I went looking for signs of Spring...

Artshot Sue · Mar 23, 2003

No buds or flowers... Just these guys.

Anybody know what this fellow is? We get lots of them around here. Sorry if the image seems too large... The smaller version was too soft looking. I'm still trying to get the hang of this posting thing...

This bugger was warming himself on a rock... while his kid brother skidded past my feet...

The top one is about the size of a belt and the guy in the bottom shot was about the size of a shoelace

Julie E · Mar 23, 2003

keep those guys for yourself! How close were you? I have seen a bug very much like this one except is was a metallic gray and not so hairy. It was about 3 inches long.......strange looking! You have certainly reminded me that those things as well as flowers are on the way! Great pics.

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TheRealTim · Mar 23, 2003

....don't know what the bug is , but the other two are snakes .

I would really like you to try some macros on them ...

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I just want to learn photography...

Artshot Sue · Mar 23, 2003

You want me to get CLOSER??!!!

TheRealTim said:
....don't know what the bug is , but the other two are snakes .
I would really like you to try some macros on them ...

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I just want to learn photography...

MaryB · Mar 23, 2003

Sorry girl, I have to agree with Tim on this one.. don't know what the bug is.... but I think he's right about the macro shots on the snakes... they look like harmless little garter snakes... they don't bite.. hard...lol. We used to catch them all the time when we were kids. grin
Can't wait for the shots.. (o:
Regards,
MaryB

artshot said:
No buds or flowers... Just these guys.

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Artshot Sue · Mar 23, 2003

The one on the rock bit me last spring, although it didn't hurt much, it left an interesting pattern... and they create a nasty smell somehow if you pick one up. I may just have to crop the shots and pretend they are macros ;o)

MaryB said:
artshot said:

No buds or flowers... Just these guys.

Click to expand...

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Artshot Sue · Mar 23, 2003

I took this shot last spring, right after the sucker bit me. I think I even have a shot of the bitemark somewhere...

I was looking up at birds when I think I stepped on him, you can see a little mark on him in this shot. He swung up and got my ankle. We give each othe a wide berth now.

MaryB said:
artshot said:

No buds or flowers... Just these guys.

Click to expand...

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Willa · Mar 23, 2003

The second one is AWESOME. I love it. Great work! I need reading glasses, lol ... do you have the second shot posted somewhere in a larger version? Keep up the good work!

Willa
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ravenduff · Mar 23, 2003

the first shot...we always called that a stink bug...smash it and see if it smells funny, then I'm sure. Nice macro.

The snakes are garter snakes...harmless, but they like to hold on when they bite...lol. I really like the first pic of the snake.

Kathy

fmoore · Mar 23, 2003

Second shot is dynamite. This girl cooks.
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Artshot Sue · Mar 23, 2003

fmoore said:
Second shot is dynamite. This girl cooks.
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One thing I sure can't do is cook. ;0)

gladys s · Mar 23, 2003

Thank goodness we have flowers, don't care for those snakes, but they are great shots....

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Artshot Sue · Mar 23, 2003

Willa said:
The second one is AWESOME. I love it. Great work! I need reading
glasses, lol ... do you have the second shot posted somewhere in a
larger version? Keep up the good work!

Willa

Thanks so much for your kind words, Willa! Here is the second one, original size... I don't know if it's too big this way though.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid56/pdceee8f728cc04238c8696cbb2e1b638/fc75907f.jpg.orig.jpg

Knox / streetkid · Mar 23, 2003

I'm with Willa . . . that second shot is incredible! (The little garter snake with his head up and the valley behind him)

artshot said:
No buds or flowers... Just these guys.
Anybody know what this fellow is? We get lots of them around here.
Sorry if the image seems too large... The smaller version was too
soft looking. I'm still trying to get the hang of this posting
thing...

This bugger was warming himself on a rock... while his kid brother
skidded past my feet...
The top one is about the size of a belt and the guy in the bottom
shot was about the size of a shoelace

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http://www.pbase.com/streetkid/root

Bob Myers1 · Mar 23, 2003

artshot said:
No buds or flowers... Just these guys.
Anybody know what this fellow is? We get lots of them around here.
Sorry if the image seems too large... The smaller version was too
soft looking. I'm still trying to get the hang of this posting
thing...

This bugger was warming himself on a rock... while his kid brother
skidded past my feet...
The top one is about the size of a belt and the guy in the bottom
shot was about the size of a shoelace

--
Bob WB7SBW
2 - Olympus C21oo 2 - B3oo
http://members.cox.net/digiphotos/
http://members.cox.net/robert.myers1/
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Artshot Sue · Mar 23, 2003

ravenduff said:
the first shot...we always called that a stink bug...smash it and
see if it smells funny, then I'm sure. Nice macro.

Is this supposed to be some kind of defense mechanism? If you have to smash it for it to work it sounds a little ineffective...

ravenduff said:
The snakes are garter snakes...harmless, but they like to hold on
when they bite...lol. I really like the first pic of the snake.

Yup, I found out the hard way, although it is surprisingly painless anyway...
And thank you for the complement!

ravenduff said:
Kathy

Artshot Sue · Mar 23, 2003

I must say, complements form such skilled photographers are the best encouragement in the world!
Sue

Bob Myers1 said:
artshot said:

No buds or flowers... Just these guys.
Anybody know what this fellow is? We get lots of them around here.
Sorry if the image seems too large... The smaller version was too
soft looking. I'm still trying to get the hang of this posting
thing...

This bugger was warming himself on a rock... while his kid brother
skidded past my feet...
The top one is about the size of a belt and the guy in the bottom
shot was about the size of a shoelace

Click to expand...

--
Bob WB7SBW
2 - Olympus C21oo 2 - B3oo
http://members.cox.net/digiphotos/
http://members.cox.net/robert.myers1/
http://members.cox.net/robert.myers2/

sbdv · Mar 23, 2003

The snakes look like garter snakes (Thamnophis sp.), commom around water and harmless guys. Not sure about the beetle - nice shots though - shelley

artshot said:
No buds or flowers... Just these guys.
Anybody know what this fellow is? We get lots of them around here.
Sorry if the image seems too large... The smaller version was too
soft looking. I'm still trying to get the hang of this posting
thing...

This bugger was warming himself on a rock... while his kid brother
skidded past my feet...
The top one is about the size of a belt and the guy in the bottom
shot was about the size of a shoelace

Artshot Sue · Mar 24, 2003

sbdv said:
The snakes look like garter snakes (Thamnophis sp.), commom around
water and harmless guys. Not sure about the beetle - nice shots
though - shelley

I knew what the snakes were, just not the bug. I found out that garters are a bit aggressive, so though they are certainly non-poisonous, but not entirely harmless! (still, they do clean up the place, they cut down on crickets and other creepy crawlies)
I'll post a pic of the bite mark if I can find it...
Sue

Karen Stuebing · Mar 24, 2003

I don't know what the bug is. Yuck. The snakes look like garter snakes? I was bitten by a black snake once and it left two little fang marks. And I was trying to help him out too by getting him off the road where he was sunning himself. If you grab them behind the head, they can't bite you but you have to be fast. I wasn't fast enough

Great shots. I like critters. Keep 'em coming.

Karen

artshot said:
No buds or flowers... Just these guys.
Anybody know what this fellow is? We get lots of them around here.
Sorry if the image seems too large... The smaller version was too
soft looking. I'm still trying to get the hang of this posting
thing...

This bugger was warming himself on a rock... while his kid brother
skidded past my feet...
The top one is about the size of a belt and the guy in the bottom
shot was about the size of a shoelace

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