https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/261740417
Here you go. I stopped posting the links because no one clicked them. But I guess I’ll start doing it again ^^
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thanx so much!
I’ve noticed recently that sometimes the links people post open in the same window for me, and the click count goes up one. Other times, it opens in a new window and the count does not change. Also, you can right click the link and tell it to open in a new window, and the count will not record your click. Just now I clicked the link to your beautiful spider observation, and it automatically opened in a new window keeping the click count at 5. So…you can’t rely on the number after the link to tell you if we’re looking or not. (-:
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Thanks, ig I was thinking something else lol
I have noticed that too, I almost always open links in a new tab by pressing down my mouse wheel or ctrl+left mouse, and when I open the link like that the count does not go up
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I did.
Just got some cheap flash equipment which has really amped up my photography. These are my first test shots with it:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/262294873
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Those are wonderful!
One of the things that I love about this thread is how it inspires me to step up my game.
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Given that this thread is still alive and well, I thought I’d be cheeky and come back for a second bite of the cherry. Here are some of my favourites from 2024. More birds last year.
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They look great! I love Yellow Ratsnakes.
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Don’t want to go too much off topic here, but how do you get such even lighting with action shots like the hares and some of the birds, which I’m assuming require pretty high shutter speeds? In my experience I have to set the ISO high enough to compensate that the lighting looks relatively unnatural, especially for long distance shots where the flash isn’t really effective.
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She has a rather grim and unenthusiastic expression.
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It’s a good question, but I’m not sure I’m the best person to answer. For me, a big part of it is just taking a shed load of pictures. The more I take, the better the chances that a few might be OK.
Yes I like to keep a fast shutter speed. 1250/s is what I aim for, but that’s not always possible, so I’ll go lower when the light is bad, which in England is quite often. Of all the factors ISO is probably the one I worry least about I usually have my camera in FV (Flexible Priority) mode and set ISO as the dependent variable. I then clean up as best as I can afterwards. I’m a big fan of Topaz, but you’re right it can look unnatural if overdone. The other thing I occasionally do, but not always, is use the masking facility in Lightroom to make the subject appear lighter than the background. Again though, you have to be cautious with this as it doesn’t always select the edges properly - feathers and fur are notoriously difficult.
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The second photo I choose, it’s this Evarcha arcuata, it looks like he came to say “hi, what do you want?”
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Probably this shot of a hummingbird clearwing moth. The first member of that species I saw, and I went a bit crazy in photographing it. Spectacular little buggos. I hope to see more this year.
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Also one of my favorite subjects to photograph, along with the Snowberry Clearwing and the White-lined Sphinx Moth.
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ello again! I think this image of Tubaria furfuracea I got today is certainly up there. I really like the style where you display picked and in-situ specimens next to each other, almost like a little family photo. It is helpful for documenting all key identification features, and it looks very visually appealing (to me at least). Its not very colorful or exciting, but I think the beauty lies in the way balance is created in the image (and in the subjects themselves). Fungal photographers like Alan Rockefeller are my inspiration behind this style of composition.
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That is indeed a beautiful photo! In addition to showing the organisms in a useful way, it’s an excellent example of a classic pyramid composition, and you definitely achieved the balance you clearly intended. It’s a lovely “family” portrait, and although it is monochromatic, it is by no means colorless and unexciting.
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