Tag Archives: insect

Photography, Dragonflies, and Healing

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Les

  Dragonfly, Wood Lake Nature Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2012 Update: First image had unacceptable color shift and lack of sharpness. This turned out to be the result of the conversion software used to upload file. I tried a different approach. … Continue reading →

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Honey Bee and Hosta

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Les

On the same evening that I photographed the dragonflies I also found this honey bee investigating the late blooms on one of my neighbor’s Hosta plants.  The light was rapidly fading and I waited to catch the last warm rays … Continue reading →

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Late Summer Dragonflies

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Les

This is a Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens, tentative id) that graced my backyard last evening. Up here in Minnesota, the last days of summer are already beginning to look like early fall. The recent dry weather has stressed many of … Continue reading →

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What Is Image Integrity?

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Les

The photo above is of a Bluetail Damselfly, ischnura heterosticta, and taken at midday in full sunlight. The image is from the unprocessed, raw NEF file. I was at a workshop last winter and the question about HDR, high dynamic … Continue reading →

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Song of the Cicadas

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Les

Chatfield, Minnesota, 08/20/1982 It’s about an hour before sunset, on a hot and humid August evening. An orange sun slowly descends towards the pale smoke blue hills on the west side of the valley.  The abandoned rope swing hangs limply … Continue reading →

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