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Taking images of flowers and seed pods gave me the idea to use them as inspirations for some woodworking projects. This poppy seed pod had a really pleasing shape with the top that I would never have imagined without seeing it in nature. I turned a lidded box and then textured and coloured...

While out looking for late fall migrant birds this Clouded Sulphur butterfly was dancing around on the grass. This shot is captured using the procapture feature on the OM camera where it registers 50 fps in memory and then writes to the disk when you press the shutter. With my reaction time...

The Milkweed I planted 5 years ago has still not attracted any Monarch Butterflies. This year's seed pods have just started to open and disperse their progeny. The various techniques plants have developed for spreading their seeds is quite fascinating.

While looking for some fall pollinators in the raspberries I spotted a brown dot that looked a bit unusual. It kept crawling under a leaf as I approached with my camera but eventually I was able to get a couple of angles. BigGuide says it is the family of Treehoppers and specifically a...

The lid of my compost bin continues to provide spiders for photography. After lifting the lid a large spider scooted out onto the top so I closed the lid and it just sat in the sun as I pushed my camera into its face. It sat quite still so I took a shot at f18 and then a stack of 50 images with...

While out looking for fall pollinating insects on the bank of our river in Saskatoon this toad was making its way along a sandy path. It was not in a big hurry so stopped for me to get a couple of shots. iNaturalist tells me it is a Canadian Toad.

This week I’m back to insects as the fall is coming fast and there may soon be no more insects for many months. All of these were taken in my yard on a warm afternoon, following a few days of cool rainy weather. It seemed the insects were very busy gathering food. This Spur-throated Grasshopper...

An hour well spent in my back yard the other day gathered a number of interesting bug shots. Here is a Stink Bug wandering around on the Goat's Beard plant.

This is a shot of a Ladybug larvae on a sunflower in the local Community Garden. Not sure what species but could be the multicolored Asian Lady Beetle ( Harmonia axyridis). This species is not native to Saskatchewan.

While looking for interesting pollinators on sunflowers in the Community Garden I came across this unusual insect. I had only ever photographed one before and that was in another province. It is a member of the Jagged Ambush Bugs. One notable feature is their rather massive front legs that are...

It is my turn to start off Winged Wednesday. Let us see your images with flying tings as the theme. While at a nature reserve this afternoon I noticed a Hover fly spending lots of time around these tiny flowers. True to its name it did spend a few seconds hovering over the flowers and then...

I watched this Red Squirrel for about 15 minutes as it ran across a lawn with cones in its mouth. Presumably it was putting them away for future use. I would prefer the animal was much better in focus but this was the best I could get. I did a short animated sequence of 6 images to show the...

Another week and we are missing Eric's banter and amazing photos. I'm sitting in this week and will show insects from the last week. Anything with wings is welcome in this thread. A Bumblebee gathering nectar and pollen. A pair of mating Crane Flies. I didn't see that this wasp was eating...

A light drizzle this morning encouraged me to look for some drops on flowers. A neighbours poppies were close to the sidewalk. This is a 9 image photo stack. I did a closeup of the center of the flower as it seemed like an interesting shape to maybe use as inspiration for a wooden vessel.

This tiny spider was sitting on a leaf by my fence. It was cool out and the wind was blowing so I cut the leaf off and brought it inside where I had my camera set up. For a short while the spider sat quite still so I was able to get a close up of the face. It started to move around as it warmed...

This spider was sitting on a leaf and not moving much but the wind was moving the leaf so I cut the leaf off and brought it inside. Once I managed to focus on the spider i was able to get an image stack. Not the greatest stack as the area behind the head was fuzzy but it was interesting to see...

These impossibly large eyes really make jumping spiders rather cute. Oh course you can't be a complete arachnophobe to give any spider a 'cute' label.

While at a friend's place the other day I spied a robin sitting on the nose of a wire sculpture of a coyote. I did not have my telephoto lens but did have a 12-100 mm zoom. It actually shows the environment better at a wider angle as you can see the canola field in full yellow bloom. It seemed...

I had cut into a peach and it was not quite ripe so I left it on the counter. Soon the fruit flies, attracted to the wound in the peach skin started swarming the area. I set up my macro lens on a tripod with the peach at the edge of the counter. With this position I could get really close and...

Wandering through my local community garden a Damselfly and a Dragonfly (wait...that sounds like the beginning of a bad joke) where posing in the foliage. Have not been able to get a species for this Damselfly. Just got word from iNaturalist this is a Spotted Spreadwing. This image shows the...