[WPRESTO]

I had to hike fast to make it to where I knew these puddles were likely to form to make it before sunset. Just barely made it and shot these with my heart still racing from the hike. So it was a good cardio workout too. We are still in a rainy weather pattern and I'm very thankful for it!
K-1ii & 15-30

FYI: For me, the first image with more color on the puddles works better. And thank you so much for expending all that effort to get these images for sharing with us.

[jcdoss]

Pentax K-1 mII and M100f2.8 at f8.0

[mattb123]

FYI: For me, the first image with more color on the puddles works better. And thank you so much for expending all that effort to get these images for sharing with us.

Yeah I wish that lasted longer or I got there a few minutes earlier. That level of reflection faded quickly.

[Urs]

Whether captured with outstanding reflexes or a high speed continuous shutter sequence, that is a fine image of a BIF. Congratulations

Thanks much appreciated!

[WPRESTO]

Yeah I wish that lasted longer or I got there a few minutes earlier. That level of reflection faded quickly.

It's not possible to stop the sun and make the moment last longer (unless you are a latter day Joshua), but you could have arrived sooner if you'd get yourself in shape

[acoufap]

Sunflower "Flames" (x-post)

[fs999]

FF Mode • 100 ISO • Laowa 105mm F2 STF (Smooth Trans Focus) - Kenko Pz-AF UniPlus Tube 25


FF Mode • 800 ISO • Pentax DA 40mm F2.8 XS


FF Mode • 100 ISO • Pentax DA smc 10-17mm F3.5-4.5 fisheye
Lyon - France

[fs999]

FF Mode • 100 ISO • Laowa 105mm F2 STF (Smooth Trans Focus) - Kenko Pz-AF UniPlus Tube 25


FF Mode • 800 ISO • Pentax DA 40mm F2.8 XS


FF Mode • 100 ISO • Pentax DA smc 10-17mm F3.5-4.5 fisheye
Lyon - France

[dtct]

[Erictator]

FF Mode • 100 ISO • Laowa 105mm F2 STF (Smooth Trans Focus) - Kenko Pz-AF UniPlus Tube 25


FF Mode • 800 ISO • Pentax DA 40mm F2.8 XS


FF Mode • 100 ISO • Pentax DA smc 10-17mm F3.5-4.5 fisheye
Lyon - France

Hey look, it's the daily double! (posts)
I miss Alex...

Nice set Frederic!
Eric

[jcdoss]

Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and M85f2 at f2.0

[mattb123]

It's not possible to stop the sun and make the moment last longer (unless you are a latter day Joshua), but you could have arrived sooner if you'd get yourself in shape

Right! Working on it...

[gaweidert]

VAV insects in trouble or endangered. although I have not seen any official comment on them, my casual observations suggest that lightning "bugs" have suffered a major decline in numbers. When our firstborn was only five or six I can remember he and several other boys about the same age collecting lightning bugs by the dozen in jars, then later turning them loose. Now if I see three or four blinking in back, I think it's a big deal. Very sad.

Back in 2020 I was photographing comet NEOWISE just south of Geneseo, NY. The fireflies were out in force.

[Rondec]

Sunrise and Soybeans (DFA 24-70mm)

[WPRESTO]

Back in 2020 I was photographing comet NEOWISE just south of Geneseo, NY. The fireflies were out in force.

I used to see that many in the back yard. Now I'm happy to see two or three blinking for a mate. Extinction - excepting a massive meteorite impact - is local. The decline isn't because of a massive event, it's because of loss of a weedy patch here, a housing development going up on several acres in the next state, a golf course "improving" some land and "getting it onto the tax rolls" One local population after another being wiped out. Little by little the milk weeds that monarch caterpillars require become harder to find, fewer in number, more widely scattered. Then there is a random event, and the small number of surviving monarchs all fail to produce viable offspring. Some monarch populations are doing OK, but overall, their numbers are down catastrophically. If you've never seen the mass gatherings of monarchs in Mexico where the eastern populations overwinter, it's worth a GOOGLE search to see some pictures.

ADDENDUM: Try this site

https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/26/23142942/monarch-butterflies-comeback-mexico-good-news