Photos of the natural world
Crabapples approaching the winter season and getting a 'crispy' skin are visited by a lone black Tachinid fly. [ AF-S DX Nikkor 18…
A green Sweat Bee gathering pollen. (AF Nikkor 24-120mm f3.5-5.6D)
An upward view through the limbs of a very, very old maple tree. (@24mm - AF Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6D)
Ground covering Zinnia leaves in late fall turning yellow and decaying [ AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR ]
A single purple Clover [ AF-NIKKOR 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6D ]
Eastern Yellowjacket collecting wood fibers [ Konica Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7, handheld at f/5.6 ]
Eastern Yellowjacket gathering wood fibers for a nest [ Konica Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7, handheld at f/5.6 ]
Cedar Waxwing perched in a Hackberry tree [ Tamron Adaptall 200mm f/3.5 (CT-200) ]
First tulips of 2016 in red [ Konica Hexanon AR 200 mm / F3.5, at 5.6 ]
Yellow Daylillies [ M42 Auto Mamiya/Sekor 200mm f/3.5 ]
Yellow Daylillies [ Konica Hexanon AR 135mm f/3.2 ]
Chicory plant, with intense purple pollen [ Konica Hexanon AR 135mm f/3.2 ]
Newly opened Crabapple buds [ M42 Auto Mamiya/Sekor 55mm f/1.4 ]
Chicory Flower [ Nikon P7700 ]
Chicory Flower 2 [ Nikon P7700 ]
Two-toned Rose [ Mamiya 200mm f/3.5 - M42 'Silver Nose' ]
Eastern Bumble Bee pollinating a Chicory Flower [ Nikon P7700 ]
A lone red barnyardgrass stem in a sea of yellow foxtails [ Nikkor AF 24-120mm ]
A view looking up through a 100+ year-old Maple tree, in color. [ Nikon P7700 ]
A Silver-spotted Skipper butterfly on an Eastern Purple Coneflower [ Zenza Bronica 100-220mm f/4.8 PE ASPH @ 200mm - f/11 ]