Artsy Insects

I like the shot above because it kind of looks like a cool book cover or a poster for a sci-fi movie about flies taking over the world.

I have several pics of some bugs we saw in Muskoka (Peninsula Lake, to be specific), and decided to start you all off lightly with a couple more artistic, soft photos. We will get to the creepier, crawlier ones, to be sure.

Below is a bee who hung out on a leaf long enough for me to snap a frame or two. I like the soft focus and prismatic colors on the wings.

{CORRECTION: The insect below actually appears to be a type of hoverfly, likely a female Sphaerophoria scripta}

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Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board

The delicate features of a feather. These are the tiny strands that interlock with eachother like velcro to form the uniform surface of the feather. With time and use, those little hairy strands get worn off and lose their strength, and the feather gets fluffy, just in time to be molted.

I like how the photo below bears a resemblance to the teeth of a comb.

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