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Nature photography

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Love taking pics of nature, especially micro scenes... here are some...

If you have your own, do share.

This is a Omphalotus olearius, (commonly known as the jack-o'-lantern mushroom) a poisonous mushroom that grew at the base of the olive tree in my back yard. It was only about 5cm tall and lasted about a week. The picture is one of Day 3. When it matured the top cap extended and looked more like a proper canopy.
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No one...?

Maybe this...
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This is a caterpillar of Arctiidae which is quite common hereabouts.
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Nice photos Ironfist

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Nice pics.

I like close-up photography too - some of my pics can be viewed here.

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That Tit almost looks cautious of that rusty chain. Very evocative that something so young could be cautious of something so old, then again chains are something new for something so old.

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Thanks :)

I liked those photos in that album... especially the Crocosmia which looked very alien.

Here's another... btw... all my photos are taken with the mobile phone camera!
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There are the flowers of Erodium (Storkbills) which flowers here.
The petals are only about 3-4mm long, though it's the fruit carrier which is well known for twisting and embedding itself in the ground or kids' clothing when seperated from the main pod.
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Pretty impressive for camera phone pics

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It's an 8Mb camera on the Samsung Note II and I was astounded to see these results at first too.
...and these pics are not manipulated or enhanced before posting here.
The camera does an excellent job with the light and colours.

I don't know what this flower is but it is tiny, perhaps 3mm in diameter...
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A bit of morning s3x to get things going... :)

These are firebugs - Pyrrhocoris apterus doing what's important early in the morning.
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Superb stuff Ironfist.

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Fantastic camera phone :shock:

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'I am only an amateur photographer, and I don't want to put too much emphasis on this. However, out of curiosity, I took a photo with the GN2 and iPhone 5 of my back yard area, and while both (rear) cameras are 8 megapixels (MP) with images 3264 x 2448, I liked what I saw with the GN2. The rocks, blades of grass and distant bush both looked crisper and more detailed on the GN2. As I said, this wasn't a scientific test, but it was enough to show me that one can expect quality photos from the GN2 in casual use.'
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Thanks Pouzar & juckster :)

@bloggie - indeed the GN2 does a much better job. Good demo that.

Here's a Ladybug(/Ladybird) [Coccinellidae], which is quite common though I liked this one in particular as the spot nearest its head is shaped like a heart. Other than being a very useful inspect eating garden and agricultural pests like aphids, it has funny names in various cultures. "God's cow, ladyclock, lady cow, and lady fly... .. Many cultures consider Coccinellids lucky and have nursery rhymes or local names for the insects that reflect this. For instance, the Turkish name for the insect is uğur böceği, literally meaning good luck bug. In many countries, including Russia, Turkey, and Italy, the sight of a coccinellid is either a call to make a wish or a sign that a wish will soon be granted.

In Christian areas, Coccinellids are often associated with the Virgin Mary and the name that the insect bears in the various languages of Europe corresponds to this. Though historically many European languages referenced Freyja, the fertility goddess of Norse mythology, in the names, the Virgin Mary has now largely supplanted her, so that, for example, freyjuhœna (Old Norse) and Frouehenge have been changed into marihøne (Norwegian) and Marienkäfer (German), which corresponds with Our Lady's Bird. Sometimes, the insect is referred to as belonging directly to God (Irish bóín Dé, Polish boża krówka, all meaning "God's [little] cow"). In Dutch it is called lieveheersbeestje, meaning "little animal of our Good Lord".

In both Hebrew and Yiddish, it is called "Moshe Rabbenu's (i.e. Moses's) little cow" or "little horse", apparently an adaptation from Slavic languages. Occasionally, it is called "Little Messiah".


One last referece before the actual picture... if anyone is familiar with Emir Kusturica and his wonderful films, you would recognise that in his ultimate masterpiece Black Cat, White Cat one of the characters is a tiny little woman nicknamed Bubamara-'Ladybug' and the movie theme music is all about her. :)
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This is about the movie song: "This song is originally written in Roma language (not to be confused with Romanian) spoken by the Roma people (better known as Gypsies). The dialects differ from country to country, and this particular dialect is spoken by Roma people in ex Yugoslavian republics, presently countries.
Bubamara: This song is played in tribute to Roma people worldwide. While Bubamaro is not a traditional Roma song, it has been popularized by several Roma bands and musicians, including Saban Bajramovic and Fanfare Ciocarlia. Bubamara, which means ladybug in Roma is an important symbol in Roma culture. For the Roma, the ladybug attracts guests to your home. She is also a sign of good luck for your home. For the Roma, the home is a sacred place, and the act of having guests is taken very seriously. This song speaks of the "cute little ladybug" and encourages all the Roma to get together and dance! "The text, originally was in Serbo-Croatian, but translated and adapted into Rromanes by Dragan Ristic, who is a Rrom. Saban Bajramovic sang the
original version in Roma for the movie 'Black Cat, White Cat'"."
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Nice pics Ironfist, was really surprised to learn they were from a Camera phone.

@bloggie - thats a remarkable difference between the two - great to see the comparison.

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One of my favourite pics of late...
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my own ladybird from phone camera effort
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I uploaded my S4 effort but it was huge & went WAY off to the right :lol:

So here it is reduced in size to 30% - I havent tried a lot of macro shots with it but Ill give it a go :D
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@barry - I like the colours, very vibrant and that huge block gives the Ladybug a sense of tiny...

@Beerfuelledman - This photo is a missed opportunity! :o :) The wooden fence gives a lovely contrast to the bridge in material, colours, structure, angles and more. If you would have only moved a bit to the right and created more of a parallel between the fence and the bridge, it would have been a classic. Don't know if you even intended to show the two together, but the fence's finality (ending at the bottom of the hill/slope) contrasts the bridge going off into the distance with no end in sight. Great idea.

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This is a Lycaena thersamon and there are plenty of them around now...
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horses
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Cool this :)

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Ironfist wrote:It's an 8Mb camera on the Samsung Note II and I was astounded to see these results at first too.
...and these pics are not manipulated or enhanced before posting here.
The camera does an excellent job with the light and colours.
As a fairly recent Note II owner too (who hasn't discovered more than just the zoom control)...

Do you play around with any settings to get the close ups (is there a macro mode?) or do you just point and shoot??

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So far I haven't changed anything, but I know there's a macro focus mode.

I'm so engrossed with capturing that flitting (sp.) moment of the butterfly standing still or the wind keeping the flower stable that I really don't want to fiddle with settings.

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with the s3 i just point, tap the screen where you want to focus and shoot.

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Don't know what these flowers names are but they are only about 2mm across. Beautiful little things.
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A Snail.

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A nail

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sted wrote:A nail

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That's not from a phone camera. Nice pics Sted.

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unc.si. wrote:
sted wrote:A nail
That's not from a phone camera. Nice pics Sted.

We're not restricting pics here to camera phones... as long as they aren't photos of Sted's relatives :roll:

These are cool pics Sted :)
I liked the contrast of objects and rhyme of names :wink:

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This is the (early) flower of Notobasis syriaca (Syrian Thistle)...
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