These photos were all taken using the Canon 650D, on a tripod, from the bedroom window! The shutter was set on “B” and controlled with the Intervalometer. This allowed me to open the shutter and wait until a lightning flash happened, then shut the shutter. All of these pictures are a single lightning flash event. […]
During a riverside work session clearing vegetation, we suddenly noticed a lot of black and yellow dragonflies, resting on the waterside vegetation (right). We soon managed to find them just emerging from their larval stage (below). These dragonflies are Common Clubtail Gomphus vulgatissimus (Fr. le Gomphus tres commun) (Thanks to Susan Walter for the ID). […]
During one of our orchid hunting forays into the Chateau Joffreny park next door, Greg took the opportunity to photograph some of the frogs in the “River Anglaise”. There were a lot of frogs making a lot of noise and there seemed to be two varieties, and possibly even some hybrids. According to “La Passion […]
