Posted on September 21st, 2008 by Chad Norman
We caught this male (I think) praying mantis sunning itself on our deck.
We caught this male (I think) praying mantis sunning itself on our deck.
This brilliant blue fly was buzzing all around us the other day, and I couldn’t resist trying to capture it. I had no tripod, nor was I prepared to shoot a fast moving nervous fly, but I got this shot out of the 10 I fired off. You gotta love blue critters.

I bent down into one of the beds the other day, and came up with a spattering of chigger bits. I also ended up with this weird shot, where the wide open 1.2 aperature delivered some unexpected goodies. This is a like some kind of bizarro bokeh.

Hey, have a look at this dead, ant-filled grasshopper. Spiky legs!
