https://mastodonapp.uk/@BjornIdle/112236825831524286 BjornIdle@mastodonapp.uk - Not sure if this is berberis or mahonia, to be honest. But it was catching the sun like nobody's business so I just had to take a photo...
Vertical pic
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https://mastodonapp.uk/@BjornIdle/111705843766893976 BjornIdle@mastodonapp.uk - A Red Damselfly (Xanthocnemis zealandica) clings onto the tip of a reed shaft.
I'd love to say I deliberately chose a reed that had the same colours on it as the damselfly, but this is just where this one happened to land. And to be honest, I've only just noticed it myself... 🤔
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Today's model is a #Bumblebee on #Allium #Flowers. The flowers are attracting a steady stream of #Pollinators
This cropped image is not at full resolution as that would be bigger than my screen but it's nice to get a sharp image of the subject.
Moments later it flew onto another plant and I got this nice shot of it. Once again, the image is cropped.
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A #hoverfly on the #flower of an #allium plant.
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A #bee visits a #flower of a #blackberry bush.
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The #pollinators have done their job with the #apple #tree. There are now many nascent #fruit on it clumped in groups of about four to five. Here's a close up of one.
Elsewhere, the #potato #plants are flowering. Maybe you don't associate nice #flowers with a food plant but I think these look rather pretty.
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The same #AppleTree as before but a different #pollinator. This #insect is a #bumblebee which was visiting the #blossoms. They sometimes spend quite a while on each #flower but this one was flitting from one to another spending barely a second on each. Thus, this #photograph was one of several I took. The image is #cropped.
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The #AppleTree is in bloom and there are various #arthropods are frequenting it. This #wasp was wandering over the #AppleBlossom. You can see the #Pollen collected on its back #legs.
Meanwhile, this little #spider was on a nearby #leaf. You can see that it is quite well #camouflaged.
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I was looking for a subject to #photograph at lunchtime. I couldn't find ay bees but I did get this shot of a blue #fly which briefly landed on the top off a wheelie bin. Not the most beautiful of animals but I suppose it's a matter of judgement. The iridescence of its wings is nice.
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The #Apple #Tree is producing many #blossoms this year and so, with luck we'll have plenty of #fruit come the end of #summer and #autumn. I hope the local #pollinators will get their just desserts for their efforts.
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To use the #MacroLens requires a different technique to a zoom #lens but I'm slowly getting used to it. There are a few #tulip #flowers blooming at present in the #garden and so here are some #photographs of them in close up.
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The #spider I photographed a few days ago in the conservatory is still around but today is resting on the other side of its #web so I've got a good view of its underside. Just be aware that it is tiny, it's body is about 3 to 4 mm in length but the #Macrolens does its job in making it look huge! I've imported and then exported it through #Gimp which enhances the colours somewhat but there's no other image manipulation.
Marking it as #NSFW in case you are a bit arachnophobic, like me.
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Today's #flower in the #garden is a star of Behtlehem. At least it looks like one of the many #species of #plants that go by that common name and I'm not a botanist and won't try to be more specific. It has six #petals which struck me as odd (no, not odd, you know what I mean). The number of petals is often a number from the #FibonacciSequence and so what might happen here during development is that each of the three petals split into two. I'm just speculating and I'm sure there are many more knowledgeable people who could give the right answer.
This second image is a cropped version of the one above. You can see the #stamens covered in yellow #pollen well. Instead of putting the centre of the flower in the centre of the image, I've used the #RuleOfThirds to try to make it a bit more interesting, which has the added benefit of being able to fit an entire petal into the frame.
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Today's #flowers are #bluebells, I thought in any case, but it turns out that many #species of #plants are called that. My guess about these specific beings is that they are #Muscari or #GrapeHyacinth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscari
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A couple of #dandelion #flowers in the front #garden. This first one is seen slightly #obliquely. It's also fully open in the bright #sunshine today.
This second one is seen almost from #RightAngle. This one seems to be offering #pollen and so is ready to accept #pollinators with an appropriate reward.
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This is the another one of the #photographs of the little #spider I took yesterday but I've cropped the image to be 1280x1920 and furthermore, just imported it into #gimp, which has deepened the #hues somewhat. Again, marking it as #NSFW in case you are a bit squeamish about its hairy legs and suspended body--I am.
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This spider was on the #conservatory #door. It was only about 7 mm in length. Notice that its #translucent #legs.
I'm marking it #NSFW in case you are arachnophobic.
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