Nosebag time
A bee getting up close and personal with his lunch from a teuchrium flower.
Canon G3X ISO200 1/160 at f/8 Macro setting.
A bee getting up close and personal with his lunch from a teuchrium flower.
Canon G3X ISO200 1/160 at f/8 Macro setting.
Yesterday’s transit of Mercury across the Sun taken during a late afternoon break in the clouds here at Le Gupole. Mercury is the smaller dot to the left; the other mark is a sunspot.
Canon EOS40D with Canon EF 70-200mm lens at 176mm with 3.0 1000x ND filter ISO100 1/8000 at f/18. Handheld shot with the diaphragm button depressed to reduce the sun’s intensity on my eye!
Timing 2.56 p.m. CEST (UTC+2). Location ~43N 12E
This flower from one of many Chinese lantern plants (Physalis alkekengi) in our garden manage to survive the wet winter without disintegrating entirely, remaining quietly beautiful in its weathered state.
Canon G3X ISO200 1/125 at f/7.1
Magical morning light hitting the trees below our house.
Canon G3X ISO160 1/250 at f/6.3
Two phlomis flowers enjoying a joke.
Canon G3X ISO200 1/100 at f/8