We hope you have enjoyed the SRGC Forum. You can make a Paypal donation to the SRGC by clicking the above button

Author Topic: Re: Wildlife November 2009  (Read 14883 times)

ranunculus

  • utterly butterly
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5069
  • Country: england
  • ALL BUTTER AND LARD
Re: Wildlife November 2009
« Reply #15 on: November 05, 2009, 09:41:25 AM »
It is possible to capture acceptable close-ups with a relatively inexpensive camera.  These images were taken a while ago with a 3.4 megapixel camera.

Apologies to Maggi for the larger than usual images, but these are used simply to illustrate the amount of detail that can be captured.
Cliff Booker
Behind a camera in Whitworth. Lancashire. England.

Anthony Darby

  • Bug Buff & Punster
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 9647
  • Country: nz
Re: Wildlife November 2009
« Reply #16 on: November 05, 2009, 12:30:24 PM »
You get around Cliff. 8) The butterfly is Malaysian (Idea sp.)!
Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
"Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution"
http://www.dunblanecathedral.org.uk/Choir/The-Choir.html

ranunculus

  • utterly butterly
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5069
  • Country: england
  • ALL BUTTER AND LARD
Re: Wildlife November 2009
« Reply #17 on: November 05, 2009, 01:18:31 PM »
He was visiting Leeds at the time, Anthony ... in the butterfly house!   :D
He may be back in K.L. by now?
Cliff Booker
Behind a camera in Whitworth. Lancashire. England.

angie

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3167
  • Country: scotland
Re: Wildlife November 2009
« Reply #18 on: November 05, 2009, 07:10:54 PM »
Cliff amazing images, cant get over the detail on the wings.
Angie :)
Angie T.
....just outside Aberdeen in North East Scotland

Lesley Cox

  • way down south !
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 16348
  • Country: nz
  • Gardening forever, house work.....whenever!
Re: Wildlife November 2009
« Reply #19 on: November 05, 2009, 07:43:10 PM »
Are the first two of a dragonfly Cliff? Superb images but what an ugly mug it has. Surely only its mother could love it?

I have had a request from a NZ lurker on dial-up, that posters post smaller pictures, say not more than 100KB, as the bigger ones not only take a long time to download but that many don't even appear at all, in full.

While I'm sympathetic to the request, having had dial-up myself for a long time, it seems to me that if lurkers want things from the Forum, they should join, and make their own requests.
Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9

Anthony Darby

  • Bug Buff & Punster
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 9647
  • Country: nz
Re: Wildlife November 2009
« Reply #20 on: November 05, 2009, 10:51:49 PM »
I think the criteria we have at the moment are fine. If we are going to bend to the occasional lurker who might join if we do this that or the next thing we'd sacrifice the quality of posts. Many people can testify that dial up is painfully slow but that's life.
Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
"Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution"
http://www.dunblanecathedral.org.uk/Choir/The-Choir.html

ranunculus

  • utterly butterly
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5069
  • Country: england
  • ALL BUTTER AND LARD
Re: Wildlife November 2009
« Reply #21 on: November 05, 2009, 11:05:40 PM »
Are the first two of a dragonfly Cliff? Superb images but what an ugly mug it has. Surely only its mother could love it?


It's a FEMALE Southern Hawker, Lesley ... a real looker as hawkers go!   :D
Cliff Booker
Behind a camera in Whitworth. Lancashire. England.

mark smyth

  • Hopeless Galanthophile
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 15254
  • Country: gb
Re: Wildlife November 2009
« Reply #22 on: November 05, 2009, 11:14:10 PM »
someone still has dial up!? While on the subject I know two people who want the internet but because of where they it's not available by cable or wireless
Antrim, Northern Ireland Z8
www.snowdropinfo.com / www.marksgardenplants.com / www.saveourswifts.co.uk

When the swifts arrive empty the green house

All photos taken with a Canon 900T and 230

Anthony Darby

  • Bug Buff & Punster
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 9647
  • Country: nz
Re: Wildlife November 2009
« Reply #23 on: November 05, 2009, 11:19:44 PM »
someone still has dial up!? While on the subject I know two people who want the internet but because of where they it's not available by cable or wireless
There are ways Mark.
Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
"Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution"
http://www.dunblanecathedral.org.uk/Choir/The-Choir.html

Lesley Cox

  • way down south !
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 16348
  • Country: nz
  • Gardening forever, house work.....whenever!
Re: Wildlife November 2009
« Reply #24 on: November 06, 2009, 02:43:13 AM »
Are the first two of a dragonfly Cliff? Superb images but what an ugly mug it has. Surely only its mother could love it?


It's a FEMALE Southern Hawker, Lesley ... a real looker as hawkers go!   :D

Ah well then, she probably relies on her personality and not her looks. Just as I do. ;D
Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9

Paul T

  • Our man in Canberra
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 8435
  • Country: au
  • Paul T.
Re: Wildlife November 2009
« Reply #25 on: November 06, 2009, 04:02:34 AM »
Brilliant dragonfly and butterfly pics, Cliff.  So much detail.  :o
Cheers.

Paul T.
Canberra, Australia.
Min winter temp -8 or -9°C. Max summer temp 40°C. Thankfully, maybe once or twice a year only.

Ragged Robin

  • cogent commentator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3494
  • Country: 00
  • in search of all things wild and wonderful
Re: Wildlife November 2009
« Reply #26 on: November 06, 2009, 07:35:49 AM »
Only a few days ago before the cold set in I saw a large dragon fly in the garden and was amazed as it droned past wishing I had had my camera at the ready!  Very difficult to photograph and so up close Cliff, thanks for the terrific shots   8)
Valais, Switzerland - 1,200 metres - Continental climate - rocks and moraine

Maggi Young

  • SRGC Hon. Vice President
  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 44967
  • Country: scotland
  • "There's often a clue"
    • International Rock Gardener e-magazine
Re: Wildlife November 2009
« Reply #27 on: November 06, 2009, 11:19:20 AM »
someone still has dial up!? While on the subject I know two people who want the internet but because of where they it's not available by cable or wireless

 Not only do people still have dial-up, Mark, but there are even more who have broadband but with an intermittant and/or painfully slow connection . :'( :P
Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!

Editor: International Rock Gardener e-magazine

Maggi Young

  • SRGC Hon. Vice President
  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 44967
  • Country: scotland
  • "There's often a clue"
    • International Rock Gardener e-magazine
Re: Wildlife November 2009
« Reply #28 on: November 06, 2009, 01:42:25 PM »
Some of you crafty folk out there with small children in your lives may be interested in this site:
http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/2026/list_15_1.html   ..... 77 different creatures to download, print and assemble to make a 3-D paper 'sculpture' ...... 8)
Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!

Editor: International Rock Gardener e-magazine

mark smyth

  • Hopeless Galanthophile
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 15254
  • Country: gb
Re: Wildlife November 2009
« Reply #29 on: November 06, 2009, 08:50:20 PM »
"How much did you say the lens cost?
http://www.paulhillion.com/photo3131046.html
Antrim, Northern Ireland Z8
www.snowdropinfo.com / www.marksgardenplants.com / www.saveourswifts.co.uk

When the swifts arrive empty the green house

All photos taken with a Canon 900T and 230

 


Scottish Rock Garden Club is a Charity registered with Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR): SC000942
SimplePortal 2.3.5 © 2008-2012, SimplePortal