TOP 3 ANIMALS

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Week 28, July 13-19, 2025 – Morning Insects

July 19th, 2025

Tagged 100mm f2.8 macro, 2025, 25.06.29, 28-200 f2.8-5.6, A7r3, bee, D750, flower, fur, green, honey bee, insect, jumping spider, Jun25, June, macro, NENA Butterfly Garden, Nikon, petal, pink, pollen, purple, red, reflection, shadow, Sony, spider, sunlight, TOP 3, TOP 3 ANIMALS, TOP PICKS, TOP POST, Week 28 2025, WEEKS, WEEKS 2025, yellow

“Flower Window View”

July 13th, 2025

Tagged 100mm f2.8 macro, 2025, 25.06.29, bee, D750, flower, fur, honey bee, insect, Jun25, June, macro, NENA Butterfly Garden, Nikon, pollen, reflection, sunlight, TOP 3, TOP 3 ANIMALS, TOP PICKS, TOP POST, Week 28 2025, yellow

getting lucky

Any photographer knows that there are acceptable photos, there are good photos, and then there are photos that you feel lucky to capture; and you have to display all three types. Bees rarely stay on a flower for longer than a few seconds, and this image took advantage of a flower’s askew petals; lining the two up wasn’t skill, it was luck. But a good photographer knows that the more often you go out to take photos, the more likely you are to get lucky.

Week 35, August 27 – September 2, 2023 – Matthiessen Birds

September 2nd, 2023

Tagged 150-600mm f5-6.3, 2023, 23.07.23, 28-200 f2.8-5.6, A7r3, animal, bee, bird, blue, D750, field, finch, flower, goldfinch, green, honey bee, honeybee, Indigo Bunting, insect, Jul23, July, leaf, Matthiessen State Park, mustard, Nikon, Sony, sunflower, TOP 3, TOP 3 ANIMALS, Week 35 2023, WEEKS, WEEKS 2023, wild mustard, yellow

“Pops of Yellow”

September 1st, 2023

Tagged 150-600mm f5-6.3, 2023, 23.07.23, animal, bird, blue, D750, field, flower, Indigo Bunting, Jul23, July, Matthiessen State Park, mustard, Nikon, TOP 3, TOP 3 ANIMALS, Week 35 2023, wild mustard, yellow

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“Yellow & Blue”

August 27th, 2023

Tagged 150-600mm f5-6.3, 2023, 23.07.23, animal, bird, blue, D750, field, flower, Indigo Bunting, Jul23, July, Matthiessen State Park, Nikon, sunflower, TOP 3, TOP 3 ANIMALS, Week 35 2023, yellow

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