fleece flowers, a goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia, Clerck 1757) rests beneath its exuviathe empty cast exoskeleton after an arthropod has molted....
View ArticleRain Refresher (Correction)
(Correction, my mistake: not F. fossaceps but…) Formica ravida Creighton, 1940 Thanks to James Trager for the ID! See also: http://bugs.adrianthysse.com/2011/11/time-for-a-cuddle/...
View ArticleWorking it out
Here is a brief example of how I might approach a co-operative subject: When I find an interesting insect to photograph, my first shot is considered as a record only. I keep shooting, trying each time...
View ArticleA Day in the Life
30 March May, 2012, and on my second last day of a prairie photo tour. I usually wake up before the dawn, and this day is no exception. It is a cold morning. I rise from the warmth of the sleeping...
View ArticleFinger Spider and the Twin Suns Dilemma
I was scrolling through my wife’s photographs and came across this image that she took last May. We were at the Opal Natural Area that day, but couldn’t remember what I was photographing at the time,...
View ArticleMacro Tools Workshop
It’s finally here. I have pulled together the first of a full range of macro photography workshops. The survey indicated that learning about macro equipment was most important for the majority of...
View ArticleBlue Morph
Many little blues were dancing along the path as I walked through the woods in a natural area east of Sherwood Park. The trees were still bare, the sun filtered through twigs and branches. While the...
View ArticleDogwood Calligrapha
Photographed in Edmonton Saskatchewan River valley, 28 May, 2013. ID’s by V. Belov and Jesús Gómez-Zurita at BugGuide. Compare it to Calligrapha verrucosa. (Canon 5D Mk II, EF 100mm f2.8 Macro lens,...
View ArticleCurious Jumping Spider
This Salticid drew my eyes when I saw it hopping on a fallen log. Bending down to take a closer look, I saw that it was actually hopping to avoid the ants that were scavenging near by. As I neared it...
View ArticleCutworm with Parasitoids – Emergence Timelapse
Continuing with the saga of the parasitoidan organism that lives in or on the body of a single host individual, eventually killing that host.-infested cutworm (See Intro and First Timlapse for more) I...
View ArticleTwo-striped Grasshoppers: Ferroutage
‘Scuse my French (corrections accepted), but when I can’t think of a decent creative title for a blog post, I resort to Google Translate… This Two-striped Grasshopper pair were ideal photographic...
View ArticleMeadowhawk on Lichen
A cherry faced meadowhawk (Sympetrum internum) rests on reindeer lichen at the Halfmoon Natural Area, Alberta. (1 August, 2013. Canon 5Dk II with EF 100mm f2.8 macro lens and diffused flash. ISO 320,...
View ArticleMy Equipment
For the photo-tech junkies, here is an outline of the major pieces of equipment I use. I am a B&H affiliate, so I have linked the equipment to B&H where you can get more information on the...
View ArticleShoot long and shoot often
My favourite shot of the Marbled Orb Weaver photo session. After photographing the spider on a white background, I returned it to nature, to a convenient path-side log. I followed it as it moved over...
View ArticleAnother look at D. triton
Earlier this month while I was in the Devonian Botanical Garden I intersected with an school field-trip class and Shelley Ryan-Hovind. They had captured a fishing spider and I had the opportunity to...
View ArticleBig Bumble
I am in the process of tweeking a macro photography presentation for tomorrows workshop at the Ellis Bird Farm, when I came across this pic. Photographed in the front garden, this Bombus nevadensis...
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