Andy Wayne's Photo Thread

Hi guys. Sometimes I only have a few pics that I don't think are worthy of a dedicated thread, so I thought I'd just make this one and add to it in those situations.

Here's a few pics I took today. I thought I'd take an hour to go picking some wild black raspberries for my Mom. I don't like them myself, & she's legally blind & can't really pick them, so I do it for her every year.

My batteries went dead, or I'd of taken more pics. I think I went picking a little late in the season, because there weren't very many berries.

Here's a cornflower AKA Chicory. The dried roasted roots of this plant can be used as a coffee substitute.




This is an assassin bug that was on the raspberry plants. They use their needle like probe to hunt bugs, stab them, inject them with venom, then suck out their juices. And yes, they can bite people too.






Sallie went with me. She's our youngest Weim (< 1 year old) and our only blue.


Wild yellow flowers. I believe it's wood strawberry. The leaves look like weed, don't think it is though.




This is all I found after an hour of picking.


I used my DFLE (look, it has freckles!) & SS4 to clear weeds and brush out of the way.


I had a much better haul last year...
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Very nice!

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Great Pics Andy. Thanks for sharing.

I don’t believe I ever posted the pics from my Memorial Day cookout, so I’ll go ahead and post them here too.

It had been raining, and the yard was soaking wet. The wood was also soaked, and sitting it wet grass waist high behind the barn. Can I start a fire using only a firesteel & natural materials with wet wood? Let’s find out. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Here you can see my shoes wet from gathering the wood.


Gathered wood.


Fatwood, cotton & pine needles.






Preparing to strike


Ignition!








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Here you can see the moisture boiling out of the wet wood.
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Gotta wait for it to burn down to coals.
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Almost ready.
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Burgers on! They contain a mixture of lemon pepper & A1 sauce.
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I posted a pic of these bug eggs before when I found them on a tree. Well, now I see what the adults look like.
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Smoke wafts down the hill.
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Yum! Yum!
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Peony
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Iris
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I’m tired…
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Oooooo…
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Finished result…oh yeah!!!
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Great bug pictures! The colors and patterns of that assassin bugs abdomen would look great as scales on a Busse/Bussekin blade.

There should be a Scrap Yard law about teasing us with so many burger shots! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

I do not know a living soul who doesn't love a burger from the grill in the backyard. THOSE look fantastic! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

God gift to the sences... the Peony! What a wonderful smell and a beautiful flower too! The Iris are gorgeous when early but they wither too soon and become a gooey mass of muck on the stem.

Ten burgers for three people... I must have missed the phone. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

Thanks again my dear friend for sharing all these great shots!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


Peace.

BTW, if anyone wants to see the full size version of these pics, I uploaded them to my Flickr page here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywayne/sets/

4th of July party at Andy's....bring ScrapYards and burgers....and beer

Those are some great photos! I especially like the pics of your Weimaraner.

Great pics Andy! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Now you done got me hungry. Nice pics.

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...

2009 Utah archery

Here’s some from yesterday that I didn’t get posted. I took Sallie for a walk around the yard, and brought my DFLE & Swamp Warden because I planned to do some light brush clearing while I was out there. You can see full size pics and ones I didn’t post here: 8-23-09

Sallie.


Wildflower in the ditch.


Organic pears ripening on our tree.


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Morning Dove with its baby in a Scotch Pine tree in our yard.


I got like a foot away and they never moved.




The gear I brought with me.


Knives I brought with me.
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I got this apple off of one of our trees, and yes, it was good.
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Thistle & bumblebee against the evening sky.
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Bumblebee on a thistle. See how little his wings are compared to his fat little body? It's amazing they can fly.
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I think these are wild sunflowers.
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Some mulberry leaves turning yellow.
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Zucchini in the garden.
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Tomatoes in the garden.
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grat pics andy

nice job fastcamo

is that mulie still in velvet

Thanks for the pics, they are great

Some pics from Sunday. You can see all the pics (and larger sizes) here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywayne/sets/72157622067187585/

I hope you enjoy them.

Thistle.


Bumblebee on thistle.


Swamp Warden on some Mullein.


Bumblebee on thistle.


Yellow bugs on a yellow flower.


Butterfly with yellow bugs on a yellow flower.


Butterfly.


Bee in a morning glory.


A wasp resting on a leaf.


While cutting brush I felt a pinch on my leg. I looked down to see this horsefly biting me. I used the flat of my knife to swat him.


My leg where horsefly bit me.
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Wild sunflower.
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My Swamp Warden with some fruits and veggies I picked in the garden.
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Very cool pics, thanks for sharing! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Nice pics Andy, aint nature great. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Yep, makes me wish I had a bigger backyard! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

GREAT pics! we call those stag beatles 'June Bugs'. Cause they show up every June, and before August is over, one flies into you and knocks you off your bike while youre doing 45 down the road. Those things hit like bullets.

Hmmm...you sure that's the same bug? From what I read, stag beetles are pretty rare to find. I've only come across a couple in my life. Here's a pic of what we call a June Bug here. (not my pic) It's smaller than a stag beetle, and doesn't have the pincers. We have June bugs all over the place here too starting in May or so.

On a related note, have you read of this use for them?

June Bug - Medicinal Insect

Amazing the quality of photographs we have on this forum

Andy your pics are awesome

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Where's the pic of you biting the horsefly? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Very nice photos BTW.

After I took the pics I stomped him. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

nice shots andy

Incredible pics Andy!

Amazing beauty in nature when you stop and take the time to look at the little details.

I took some fall pics around the yard Wednesday. I thought I'd share with you guys:



Maple tree in our yard.


Garden Spider






Spyderco H1 Ladybug with Fenix LD01 and tritium keychain.


Lichen growing on the rowboat.


Poison oak growing on a maple tree.


Our yard.


Maple tree across the street.




Grasshopper.

Nice picks Andy thanks for sharing. I wish we would get falls like that over here in Texas.

love those fall colors. Nice pics, Andy

Nice yard and pics Andy!

Where on earth did you get a tritium glow tube? I went looking for one a while back, and nobody sold them anymore because they were considered radioactive materials.

(Tritium is a radioactive material in much the same way that a box of matches is bomb-making supplies, IMHO)

God i love Indiana

Yeah, I missed that when I went to school in Abilene.


eBay. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> There's someone that sells them on candlepowerforums too. I bought a glass tritium rod on eBay that's like 4" long. Gotta be careful not to drop it, no plastic coating. I recently saw a tritium exit sign on eBay, some big rods in there.


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Thanks Andy,that was great.Now I'm hungry.Dig the birds too.

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eBay. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> There's someone that sells them on candlepowerforums too. I bought a glass tritium rod on eBay that's like 4" long. Gotta be careful not to drop it, no plastic coating. I recently saw a tritium exit sign on eBay, some big rods in there.<<

Is/was yours fairly bright? I know they get darker as they get old and the tritium decays.

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Great thread Andy. I especially like the insect pics.

Andy what kind of camera are you shooting?
the detail in the grasshopper picture is amazing

Really nice pictures Andy! Thanks for sharing.

Pretty good for as small as they are. My oldest one I've had for nearly 10 years, and it still glows fine. I can almost read in the dark with one if I hold it really close.

If you look at the full size pic, you can even see the little hairs on his leg. My camera is a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W1. It's 5.1 MP & It has a 2.5" LCD screen.

Here's what it looks like:


Here's a couple reviews on this camera:

The Imaging Resource Quick Review Sony DSC-W1 Digital Camera

Sony DSC-W1 Digital Camera Review

PC World - Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-W1

It films video too. Here's a video I made with it a couple days ago:

Just goes to show you don't need a super expensive camera to take really impressive shots. Great shots!

seriously i was really impressed!

ive been meaning to pick up a nice Dslr...
im into photography and like doing it on my spare time when i can

yay i just made my 30 posts for my patch!!!!!!!!!

Thanks. A friend recently said "Wow, good shots, you must have an expensive camera." I said, "That's like telling a cook, "Good meal, you must have expensive pots and pans.""


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That is a huge yard. By the time you finish mowing, you have to start again.

Yep, 2.5 acres.

Andy, beautiful pics. The trees are starting to turn here too. I am going to try and make it out tomorrow and do a little walk about and see if I can catch some beauty too. Thanks for sharing!

Andy sorry to highjack here, how does the H1 steel in the spyderco perform

Good so far. Similar to the VG-10. Haven't tried to sharpen it yet though.

Living on the Wet Coast I am thinking of buying one

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I took Sallie for a walk to the graveyard near my house. I came across this huge limb that had fallen on a couple 100-150+ year old graves. I thought it was sad that they didn't have any descendants that visited to clear it. I thought their graves looked unloved and forgotten.

I had my Chopweiler with me, so I decided to clear what brush I could, since no one else it seemed cared to.





Sallie decided to help…








Sallie helping…




Not perfect, but better than it was. I would need a chainsaw or something to get the rest. Several hours later now, my arms are still sore from all the chopping.




That’s my house you see in the background in the center.


View of the entrance to the graveyard. Where I was chopping was to the right off the frame.


View up the hill at the graveyard. After chopping I headed up the hill and fixed a few American flags that had fallen into the mud. The ground was pretty frozen, so it was hard to do.


Frozen creek.




View of the edge after all that choppin'. Not bad. A few strops on a ceramic stick and it was razor sharp again.

the only thing the dead have is respect from the living. sad to see that none is shown by that family for their own.

cool dog btw

Good job cleaning up the grave site.Back in NC in the 80s I used to hunt some farm land across from where I lived and I came across a small family grave site.There was only 4or 5 graves.A couple dated in the 1780s.I usually stoped by and checked them out when wandering through.
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