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"Damselfly"

"Damselfly"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens with 28mm extender

"A Snake in the Hand"

"A Snake in the Hand"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens

"Dragonfly"

"Dragonfly"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Crab Spider Eating Hoverfly"

"Crab Spider Eating Hoverfly"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens

"Newt"

"Newt"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens

"Grey Fox Cubs"

"Grey Fox Cubs"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
70mm-300mm Tamron

"Butterfly Wing"

"Butterfly Wing"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 36mm extender

"Heron"

"Heron"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
55mm Nikon lens

"Moth"

"Moth"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 20mm extender

"Prey Mantis"

"Prey Mantis"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens

"Caterpillar on Succulent"

"Caterpillar on Succulent"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens

"Orb Weaver Spider"

"Orb Weaver Spider"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 33mm & 12mm extenders

"Ladybug"

"Ladybug"

Fernwood Cemetery
Tamalpais Valley, California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 12mm extender|
 

"Last of the Summer Wine"

"Last of the Summer Wine"

Butterfly and Bee collecting the last of the pollen before winter

Mt. Tamalapais
California
D300
75mm-300mm Sigma lens

"Grasshopper"

"Grasshopper"

Grasshopper perched on a Mediterranean Linseed

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

 

 

"Cricket Exoskeleton"

"Cricket Exoskeleton"

What at first appears to be a cricket in a lavender bush is actually just the crickets exoskeleton

Fernwood Cemetery
Tamalpais Valley, California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens  
 

"Blue Heron over Coyote Creek"

"Blue Heron over Coyote Creek"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
5omm Nikon 1.8 manual lens

"Mating Flight"

"Mating Flight"

Moths doing mating ritual

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens

"Moths preparing to Mate"

"Moths preparing to Mate"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens

"Hoverfly

"Hoverfly

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Underground Empire"

"Underground Empire"

A wasp flies into opening to its underground nest

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Expanding the Empire"

"Expanding the Empire"

A wasp clears a small piece of earth out of a nest

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Hoverfly"

"Hoverfly"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Rolly-Polly"

"Rolly-Polly"

Albino pillbug from under large rock

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 20mm extender
 

"Rolly-Polly"

"Rolly-Polly"

Pillbug shell looks like a steampunk armored tank

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 20mm extender

"Ladybug"

"Ladybug"

Jaws of a ladybug at work

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 12mm extender
 

"Preparing for Flight"

"Preparing for Flight"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 12mm extender
 

"Ladybug"

"Ladybug"

Wings deploying

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 12mm extender
 

"Armored Beast of a Hidden World"

"Armored Beast of a Hidden World"

Armored plates on back of pillbug clearly visible

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 12mm extender
 

"Muscles"

"Muscles"

Stinson Beach
California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Landing"

"Landing"

Ladybug landing of grass

Mt. Tamalpais
California
D3000
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Orb Weaver"

"Orb Weaver"

Orb Weaver spider eating

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
18mm-55mm Nikon lens

 

"Barnicle"

"Barnicle"

Stinson Beach
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Starfish"

"Starfish"

Red Rock Beach
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Sea Anemone"

"Sea Anemone"

Red Rock Beach
California
D2h
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro len
 

"Sea Anemone"

"Sea Anemone"

Red Rock Beach
California
D2h
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro len

"Dusty Ant"

"Dusty Ant"

Lake lagunitas
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro len
 

'Grass Spider in Dew Covered Web"

'Grass Spider in Dew Covered Web"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Grasshopper"

"Grasshopper"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Cucumber Beetle Landing"

"Cucumber Beetle Landing"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Cucumber Beetle"

"Cucumber Beetle"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Skipper Moth"

"Skipper Moth"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Cucumber Beetle"

"Cucumber Beetle"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Wasp"

"Wasp"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Rolly-Polly"

"Rolly-Polly"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 20mm extender
 

"Hoverfly"

"Hoverfly"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens

 

"Mite on Banana Slug"

"Mite on Banana Slug"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 20mm and 12mm extenders
 

"Click Beetle"

"Click Beetle"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Flies Butt"

"Flies Butt"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Praying Mantis"

"Praying Mantis"

Up close and personal with the mandibles of a Praying Mantis.

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 12mm extender
 

"Cool Chicken"

"Cool Chicken"

Stinson Beach
California
D2H
18mm-55mm Nikon 2.8 lens
 

"Wolf Spider"

"Wolf Spider"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 20mm extender
 

"Seal"

"Seal"

Red Rock Beach
California
D300
75mm-300mm Sigma lens
 

"Coyote behind the Dipsea Cafe"

"Coyote behind the Dipsea Cafe"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Coyote behind the Dipsea Cafe"

"Coyote behind the Dipsea Cafe"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Coyote on Lawn"

"Coyote on Lawn"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Spider"

"Spider"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Muscles"

"Muscles"

Stinson Beach
California
D3000
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Barnacle"

"Barnacle"

Stinson Beach
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 lens
 

 Stinson Beach California D3000 18mm-55mm Nikon lens   

Stinson Beach
California
D3000
18mm-55mm Nikon lens

 

"Sea Anemone"

"Sea Anemone"

Stinson Beach
California
D3000
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Cucumber Beetle Laying Eggs"

"Cucumber Beetle Laying Eggs"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Caterpillar Cocooning"

"Caterpillar Cocooning"

A caterpillar beginning to cocoon, the extended hairs are the start of the process. 

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Wasps Eating Salmon"

"Wasps Eating Salmon"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Large Tolype Moth"

"Large Tolype Moth"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

'Ant Trapped in Tree Sap"

'Ant Trapped in Tree Sap"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Crab Spider"

"Crab Spider"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Crab Spider Eating Bee"

"Crab Spider Eating Bee"

The spider came out from within the flower with the bee in its mandibles, notice the very cheeky ant in the background collecting what it can while the spider is occupied.

Black Sand Beach
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Large Tolype Moth"

"Large Tolype Moth"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 22mm extender
 

"Spider Cocooning Moth"

"Spider Cocooning Moth"

An Orb Weaver Spider sits atop a freshly cocooned moth

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
18mm-55mm Nikon 2.8 lens
 

"Grasshopper"

"Grasshopper"

A grasshopper blending in with dried grass.

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Wasp Drinking Water"

"Wasp Drinking Water"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 12mm extender
 

"Hermit Crab"

"Hermit Crab"

A hermit crab on Muir Beach, see the beautiful blue marking on its legs. 

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Hermit Crab"

"Hermit Crab"

The crabs translucent orange tentacles are clearer in this image.

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 20mm extender
 

"Dinner and a Date"

"Dinner and a Date"

Boxelder bugs mating while one cannibalises another Boxelder bug that has been partially squashed by passer by.

Marin Art & Garden Center
Ross, California
D3000
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Wasp Eating"

"Wasp Eating"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 12mm extender
 

"Wasp Nest"

"Wasp Nest"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
18mm- 55mm Nikon lens
 

"Cucumber Beetles Antennae"

"Cucumber Beetles Antennae"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Orb Weaver Spider

"Orb Weaver Spider

An Orb Weaver Spider cocooning a moth

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Ants on Mango"

"Ants on Mango"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor macro 2.8 lens
 

"Grey Fox with Kill"

"Grey Fox with Kill"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
70mm-300mm Tamron
 

"Grey Fox Mother and two Cubs"

"Grey Fox Mother and two Cubs"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
70mm-300mm Tamron
 

"Lizard"

"Lizard"

Lake Lagunitas
California
D3000
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Gopher Snake"

"Gopher Snake"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
70mm-300mm Tamron
 

"Emerging Click Beetle"

"Emerging Click Beetle"

A Click Beetle pokes its head out from within a flower

Mt. Tamalpais
California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Gopher Snake"

"Gopher Snake"

Amazing how deeply purple the snake's tongue is.

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
70mm-300mm Tamron
 

"Pelicans"

"Pelicans"

Muir Beach
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Crab Spider"

"Crab Spider"

Purple eyes of a Crab Spider

Fernwood Cemetery
Tamalpais Valley, California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Moth in Succulent"

"Moth in Succulent"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 20mm extender
 

"Mission Blue Butterfly"

"Mission Blue Butterfly"

Beautiful and endangered butterfly
Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Lizard"

"Lizard"

Mt. Tamalpais
California
D300
75mm-300mm Sigma lens
 

"Fairy Moth"

"Fairy Moth"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Ladybug"

"Ladybug"

Mt. Tamalpais
California
D3000
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Snake in Hand"

"Snake in Hand"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Lizard"

"Lizard"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Hummingbird in Flight"

"Hummingbird in Flight"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
75mm-300mm Sigma lens
 

"Hummingbird Tongue Extended"

"Hummingbird Tongue Extended"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
75mm-300mm Sigma lens
 

"Ant on Leaf"

"Ant on Leaf"

Gualala
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

'Horse"

'Horse"

Gualala
Mendocino, California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Banana Slug Eating Lichen"

"Banana Slug Eating Lichen"

Gualala
Mendocino, California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Deer"

"Deer"

Sea Ranch
Sonoma, California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Sea Lions"

"Sea Lions"

Sea Ranch
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon len
 

"Sea Lions"

"Sea Lions"

Sea Ranch
Sonoma, California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon len
 

"Pelicans"

"Pelicans"

Sea Ranch
Sonoma, California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon len
 

"Woah"

"Woah"

Stinson Beach
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Pseudoscorpion"

"Pseudoscorpion"

The pseudoscorpion is actually only 1/8th of an inch long and has eight legs, so like its bigger cousin the scorpion it is an arachnid. It shares traits of both of the scorpions and spiders in that It does have stingers, but unlike a scorpion which has its stinger in it's tail, the Pseudoscorpion has them in its claws. Like spiders It uses a digestive fluid to liquefy its prey, where scorpion uses its powerful jaws to tear prey apart.

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 20mm and 12mm extenders
 

"Pseudoscorpion"

"Pseudoscorpion"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 20mm and 12mm extenders
 

"Hoverfly"

"Hoverfly"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Orb Weaver Spider"

"Orb Weaver Spider"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
18mm-55mm Nikon lens

 

"Hoverfly"

"Hoverfly"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D2H
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 12mm extender
 

"Brown Moth on Venus Flytrap"

"Brown Moth on Venus Flytrap"

This photo is not staged! We had a small venus flytrap on our table and one day this moth just landed on it. I am happy to say for the moth (sad for the Venus Flytrap) that the moth, although it stayed on the flytrap for about 30 minutes, flew away unscathed and unaware of its very close call.

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens

 

"Golden Antennae"

"Golden Antennae"

Brown moth with golden fringe to its antennae clearly visible.

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens with bellows
 

 

"Gold Bath"

"Gold Bath"

Click beetle covered in golden pollen

Mt. Tamalpais
California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Cow on Coast"

"Cow on Coast"

Hwy 1 near Jenner
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Antennae"

"Antennae"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 12mm extender
 

"Ant Emerging from Flower"

"Ant Emerging from Flower"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens
 

"Blue Heron"

"Blue Heron"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D3000
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Flame Skimmer"

"Flame Skimmer"

Lake Lagunitas
Ross, California
D2H
70mm-300mm Tamron len
 

"Happy Doggie"

"Happy Doggie"

Novato
California
D32H
70mm-300mm Tamron lens
 

Animal mod 1.jpg
"I'm Hungry"

"I'm Hungry"

A birds nest inside hanging on an inside wall of one of the forts on the Marin Headlands. The room was pitch back and the shot was taken using the on-camera flash.

Marin Headlands
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens
 

"Fly"

"Fly"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
55mm Nikkor 2.8 macro lens 12mm extender

 

"Newt"

"Newt"

Mt. Tamalpais
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens

 

"Skull"

"Skull"

Tamalpais Valley
California
D300
18mm-55mm Nikon lens

Egret in Flight

Egret in Flight

A series of images taken as an egret takes flight. I love how you can see the extention of the down and up beats of the wings. The camera used was a Nikon D300 with a 70-300mm Sigma. The images were manually joined together in photoshop

Hoverfly

Hoverfly

A hoverfly sitting on a downed tree. This wonderfully colored insect is on of my favorites, big red eyes, golden face, black spiky hair. In contrast to its fearsome appearance, especially close up, it eats pollen and nectar.

 

This image was shot with a Nikon D300, Nikon 55mm f2.8 macro lens, 36mm and 12mm extension tubes, and a Yongnuo YN568EX flash.

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"Damselfly"
"A Snake in the Hand"
"Dragonfly"
"Crab Spider Eating Hoverfly"
"Newt"
"Grey Fox Cubs"
"Butterfly Wing"
"Heron"
"Moth"
"Prey Mantis"
"Caterpillar on Succulent"
"Orb Weaver Spider"
"Ladybug"
"Last of the Summer Wine"
"Grasshopper"
"Cricket Exoskeleton"
"Blue Heron over Coyote Creek"
"Mating Flight"
"Moths preparing to Mate"
"Hoverfly
"Underground Empire"
"Expanding the Empire"
"Hoverfly"
"Rolly-Polly"
"Rolly-Polly"
"Ladybug"
"Preparing for Flight"
"Ladybug"
"Armored Beast of a Hidden World"
"Muscles"
"Landing"
"Orb Weaver"
"Barnicle"
"Starfish"
"Sea Anemone"
"Sea Anemone"
"Dusty Ant"
'Grass Spider in Dew Covered Web"
"Grasshopper"
"Cucumber Beetle Landing"
"Cucumber Beetle"
"Skipper Moth"
"Cucumber Beetle"
"Wasp"
"Rolly-Polly"
"Hoverfly"
"Mite on Banana Slug"
"Click Beetle"
"Flies Butt"
"Praying Mantis"
"Cool Chicken"
"Wolf Spider"
"Seal"
"Coyote behind the Dipsea Cafe"
"Coyote behind the Dipsea Cafe"
"Coyote on Lawn"
"Spider"
"Muscles"
"Barnacle"
 Stinson Beach California D3000 18mm-55mm Nikon lens   
"Sea Anemone"
"Cucumber Beetle Laying Eggs"
"Caterpillar Cocooning"
"Wasps Eating Salmon"
"Large Tolype Moth"
'Ant Trapped in Tree Sap"
"Crab Spider"
"Crab Spider Eating Bee"
"Large Tolype Moth"
"Spider Cocooning Moth"
"Grasshopper"
"Wasp Drinking Water"
"Hermit Crab"
"Hermit Crab"
"Dinner and a Date"
"Wasp Eating"
"Wasp Nest"
"Cucumber Beetles Antennae"
"Orb Weaver Spider
"Ants on Mango"
"Grey Fox with Kill"
"Grey Fox Mother and two Cubs"
"Lizard"
"Gopher Snake"
"Emerging Click Beetle"
"Gopher Snake"
"Pelicans"
"Crab Spider"
"Moth in Succulent"
"Mission Blue Butterfly"
"Lizard"
"Fairy Moth"
"Ladybug"
"Snake in Hand"
"Lizard"
"Hummingbird in Flight"
"Hummingbird Tongue Extended"
"Ant on Leaf"
'Horse"
"Banana Slug Eating Lichen"
"Deer"
"Sea Lions"
"Sea Lions"
"Pelicans"
"Woah"
"Pseudoscorpion"
"Pseudoscorpion"
"Hoverfly"
"Orb Weaver Spider"
"Hoverfly"
"Brown Moth on Venus Flytrap"
"Golden Antennae"
"Gold Bath"
"Cow on Coast"
"Antennae"
"Ant Emerging from Flower"
"Blue Heron"
"Flame Skimmer"
"Happy Doggie"
Animal mod 1.jpg
"I'm Hungry"
"Fly"
"Newt"
"Skull"
Egret in Flight
Hoverfly
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