Photos from the hood

[brewmaster15]

Well ,photos from my neighbor"HOOD", particularly my yard today. I got out for some yard work and gardening and had my camera's with me.



Sunbathing by Al Sabetta, on Flickr


Ladybird Beetle by Al Sabetta, on Flickr


Ladybird Beetle by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

I really hate what these do to my garden but a Good image is still a good image.

Slug by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Ant on Peony by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Just Hanging Around by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

BeeFlys mating by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

_IMG3311 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr


Beefly by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

_IMG3096 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

_IMG3079 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Honey Bee on Celendine Poppy by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Honey Bee resting by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Dusty Fly by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Pollen Covered Fly by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Sunning Bug by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

I really hate when I find a new bug in my yard... Is it invasive , will it wipe out a native plant?
Saw these today.. neat looking bug...no idea yet what they are.

"Gold" Bugs by Al Sabetta, on Flickr




Al Sabetta, on Flickr"Gold" bugs mating. by



Caught the Lighting on this one in an interesting way,
Spider Constellation by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

[danotaylor]

Nice one Al

[brewmaster15]

My red footed Tortoises were asking for pics...

Red footed Tortoises by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Red Footed Tortoises by Al Sabetta, on Flickr


Quite a few flowers out..

Chives by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Wild Gerranium(Geranium maculatum) by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Clematis by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

_IMG3225 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Rhododendron by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Rhododendron by Al Sabetta, on Flickr



Poppy's are openning

Poppy Bud by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Poppy Openning by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Poppy by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Poppy upclose by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Thats it for now. Hope you enjoyed the Pics from my Hood.

[Second Hand Pat]

Wonderful set of images Al Is that some sort of rat snake in the first image? I want to come shoot in your yard Love the bugs and flowers. My photo buddy is quite the flower photographer and has some specially lens for shooting flowers.
Pat

[brewmaster15]

Wonderful set of images Al Is that some sort of rat snake in the first image? I want to come shoot in your yard Love the bugs and flowers. My photo buddy is quite the flower photographer and has some specially lens for shooting flowers.
Pat

Thanks Pat. Thats a juvenile garter snake.. Thamnophis sirtalis. We have alot of them here.

[jeep]

When I was a kid I was running through a corn field and ran straight into one of these and the web wrapped around my head and the spider was stuck to my face. It was the scariest moment of my life

Just Hanging Around by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

[Iminit]

Great photos!! What lens .

Spiders and snakes! I respect spiders but nope I ain’t touching them. Watched 8 legged freaks to often . But Pat I had one of your buddies on my fence IMG_3329.jpg. And out hiking I came across 4 of these guys IMG_3278.jpg.

[brewmaster15]

Great photos!! What lens .

Spiders and snakes! I respect spiders but nope I ain’t touching them. Watched 8 legged freaks to often . But Pat I had one of your buddies on my fence IMG_3329.jpg. And out hiking I came across 4 of these guys IMG_3278.jpg.

thanks Tom.
Yesterday was a Pentax Day.. most shots were pentax k-1 full frame with pentax DFA 100mm 2.8 macro.

the snake and clematis patch were pentax k-3 with DfA 150-450.

I use these alot around the yard.


the snake you saw was a Northern Water snake.. harmless but not nice. They are biters and draw alot blood.lol..speaking from experience. I have one living in my hot tub insulation right now.
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I do need to talk to him about his parties.. yesterday he had over 3 garter snakes without permission