While trying to capture some ants and aphids in my garden, I noticed this little spider (about a half inch across) with a large fly. The spider was already sucking the insides out of the fly, which was already dead or paralyzed. I managed to bring this pair into the house, where I experimented with a number of different lighting arrangements...trying to get the details of the spider, while maintaining a good dof. It was very difficult and I never succeeded in getting the kind of sharpness and clarity that I wanted. However, I think the subject is sufficiently interesting to use one of these images for my daily. The other images from this effort are in my macro gallery (under the "other" category). I think for this shot, you should probably view it in the original size. The whole time I was shooting this the spider was moving around on the white paper. Thanks for your kind comments on my iris pic today. There were a lot of wonderful images posted today. By the way, has anyone heard from Dave Dedman? I haven't seen anything of his in a while and I know he had pneumonia. I sure hope he's ok. If some of you are communicating with him, give him my best wishes. - FotoEffects Photography

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While trying to capture some ants and aphids in my garden, I noticed this little spider (about a half inch across) with a large fly. The spider was already sucking the insides out of the fly, which was already dead or paralyzed. I managed to bring this pair into the house, where I experimented with a number of different lighting arrangements...trying to get the details of the spider, while maintaining a good dof. It was very difficult and I never succeeded in getting the kind of sharpness and clarity that I wanted. However, I think the subject is sufficiently interesting to use one of these images for my daily. The other images from this effort are in my macro gallery (under the "other" category). I think for this shot, you should probably view it in the original size. The whole time I was shooting this the spider was moving around on the white paper. Thanks for your kind comments on my iris pic today. There were a lot of wonderful images posted today. By the way, has anyone heard from Dave Dedman? I haven't seen anything of his in a while and I know he had pneumonia. I sure hope he's ok. If some of you are communicating with him, give him my best wishes.

The agave, or century plant, sends out this flowering stalk only once in its lifetime. It does take one of these plants a long time to grow, although it does not necessarily take 100 years. Once they flower, the plants die. This one was photographed at the Denver Botanical Garden. Detail is best viewed in the largest sizes. Thanks for the comments on the spider and fly pic. It was a pretty interesting thing to see. Have a good day!

The Wonder of Childhood - Two small children are entranced with the fish in a small pond at the Denver Botanical Garden. There is nice detail if you want to look at it in the largest sizes. We're off this morning to go camping near Crede, Colorado with our kids and their families. It is supposed to be pretty chilly up there. Anyway, I'll miss commenting and posting for a couple of days until we get back. Hope you all have a great weekend!

I just finished processing the images from my first ever photo shoot with a young, aspiring model. Heather is a lovely young woman and I was very lucky to be able to do this photoshoot with her. This is one of my favorite images from the shoot. If you are interested in seeing the others, they are in the following gallery: http://fotoeffects.smugmug.com/gallery/8572425_qAADT#564825381_oE9Qd. I'd love to hear your suggestions and comments, as many of you have so much more experience than I do.

A view of Clear Creek Falls in Colorado, just off State Hwy 149, south of Lake City. If you look closely or in the larger sizes, you'll see a bit of a rainbow in the lower 1/3 of the falls. This is one of the most photographed waterfalls in Colorado. There is a parking area very close to the viewing area and when you get out of your car, you do not even hear the falls. You really don't see the stream as you drive in, so you have no idea where the falls is going to be and it is stunning to see this huge drop and volume of water pouring over the cliff. Thanks so much, everyone, who took the time to comment on the image from my first photoshoot with a model. I really appreciated the comments and suggestions. Smugmuggers are truly the most supportive group of photographers anywhere!

View the detail of this hummingbird in the largest sizes. When we go camping, I always put out a hummingbird feeder and this time I had a hummer on the feeder within a minute. As a result, I spent quite a bit of time with my 400mm lens staking out the feeding area. The light was lower than I'd have liked, so I wasn't able to shoot at as high a shutter speed as I'd have preferred. Nonetheless, I got some decent shots of hummers and this is one of them. So many great photos today. I had a great time looking at them and being inspired.

Inside the TicToc Diner - The TicToc Diner in Lake City, CO, is one of only a few surviving diners called Valentine Diners, which were ordered from a catalog. Today was the day when I could have gotten the shot of a lifetime, but didn't. After our father's day breakfast at I-Hop, we decided to take a drive over to the Woodland Park area in our old restored 1975 Porsche 911. Apparently, everyone else in Colorado Springs had the same idea because traffic was incredibly heavy, although moving along at a fast clip. We're tooling along at about sixty miles an hour and I have my camera in my hand, when out of the corner of my eye I see these big brown shapes. I swivel my head to look and realize I'm looking at two large brown bears....eating on grass or some other plant. They looked incredibly cute and rolly polly. There was no shoulder on which to stop and the traffic was so thick that it was impossible to stop. I was sick about it. By the time we got back around, they were gone. Oh, well, c'est la vie!

View of Pike's Peak from an older motel in Colorado Springs. Hope everyone had a good weekend. We had a good time camping. We came home via the Trailridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. Wow, what a road. You feel like you are driving at the top of the world. Gorgeous scenery but pretty scary drive.

View the detail of this dandelion seedhead in the largest sizes. I'm posting this very late on Sunday, as we just returned from camping.

While trying to capture some ants and aphids in my garden, I noticed this little spider (about a half inch across) with a large fly. The spider was already sucking the insides out of the fly, which was already dead or paralyzed. I managed to bring this pair into the house, where I experimented with a number of different lighting arrangements...trying to get the details of the spider, while maintaining a good dof. It was very difficult and I never succeeded in getting the kind of sharpness and clarity that I wanted. However, I think the subject is sufficiently interesting to use one of these images for my daily. The other images from this effort are in my macro gallery (under the "other" category). I think for this shot, you should probably view it in the original size. The whole time I was shooting this the spider was moving around on the white paper. Thanks for your kind comments on my iris pic today. There were a lot of wonderful images posted today. By the way, has anyone heard from Dave Dedman? I haven't seen anything of his in a while and I know he had pneumonia. I sure hope he's ok. If some of you are communicating with him, give him my best wishes.