snolly50 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 a damselfly, the ebony jewel wing, Calopteryx maculata I think. The critter in this shot is purple to my eye. In attempting to verify the ID I viewed several online photos of the animal. They all appeared "blue" and the accompanying descriptions listed "blue" as the color scheme (in addition to the black eyes and wings). I process all of my photos with Photoshop Elements; so I went back to the original, out of camera, image to see if I had inadvertently monkeyed with the color balance. Nope, that damsel is purple in real life. So, I don't know if it's a color variant, not mentioned in the write-ups I saw; or if it's a different critter. Whatever, it is a beautiful, dainty wonder. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squali Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Excellent photos on this thread. This post would be best described as a nature Moment image. No art on my part. Captured with a dirty lens i6 iPhone after a large coffee. The greatest thing is the ability to get a quick shot with a multipurpose device. Buteo lagopus I assume. Strangely the roughed legged hawk tends to summer in the arctic. There are many raptors here on the Delaware river. The most eastern tip of Pennsylvania. This guy had been picking off anything that ran out of the piles of stumps and weeds that were being cleared from an old industrial site. The rabbit is a much larger prey than this hawk is used to but the dispatch techniques sufficed. It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Rough-legs are really neat! A great big buteo with little bitty feet (mostly, they prey on voles). When did you take this shot? In the east, I usually only see them in the winter, coastally. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squali Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 That was the surprising part of my day,picture taken around 1030 this morning. This site is visited by many birds during their migration. We started construction here in February so maybe the food source was too good to leave? Thanks for confirming my suspicion. At first thought was a juvenile eagle till I saw it up close. It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squali Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Here's a shot after it struggled to fly with the rabbit about 75 meters to the edge of construction. It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) a damselfly, the ebony jewel wing, Calopteryx maculata I think. The critter in this shot is purple to my eye. In attempting to verify the ID I viewed several online photos of the animal. They all appeared "blue" and the accompanying descriptions listed "blue" as the color scheme (in addition to the black eyes and wings). I process all of my photos with Photoshop Elements; so I went back to the original, out of camera, image to see if I had inadvertently monkeyed with the color balance. Nope, that damsel is purple in real life. So, I don't know if it's a color variant, not mentioned in the write-ups I saw; or if it's a different critter. Whatever, it is a beautiful, dainty wonder. DSC_7040acz.jpg It looks pretty blue to me, spare for a possible purple tinge between the antehumeral stripes on the thorax Edited July 23, 2015 by Jesuslover340 "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another."-Romans 14:19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snolly50 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) It looks pretty blue to me, spare for a possible purple tinge between the antehumeral stripes on the thorax Thanks for looking. I just looked at the post again and it does now strike me as "blue." I am on a Chromebook laptop, so now I am suspecting a subtle difference arising from my PCs monitor's rendering. It's an interesting phenomenon to me. I'll put the laptop side by side with the PC and see If I can notice a difference. Of course it might just be "old eyes." Edit. Yep. Back on the PC now and the damselfly is purple. This monitor must be throwing more red into the image. Edited July 23, 2015 by snolly50 Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 That's why professional photographers or authors of picture laden field guide books use devices to calibrate their screens for color and gamma settings. The software that I use to calibrate my two 27" flat screens are currently reminding me that it is time for a recalibration. Check out products like the one listed below if you want to calibrate and synchronize the look between multiple computer screens. http://spyder.datacolor.com/display-calibration/ Then use Photoshop to make the damselfly pink with green spots and red racing stripes. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roanoker Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 And if you want to print something (ink) that looks good on a computer screen (light), you have a whole 'nother set of concerns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snolly50 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Thanks Ken, I was vaguely aware* of monitor calibration; but had never given it any notice. Of course it makes entirely good sense, if one wishes to produce photos, realistically depicting the world. Oh, and great auction, congrats on the fine outcome. * Some unkind individuals have opined that snolly is "vaguely aware" in general. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Vague awareness is my happy place... "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 First, I want to say that photographing owl's in perfect lighing and somewhat close is almost impossible. There is a family of Great Horned Owl's that live in the hood. By chance I had the good luck to photo them training the younger to fly but it's landing really sucked----Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 First, I want to say that photographing owl's in perfect lighing and somewhat close is almost impossible. There is a family of Great Horned Owl's that live in the hood. By chance I had the good luck to photo them training the younger to fly but it's landing really sucked----Tom 033.JPG How undignified! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggieCie Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 First, I want to say that photographing owl's in perfect lighing and somewhat close is almost impossible. There is a family of Great Horned Owl's that live in the hood. By chance I had the good luck to photo them training the younger to fly but it's landing really sucked----Tom 033.JPG That is funny. I love baby birds. I have a suet block right out the window and 10 bird houses in the back yard. Constant entertainment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snolly50 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 First, I want to say that photographing owl's in perfect lighing and somewhat close is almost impossible. There is a family of Great Horned Owl's that live in the hood. By chance I had the good luck to photo them training the younger to fly but it's landing really sucked----Tom 033.JPG Congratulations!!! "You see an owl at daytime and the next female you see is sure enough the bride for thee." - Briscoe Darling, The Andy Griffith Show Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Congratulations!!! "You see an owl at daytime and the next female you see is sure enough the bride for thee." - Briscoe Darling, The Andy Griffith Show Saw three that day, how does that work----Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snolly50 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Saw three that day, how does that work----Tom You'll have to move to Utah. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squali Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Saw three that day, how does that work----Tom Head for the hills It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snolly50 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 submerged stump Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Leaf Beetles... ...Calligrapha serpentina. "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Leaf Beetles... Calligrapha.jpg ...Calligrapha serpentina. Beautiful photography----Tom 1 Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Just returned home from Surfside Beach, S.C. One afternoon we hadsome neat looking thunder storms over the ocean. I captured these from the video I took of the storm. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 submerged stump DSC_7106az.jpg What a fantastic image that is, Snolly! Wonderful! Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagurus Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Great pictures all. That juvie owl is hilarious, the leaf beetles are mahvelous, and that underwater stump strikes me as a mysterious entrance to wonderland. I hope Snolly got out of the water before the storm struck. Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Every morning I have a cup of coffee and watch the sun climb above the tree line. The sunrise sometimes just demand a photo, the colors are beyond beautiful----Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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