PHP dev, sometimes pixel artist. Also takes pictures of bugs and birds to see what they look like up close.
Oh wow, gorgeous bird!
You drive through the fields and spot a dishevelled young woman hunching over roadkill, reaching into the corpse with pliers as flies buzz around her. You accidentally make eye contact just as she - grinning - drops a writhing maggot into a translucent plastic bottle.
Why settle when I could get a 800mm 5.6 for a mere 14k?
The only reason I didn’t impulse buy a teleconverter to tack on my impulse bought 600mm is that it would just get me (more) underexposed pictures. But the urge is real, and we don’t even have bald eagles around here.
Thanks! He’s so puffy, I figured he was cold.
Gorgeous photograph. How cold was it outside that day?
Such a beautiful bird
Amazing scene! That must have been great to watch. Less so to hear!
A handsome boi!
Thank you, I love it!
So mossy. It’s beautiful!
The spiny flower mantis is gorgeous. It looks more like a piece of fantasy art than a real insect. Surreal.
Also, is your link possibly wrong on the “like this”?
Oh my god, thank you for that video, it’s fantastic. She’s so cute! I never saw a real mantis and this is fascinating.
… According to observations.be, they are present (albeit very rare) in Belgium, so I guess you’ve started me on a new life quest. 📸
Everyone needs to head to that mastodon account because there is a whole series of amazingly adorable photo to pixel pieces!
The dots aren’t following you around :) They’re called pseudopupils. You’re seeing down the “tubes” (ommatidia) of the composite eyes (heavy oversimplification because I’m no scientist).
A smarter person explains this here: https://www.readingeagle.com/2015/09/16/outside-some-insects-look-like-theyre-looking-at-you-but-are-they
“Did they see me? Naaah. I am perfectly hidden behind this tall grass!”
Such a beautiful area. I love that golden light.
All I can find is this: https://askentomologists.com/2015/02/25/through-the-compound-eye/ (and it’s pretty interesting, tbh)
That, sir, is not a butt, but a blep. Gorgeous pic tho!