WiseAcre Gardens

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1. Eve Says:
   July 27th, 2008 at 8:38 pm

   Beautiful pics. Someone should tell that Bee, it is a sin to work on Sunday. LOL
   II wish I could get pics of the bees and butterflies but my camera is not that good. I have in a request for one or Christmas though.

   Eve,
   I’d tell them but I don’t dance.

   Lets hope someone gets you that camera. Even if he has to work Sundays

2. Debbie Says:
   July 27th, 2008 at 8:58 pm

   Wonderful photos!

   Thanks Debbie

3. Pam/Digging Says:
   July 27th, 2008 at 11:09 pm

   You captured wonderful detail with these pics. The busy bee reminds me that I need to get busy too, so see ya later.

   Pam,
   Later then, sorry you’ve got to buzz off.

4. Apple Says:
   July 28th, 2008 at 9:01 pm

   So far no swallowtails here:(

   Great pics! The bees are bigger this year!

   Apple,
   Go figure - I found this one on a butterfly bush. I’m not sure about the bees. I think I’m just getting closer

5. Aiyana Says:
   July 29th, 2008 at 4:28 am

   Great photos! You are right about the second photo. That bee looks like he’s seen forty miles of bad road!
   Aiyana

   Aiyana,
   At first I thought the poor thing was dead. But it flew off after being disturbed.

6. Annie in Austin Says:
   July 29th, 2008 at 9:24 am

   Nice close-up, and if that bee were in Texas I’d say she looks like she’s been “rode hard and put away wet”. I sure hope your readers know that’s a ranch horse reference, because I wouldn’t want you to get weird hits from search engines, WiseAcre!

   Annie at the Transplantable Rose

   Annie,
   I knew the reference. I was a Cowboy for the first 20 some years of my life.

   Don’t you just hate being Googled by some weirdo?

7. Mr. McGregor's Daughter Says:
   August 6th, 2008 at 9:50 am

   Great shots! I can’t get a good photo of the Swallowtail. It spooks every time I come near. Yesterday morning I saw a bee that looked a lot like the 2d one. It had spent the night in the thunderstorms clinging to a Liatris.

   Mr. McGregor’s Daughter,
   I noticed the same thing. The Swallowtails seemed to spook easy and I just got lucky.

   I figured the one I saw was caught in the rain storm that morning. The sun had finally come out when I spotted her but she was still cold and wet. She did manage to fly off a short time later.

8. SilenasImages Says:
   August 24th, 2008 at 4:19 pm

   I’ve been bouncing around your blog & I have to tell your how much I like your photography. Pleas tell me what lens your are using to when you are photographing close-ups thanks

   SilenasImages,
   Thank goodness there’s something to like. I won’t be getting any awards for my writing.

   The camera is a Sony DSC-S85. It’s about 3 - 4 years old with 4.1 mp and a Carl Zeiss, Vario - Sonnar lens. As you can see it does a pretty good job in macro mode, not bad for an old point and shoot digital camera.

   The bad/good news is the Sony just died and I have to buy a new camera. This time I decided to get a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 with the 18x zoom. I’m moving up but still short of a SLR.

9. SilenasImages Says:
   August 25th, 2008 at 5:12 pm

   Happy you like the photos. Magic Wings is a great place. I try to get there once a year. I’m always interested in the different lenses that people use. I’ve seen great shot from Point & Shots & crappy shots from high end SLRS. My photography teacher used to say ” It’s not the camera that makes a great shot, it’s the photographer.”

   SilenasImages,
   I’ll use the Magic Wings as another excuse to go to Mass. again sometime. It would be nice to get the IDs along with the butterfly photos.

   I’m looking forward to the Lumix DMC-FZ18. I should manage to get some decent wildlife photos with it. I can’t count how many times I could have used a zoom of that power.
   

10. SilenasImages Says:
    August 26th, 2008 at 5:08 pm

    It would be nice to be able to identify the different butterflies. I hope I get good shots this year when I go.
    SilenasImages,
    I just tried to ID some mushroom and failed miserably. I better try ‘labeled’ butterflies if I’m going to start a new collection. I only post known subjects on my web site although I could use the mushrooms in my desktop wallpaper / background section.

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