Birds Eyes And Butterflies

The picture of this Crossline Skipper butterfly was taken at the Lenoir Nature Preserve in Westchester New York. The picture of this Crossline Skipper was taken with the CANON EOS20D and the CANON 100 macro lens and the CANON 580EXII flash.

I enjoy the shape of this Skipper’s probiscus in this picture.

The picture of this Red Admiral Butterfly was taken in the Lenoir Nature Preserve in Westchester New York. The picture of this Red Admiral Butterfly was taken with the CANON EOS20D and the CANON 100 macro lens and the CANON 580EXII flash.

I caught this handsome butterfly early as he was warming up in the sun.

The picture of this Ruby Meadowhawk male dragonfly was taken in the Lenoir Nature Preserve in Westchester New York

The picture of this Ruby Meadowhawk male dragonfly was taken with the CANON EOS20D and the CANON 100 macro lens and the CANON 580EXII flash.

I find the combination of the CANON EOS20D with the CANON 100 macro lens are really good combination for my macro pictures.

The picture of this Twelve-spotted Skimmer male was taken at Ward Pound Ridge in Westchester, New York. The picture of this Twelve-spotted Dragonfly was taken with the CANON EOS20D and the CANON 100 macro lens and the CANON 580EXII flash.

It is that time of year where I love to take pictures of various insects especially dragonflies.

The picture of this Common Aerial Yellowjacket was taken at the New York Botanical Gardens. This picture was taken with the CANONEOS20D with the CANON 100mm Macro lens.

I especially love taking macro pictures when I discover these awesome patterns on the various insects.

The picture of these Flesh Flies mating was taken at Stuyvesant Cove Park on the East River in New York City. The picture was taken with the CANON EOS20D and the CANON 100 Macro lens.

The picture of this White-faced Meadowhawk Dragonfly (female) was taken in Shrewsbury Vermont. I took this picture with my CANON EOS 20D with the CANON 100mm Macro Lens. I used a CANON 580EXII fill flash.

I can only get a picture like this from a very cooperative dragonfly model. I am always grateful when a dragonfly such as this allows me to come close and spend time with her. I gradually move in closer and closer until I am actually a few inches from her face in order to get a capture like this. I found this White-faced Meadowhawk Dragonfly on an incredibly beautiful Vermont pond near the Maple Crest Farm Bed and Breakfast that we love to stay at in Shrewsbury Vermont.

The picture of this Weevil Wasp (cerceris fumipennis) was taken at the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx, NY. This picture was taken with the CANON EOS 20D with the CANON 100mm Macro lens. and the CANON EX580II flash.

A little about my work process. I shoot only in RAW and bring my pictures onto my computer with Adobe Lightroom and then finish the picture in Adobe Photoshop.

The picture of this Aerial Yellowjacket was taken at the Shakespeare Garden in Central Park, New York City. I took this picture with my CANON EOS20D with the CANON 100mm Macro lens.Yellowjackets have sometimes been mistakenly called bees but they are actually in the wasp family. Although they lack the pollen-carrying structures of bees, yellowjackets can be minor pollinators when visiting flowers.

The Shakespeare Garden in Central Park is a very beautiful well maintained garden. It was a delight for me to photograph insects with these beautiful unusual flowers giving me many options for composition.

The picture of ths Bumblebee on Sneezeweed Flower was taken at Stuyvesant Cove Park in New York City. This picture was taken with a Canon 100mm Macro lens on a Canon EOS 20D. I use the Canon 580EXII flash on the hotshoe of the camera as a fill flash.

I am finding the combination of the Canon EOS20D with the Canon 100mm Macro lens a winning combination for Macro shots. I can hand hold it and get in really close to the subject. Auto focusing is fast and accurate as long as the subject is not moving.