Birds Eyes And Butterflies

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 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 this Honey Bee was taken at Stuyvesant Cove Park on the East River in New York City. This picture was taken with the CANON EOS 20D with the CANON 100MM, f2.8 Macro lens. I really like the combination of the CANON EOS20D with this Macro lens. I tried working with the CANON EOS7D and the CANON 100 Macro lens and found it really hard to focus correctly.
I have really been enjoying going regularly to Stuyvesant Cove park and taking my time getting pictures of the insects and fauna and flora that I find in my neighborhood.

Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

Stuyvesant Cove is a small local park in the East Village right on the East River. Much care is taken in the landscaping and excellent gardening and there are many wildflowers and special trees. These pictures were all taken with my macro lens on a hot Sunday afternoon. Select below for more information about Stuyvesant Cove

Attended a really good macro workshop Saturday August 1 given by Lloyd Spitalnik and Sandy Spitalnik at Ward Pound Ridge on macro photography and shooting insects.
Here are some of the pictures.

During the Summer months, the opportunity to photograph birds slows down for awhile and the butterflies and dragon flies are abundant. We are loving to go to Ward Pound Ridge in Westchester to photograph this beautiful creatures. We went to Ward Pound Ridge last Friday and practically had the park to ourselves.