Photos, videos and docs of Janet Brien, with the keywords: "bug"

275/366: Bug on Mustard Blossoms

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 02:47:47 +0000

The past couple of days I've been sharing a few pictures from a photo walk that Steve and I went on a couple of years down at the Rogue River. We'd started the day up in high altitude and quickly found out it was too windy and cold. But down here near home we found a wonderful place for some neat captures. These bugs are nearly invisible unless you are looking very carefully for them!

Explored on 10/5/16. Highest placement, page 4.

273/365: "Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity." ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 04:11:29 +0000

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I went out today looking for a mushroom and I found one! It was perfect and in a position that I could see under its cap! I got good pictures too... or so I thought... until I looked at them on my computer and found out that I made a Composition 101 error. When you find a non-animate subject to photograph, look at it closely from different angles to find the best position. I discovered upon looking at the pictures that the shape of the mushroom called for a shift in position and I needed get another set of pictures. LOL, live and learn! :D

No worries, because before I went into the house, I went to visit the Goldenrod flowers that my friend Robin gave me, and as I approached, I saw a very pretty bumblebee crawling around with gorgeous markings on it. Then I looked again. It wasn't a bumblebee at all! It was a huge hoverfly! I've never seen one so large and pretty before, and I was lucky enough to get a few pictures before it zoomed away!

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca; ca. 4 BC – AD 65) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero. While he was forced to commit suicide for alleged complicity in the Pisonian conspiracy to assassinate Nero, the last of the Julio-Claudian emperors, he may have been innocent. His father was Seneca the Elder and his elder brother was Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus, called Gallio in the Bible. Wikipedia: Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Explored on October 1, 2013. Highest placement, page 4.

Beautiful Hover Butt!

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 04:11:12 +0000

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This was what I saw when I bent down to look at these flowers. Check out this beautiful HOVER BUTT! :D This guy was about an inch long, definitely in the B-52 Bomber category! What a sound this one made, quite menacing actually, though I know it wouldn't hurt me!

Thanks to Leapfrog (Art) for identifying this as a Dronefly or European Hoverfly!

I really struggled about which picture should be Picture of the Day. I wanted to put this one up, but Steve thought the other one was the stronger choice. I don't know...do you have an opinion? :D

Beetle

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:26:04 +0000

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Weird Burrowing Bug

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:25:30 +0000

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Hoverfly on Aster

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:37:27 +0000

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This image was taken during my trip to San Francisco during September 12-15, 2011.

Hoverfly on Aster 2

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:38:01 +0000

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This image was taken during my trip to San Francisco during September 12-15, 2011.

Red-Bodied Dragonfly

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 16:43:19 +0000

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This image was taken during the MeetUp Mountain Lake Hike on August 21, 2011.

Green Cricket

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:02:01 +0000

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Winner of FlickrDuel contest: +10 Wins, Color Division: Green

This image was taken during the Rogue Vallely Photography hike to Mt. Ashland on August 7, 2011.

Oh Hai!

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 06:02:27 +0000

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Lucky, lucky me! This spot at the edge of Clover Lake was teeming with bold dragon- and damselflies, and I finally got good pictures of dragonflies!!! HAPPY DAY!!! Both of the shots I put up on Flickr were taken at 35x zoom on my Canon SX30 IS. The brightness of the day made it possible for a high ISO and a cleaner image! :) This image was taken during the MeetUp Mountain Lake Hike on August 21, 2011.

Ornate Checkered Beetle on Corn Lily 2

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 07:16:33 +0000

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This image was taken on the MeetUp Photography Hike to Mt. Ashland on August 8, 2011.

Ornate Checkered Beetle on Corn Lily Leaf

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:12:15 +0000

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This image was taken on the Rogue Valley Photography Group hike to Mt. Ashland on August 3, 2011

My First Damselfly!

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:58:56 +0000

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I know it's tiny...but you can SEE IT!!! YAY!!!! This image was taken during the Rogue Valley Photography hike to Mt. Ashland on August 7, 2011.

Fabulous Fly

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:58:42 +0000

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Winner of FlickrDuel contest: +10 Wins: Macro

This image was taken during the Rogue Valley Photography hike to Mt. Ashland on August 7, 2011.

Amazing Short-Horned Grasshopper

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:59:10 +0000

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This image was taken during the Rogue Valley Photography hike to Mt. Ashland on August 7, 2011.

Ladybug on the Move

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 06:37:16 +0000

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This image was taken during the Rogue Valley Photography hike to Mt. Ashland on August 7, 2011.

Mating Damselflies

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:49:23 +0000

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Woot!!! I finally got a good image of a damelfly, and of all the luck, it's a mating pair!! YAYYYYY!!!! This image was taken during the MeetUp hike around one side of Howard Prairie Lake on August 11, 2011.

Common Wood Nymph Butterfly

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 05:56:07 +0000

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This image was taken during the MeetUp hike along one edge of Howard Prairie Lake on August 7, 2011.

Western Tailed Blue Butterfly

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:51:34 +0000

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I did a lot of work on this image because it's just too pretty to pass by. It was sitting on a cluttered beach, and at it's small size, even pebbles are large. My solution was to select the butterfly, filter in just a little more detail, and then darken the background and add an even darker vignette. Because the actual size of the cropped image is quite small, I increased the canvas size for the border.

This picture was taken on the MeetUp hike around one edge of Howard Prairie Lake on August 7, 2011.

Damselfly

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:03:22 +0000

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This image was taken during the MeetUp hike around one edge of Howard Prairie Lake on August 11, 2011.