A double bill: Soldier Beetle and Lowestoft Air Show
This week, unusually, I am featuring two sets of photographs in the one blog. The first is of a small orange beetle, commonly known in the UK as a Soldier Beetle. The second is a set of photographs of the 'Red Arrows' display team at Lowestoft Airshow which I took a few weeks ago.
The Soldier Beetle:
The first photograph shown above, is a close up of the soldier beetle. Is is feeding on the flowers of a hogweed - a wild flower of the hedgerows and verges. This, as with many of my close-up photographs, is taken in my home-made studio of a cardboard box with a black card background. I like this because of the detail in the photograph, not just the insect. You can see the individual flowers of the hogweed that make up the complete flower head and the pollen on the head of the beetle.
This second photo shows three of the beetles crawling over the flower heads gorging themselves on the food provided, although I cannot determine if they are getting to the nectar or are eating the pollen.
More photos of these insects can be seen in the Environment Gallery.
Lowestoft Air Show - The Red Arrows:
A few weeks ago I went for the first time to the Lowestoft Airshow - my first attendance at such an event. It is not my usual form of entertainment but I did have an enjoyable day. The first display was the RAF team the 'Red Arrows', arguably the finest display team of its type (well I am British so I could hardly say otherwise!). They did a superb performance that lasted for around 25 minutes.
Below I show just 2 images form the hundreds taken at the airshow.
I like the first image for the strong lines formed by the trailing smoke and the sun glistening on the lead plane. We were lucky to have a clear day with a blue sky.
I like the timing in this second photograph with all the planes in a line, their lights showing and the curve of the smoke trails.
There are many more photos of the Red Arrows in the Miscellaneous Images Gallery.
The Soldier Beetle:
The first photograph shown above, is a close up of the soldier beetle. Is is feeding on the flowers of a hogweed - a wild flower of the hedgerows and verges. This, as with many of my close-up photographs, is taken in my home-made studio of a cardboard box with a black card background. I like this because of the detail in the photograph, not just the insect. You can see the individual flowers of the hogweed that make up the complete flower head and the pollen on the head of the beetle.
This second photo shows three of the beetles crawling over the flower heads gorging themselves on the food provided, although I cannot determine if they are getting to the nectar or are eating the pollen.
More photos of these insects can be seen in the Environment Gallery.
Lowestoft Air Show - The Red Arrows:
A few weeks ago I went for the first time to the Lowestoft Airshow - my first attendance at such an event. It is not my usual form of entertainment but I did have an enjoyable day. The first display was the RAF team the 'Red Arrows', arguably the finest display team of its type (well I am British so I could hardly say otherwise!). They did a superb performance that lasted for around 25 minutes.
Below I show just 2 images form the hundreds taken at the airshow.
I like the first image for the strong lines formed by the trailing smoke and the sun glistening on the lead plane. We were lucky to have a clear day with a blue sky.
I like the timing in this second photograph with all the planes in a line, their lights showing and the curve of the smoke trails.
There are many more photos of the Red Arrows in the Miscellaneous Images Gallery.
Labels: air show, close-up, environment, nature, photo, photography
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