Monthly Archives: June 2011

Putting the power in the flower…

A Monarch Butterfly attends to a flower in the Hershey Gardens Butterfly House on Sunday 6-19-2011. For more information on Monarch’s, visit this page.

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Awaiting orders…

A Union Reservist Soldier wait for orders during the mock battle held as part of the annual Civil Ware Re-Enactment at Pennypacker Mills in Schwenksville, PA on Sunday 6-5-2011. Thanks to Lenabem-Anna for the use of two of her creative commons background textures that I blended into this piece. The Gettysburg Address texture was one I...

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Landis Mill Covered Bridge (Lancaster County, PA)

Also known as the Little Conestoga #1 Bridge, this structure is located on Shreiner Road just behind the Park City Mall in Lancaster, PA. It is 53 feet long and 13 feet wide making it the shortest of the covered bridges in Lancaster County. It is also the only example of a single span, wooden,...

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A second day experimenting with flower macros

I had a chance to try some more macro photography over at my Parent’s place today. My parents were being visited by some of our relatives from Long Island and they had brought a flower with them for my Grandmother as a way of remembering my Aunt who died of Cancer back in May. I...

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Flower macro setup

This is a setup shot for this shot. Nikon D7000 in Aperture priority, F32, ISO 800, manual focus mode Nikon SB-900 Flash CoCo Ring Flash Adapter Tamron AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di LD Lens 4X screw on close-up filter Zacuto Z-Finder Pro 3X viewfinder Gitzo Basalt Tripod with Kirk BH-1 ball head  

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Ladybug on “Red Magic” Hybrid Daylily

I tried my hand at some macro photography today. I went over to my Parent’s house and spent some time photographing the various flowers around their pond and waterfall and got lucky with this Ladybug. We were just remarking the other day that its been a long time since any of us had seen a...

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Zebra Longwing Butterfly (Hershey Gardens)

This butterfly is native to North, Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean. In the U.S. it can be predominantly found in the southern states. The Zebra Longwing is the official state butterfly of Florida. The adults are unusual among butterflies in that they eat pollen as well as sip nectar. The caterpillar...

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