Jake's Backdoor Hippie-palooza, 2014 Edition
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BackdoorArts
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Not only a totem pole but one decorated with feathers. As much as I don't like looking at bugs, this one is rather fascinating! And I wasn't aware any of these could generate a rash. Good to know!
My wife found this out after carrying them around to put in a better spot for a picture. Thankfully she found out when a friend told her not to do that, not the hard way.
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Clear-wing Hummingbird Moth
This sucker moves almost as fast as a Hummingbird, so unfortunately all the shots I got of it with its tongue curled and flying are slightly OOF. Here's the best of that bunch w/ a bit of "Shake Reduction" applied to clear it up...
This sucker moves almost as fast as a Hummingbird, so unfortunately all the shots I got of it with its tongue curled and flying are slightly OOF. Here's the best of that bunch w/ a bit of "Shake Reduction" applied to clear it up...
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sonicbuffalo_RIP
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love the hummingbird moth...flowers are beautiful....we were playing putt-putt in Syracuse last week and my SIL calls the flowers Bon-Bons or something like that. I'd love to have some growing in our backyard.
BackdoorArts
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It's called Bee Balm. Once it gets established it grows like a weed. Takes a couple years but they get thick and dense. We spread new mulch last year and some of it died back, but it'll be back next year.
sonicbuffalo_RIP
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i wonder if it'll grow in the heat down south here in North Carolina?
BackdoorArts
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Should grow there, no problem.
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Just-Clayton
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I got a chance to see a hummingbird moth last week. I didn't Have my af lens and they are hard to shoot in manual. Nice shot.
BackdoorArts
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These are fabulous! I have only seen 1 Hummingbird Moth ever and that was just recently. So unique!
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Here's a shot I've been trying to get right for the last week. I need a decent 10 foot free standing ladder to do what I want, and the ability to carry it 1/2 mile to where I need it to be without the cops towing my car from the roadside (I came this close to a ticket for an abandoned vehicle last trip). It's not what I envisioned, but in trying to find something else from what I did get I think I came up with something I'm pretty happy with.
I had to laugh when the following YouTube video showed up in my Facebook newsfeed. Even Apple uses these types of solar panels to generate energy. Pretty interesting to learn it from you first, Jake.
BackdoorArts
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Alas, the cool weather here in NJ has been great for the electric bill and my mood, but awful for our garden. Cold snaps have kept our tomatoes and pepper plants from reaching any kind of potential harvest. Alas, here is the worst of them, a veritable Charlie Brown Christmas Tree of tomato plants...
Hmm...I'm surprised only because last week a neighbor gave us some tomatoes from her garden. She said she gave away lots of tomatoes to friends and family, too. You aren't that far away for your temps to be that much cooler so I wonder what's up with it? Do different varieties of tomatoes ripen at different times perhaps?
BackdoorArts
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We've got other plants that are doing far better, and our tomatillos and squash are going gangbusters. Not sure precisely why, but I suspect it was a rather cold, but not frosty, set of evenings soon after the tomatoes went in. Same variety and source we plant every year. Just one of those things.
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Into The Wormhole
Playing with zooming while shooting handheld.
Playing with zooming while shooting handheld.
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Sun Through The Leaves (IR)
