Wordless Wednesday (macro edition)
Hooded Warbler
Common Flicker (belly)
Common Flicker (wing)
Bull Frog
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Welcome to the mon@rch nature blog and I hope you join us in some of our nature adventures through the Allegany State Park area!
I am a naturalist, field biologist and nature photographer from the Western New York area. I have started exploring nature writing through this blog and it truly has been fun sharing my numerous adventures with everyone. Thanks to the many other authors that help me with my post and they will be sharing some of their nature explorations.
I have always had a latent interest in birds and photography and have been lucky enough to find time to explore these interests over the last few years. I am very thankful to the Cattaraugus County Bird Club for getting me started, sharing their wealth of knowledge and for their wonderful programs. And many thanks to Tom for letting me share some of my adventures and photos on the Monarch Nature Blog.
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Great shots…especially the frog.
20 June 2007 at 7:53 pm
Stop!-You’re going to break the camera lens-Seriously though-excellent photos.
20 June 2007 at 8:07 pm
These are amazing macros Tom!! Does the black part of the frog’s eyes get larger and smaller like our pupils do? I love the gold in its eyes!
20 June 2007 at 8:09 pm
Oh, my goodness Mon@rch, these are perfectly wonderful! My pick is the flicker belly.
20 June 2007 at 8:10 pm
Gorgeous! I taught my students about Frogs today. They were MOST impressed by the Poisonous Dart Frog but also liked that frogs don’t blink but just have a membrane that cleans off their eye. Anything gross is greatly appreciated by 2nd graders!
Those macros are spectacular!
20 June 2007 at 8:16 pm
Oh, man, those were such cool pictures. I love being able to see the feathers close up. More please!
20 June 2007 at 9:09 pm
Wonderful images.
20 June 2007 at 9:51 pm
You need to give me lessons on using macro. I try, but get nothing like your results. Of course, I don’t have birds in hand either!
20 June 2007 at 9:59 pm
You’re the best, Tom. Even if I had a bird in hand, I’d screw up the photos. These are excellent! Have you ever thought of submitting your photos to a magazine?
20 June 2007 at 10:06 pm
It’s just amazing to see the perfection of nature up close like that. The colors and the perfect patterns. We are so very small…
21 June 2007 at 6:59 am
Wanna put some of these in our next exhibit? Talk to Sarah. She’s working on a wall where you see a closeup, then another shot pulled back… These would be fabulous in the exhibit!
21 June 2007 at 7:15 am
they would be fabulous in an exhibit!
talk to sarah ;D
Love them all!
21 June 2007 at 9:34 am
Beautiful photos highlighting patterns and colors in nature. Especially like the bird eye – how neatly it is surrounded by feathers.
21 June 2007 at 11:08 am
WOW.
21 June 2007 at 3:46 pm
Wow, very nice pictures!
21 June 2007 at 5:21 pm
Amazing details that allow me to really study these subjects you have captured brilliantly.
21 June 2007 at 8:28 pm
I love the flicker belly–one spot per feather. Who would think that a bulgy frog’s eye would be so beautiful?
22 June 2007 at 6:37 pm
Wow!
23 June 2007 at 3:09 am
Thanks everyone! I will try to do this again here in the future!
23 June 2007 at 11:31 pm