The Nature Photography Thread

[stonyloam]

I was thinking (uh oh!) about an article I read many years ago (I think it was in The Conservationist, a magazine Put out by the New York State DEC) about a couple of guys that specialized in photographing night flying moths. What they did was spread a sweet smelly concoction (as I vaguely recall, overripe bananas, sugar syrup, molasses, and that kind of stuff) on the bark of a tree and set up a flash camera with a motor drive and timer to take photos at intervals through the night. They got some really nice shots. At that time it was a really complicated (and expensive) hobby. It seems like it might be pretty easy to do with modern digital cameras, especially if yours has a time lapse feature. Mine does not, but I might try it anyway, just set up and go out in the dark and pop one off every now and then. It might be fun to see what you could get.

[Stefan-A]

And I'm looking for a USB camera that can fit in a hole about 25mm in diameter. You've probably seen the ones that they shove down holes in the ground in nature documentaries when they are looking for snakes and spiders and stuff. I need something in the same size class and with a USB connection because it's so convenient.

Took my own old Creative webcam apart a couple of months ago to see if it was possible to modify it. The camera module itself was less than 20mm (>15mm), but the circuit card it was mounted on made it wider. I could probably modify it, but I'm too lazy to try.

[Stefan-A]

[reptileparadise]

nice pics...your hut?

went herping last thursday, saw one zootica vivipara. werent a lot of animals this time (I look for everything, birds, mamals, insects, reptiles, everything)
Did see a lot of these, I knew their name...I believe they catch catterpillars, spiders, bees or other insects, which they paralyse with a sting or bite. They lay an egg inside their paralyzed victim. The larva eats them from the inside out...alive!


nice butterfly


and a flying bumblebee

[Stefan-A]

nice pics...your hut?

Neighbour's summer cottage.

[jewel-dragons]

yesterday!!!!!!!
Natrix Natrix Ringslang

[jewel-dragons]

[Stefan-A]

This year's first Zootoca vivipara.

[adamanteus]

That looks like a pretty big Natrix, did you get any idea of the length? Nice pictures by the way.

[drache]

beautiful natrix pictures, Kuno