Nature Photography

[HorseGirlAbby]

I'll trickle a few in today after I clean them up in between chores.

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Yeah, I thought mine were good till I saw that What was your exposure time?

 

[azurbanclucker]

Yeah, I thought mine were good till I saw that What was your exposure time?

20 sec f/2.6 ISO 2000.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

20 sec f/2.6 ISO 2000.

Ah yes, ISO. I think I had mine still set to 100 for wildlife and forgot to change it at all. That might have made a slight difference...

 

[jnicholes]

Got these pictures a few nights ago through my telescope.

M13

M82

 

[tripletfeb]

Got these pictures a few nights ago through my telescope.

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M13

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M82

Help an idiot out. What am I looking at here?

 

[jnicholes]

Help an idiot out. What am I looking at here?

You’re not the idiot, I am. I failed to label what they were. Sorry about that.

That was a little joke. I don’t regard myself as an idiot. I just made a mistake.

M13 is a globular cluster in the constellation Hercules. Basically millions of stars bound together by gravity in a spherical shape. Hence the name globular cluster.

M82 is a galaxy in Ursa Major. Commonly called the cigar galaxy because of its shape.

 

[tripletfeb]

You’re not the idiot, I am. I failed to label what they were. Sorry about that.

That was a little joke. I don’t regard myself as an idiot. I just made a mistake.

M13 is a globular cluster in the constellation Hercules. Basically millions of stars bound together by gravity in a spherical shape. Hence the name globular cluster.

M82 is a galaxy in Ursa Major. Commonly called the cigar galaxy because of its shape.

Very cool, thank you

 

[jnicholes]

I went for a bike ride today, and I stopped by a pond that amphibians breed in this time of year. I saw this in the canal, and I was able to catch them.

Fair warning, what they’re doing is a little suggestive.

After catching them, I realized the one on the bottom, the female, was the biggest western toad I’ve ever seen and caught.

 

[jnicholes]

I was out photographing frogs and toads. I picked up a BIG western toad to photograph, and this came out of it into my hand.

Not sure if the eggs are fertilized, but I figured I’d try to raise them and release them when they are big enough.

What do you all think? Is it worth a try?

 

[fuzzi]

This afternoon I was taking photos of flowers in my yard, just using my phone.

As I was taking a picture of sedum blooms I noticed something looked "different":

Can you see what caught my eye?

Here's a close-up, same photo:

See it now?

I believe it's a damselfly. And it let me get closer, close enough to get a decent picture.

It's about 1".