I love nature pics!

I would like to get my hands on the DFLE and SS4. Nice pics Andy!

Sucks pickin' wasnt good!

I dont have that problem...

Nice pictures! Thanks for sharing.

Very nice pics Andy. Those burgers look very tasty.

We had a family get-together at my Aunt’s house last night. I took some nature pics I thought I’d share. You can see full size versions, & pics I didn’t post here:

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I was letting the dogs out at night, and saw one of them sniffing at this guy on the porch. Good thing I got him away before he got their nose. I read they can snap a pencil with those jaws! Ouch. BTW, it’s a reddish brown stag beetle.

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With my SS Fenix LD01 & Spyderco Orange Ladybug w/ tritium keychain.
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Andy, you truly have the most horrifying insects where you live.

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I took some more pics outdoors recently I thought I’d go ahead and post. You can see the full size pics, and ones from this day that I didn't post here: 8-11-09

A Katydid I found outside at night on the hand-rail when I was taking the dogs out.


Some toads living under the porch steps.


Mr. Toad. And yes, he peed on me…






Katydid from the back.


It kept trying to bite me.


This grasshopper was asleep.


I dunno what kind of bird this is, (anyone?) but they’re really tame. It let me get like 2 feet away to take this pic. This is in our garage BTW.


This hawk landed in our yard. I know it’s not a great pic, but this is as close as I could get before he flew away. I needed a tripod, it’s a little blurry. I took this pic in the rain while holding an umbrella, hard to hold everything.

See more pics from this day, and full size versions here: 8-19-09

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Mr. Toad (as I call him) on the porch. I see him about every night. I catch bugs for him and feed them to him. The night before this, it was a few moths, a small grasshopper, a potato bug, and a few other small bugs.






Some spiders.

Nice pics Andy...

Your macro work is laudatory! Nature is out there...you just have to zoom it!

I love that pic of the sleeping wasps. There needs to be a caption contest for that one!

Speaking of nature, I took these just this past weekend on Perdido Key FLA...