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tsjanik

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Parsley is a beautiful plant in its second year (biennial), but this year is filled with black wasps. Anyone know why? The usual visitors are hover flies but this year the wasps are swarming. 50r, Pentax 67 300mm ED f/4.

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Shashin

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Parsley is a beautiful plant in its second year (biennial), but this year is filled with black wasps. Anyone know why? The usual visitors are hover flies but this year the wasps are swarming. 50r, Pentax 67 300mm ED f/4.
These wasps are important pollinators, so that is good. They do sting, which is not. They are usually attracted to plants like milkweed and Queen Ann's Lace, so your parsley may also be attractive. Maybe it is a combination of their pollination and need for prey for their larvae?

(And we really need our pollinators.)
 

tsjanik

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These wasps are important pollinators, so that is good. They do sting, which is not. They are usually attracted to plants like milkweed and Queen Ann's Lace, so your parsley may also be attractive. Maybe it is a combination of their pollination and need for prey for their larvae?

(And we really need our pollinators.)
Thanks Will. It did occur to me that they were seeking some prey and that the prey is something I don't want on my plants. It is noteworthy that in 20 years of growing parsley I had not seen them in these numbers before.
 

Bill Caulfeild-Browne

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Thanks Will. It did occur to me that they were seeking some prey and that the prey is something I don't want on my plants. It is noteworthy that in 20 years of growing parsley I had not seen them in these numbers before.
I wonder if it may be due to our very late, cool and wet spring in the lower Great Lakes. I too am seeing unusual behaviour in insects, birds and even flowers - our Yellow Lady Slipper orchids came up a full 2 weeks later than normal, and are still blooming into July - very unusual. Mosquito and Blackfly are normally gone by end June - but there're still around. Maybe your bugs are simply late and making up for lost time!

Bill
 

stngoldberg

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Del’s soft frozen lemonade is sold in trucks at every beach in Rhode Island.
So refreshing with small pieces of the lemon rind to chew on while you enjoy the lemon slurry.
As you can readily see, there was a “flat waves”Taco stand next to the Del’s truck.
Stanley
 

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P. Chong

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Fireworks display over at Marina Bay, rehearsal for National Day celebrations on Aug 9.

Hasselblad H3d-39 with HCD28. Keystone correction done in PS CC. I did bring the HTS1.5, but as it reduces the focal length of the 28mm to something like 35mm, the combination was not wide enough to capture the scene. Had to tilt the camera up and hence digital correction. The white object high in the sky behind the fireworks is the Moon, unfortunately overexposed, though I think possible to recover from Phocus, but was too lazy to do it.


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vieri

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Holywell Bay, Cornwall, at sunset

The Cornish Coast fast became one of my favourite destination, with its amazing rock formations and ever-changing skies. A 32-seconds exposure, taken at sunset at Holywell Bay with my Hasselblad X1D, Hasselblad XCD 30mm and Formatt-Hitech Firecrest Ultra filters



Thank you for viewing, best regards

Vieri
 

tsjanik

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I wonder if it may be due to our very late, cool and wet spring in the lower Great Lakes. I too am seeing unusual behaviour in insects, birds and even flowers - our Yellow Lady Slipper orchids came up a full 2 weeks later than normal, and are still blooming into July - very unusual. Mosquito and Blackfly are normally gone by end June - but there're still around. Maybe your bugs are simply late and making up for lost time!

Bill
Yes it was a late spring. May is typically one of my favorite months here, but this year was a wash out both literally and figuratively. What I find mysterious about the wasps is their behavior: they spend little if any time on the blossoms, but rather are flying an almost frantic, seemingly random path around the plants all day. They seem to be seeking something.
You mentioned your book on Blurb in an earlier post, I have since gone through it. It’s a real tour de force of global images. I think we share a common aesthetic, or at least like to photograph the same things, e.g., Great Lake lighthouses. My favorite might be the flycatcher you used for the cover. The shape of the branch adds a real elegance.

Tom
 

Bill Caulfeild-Browne

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Yes it was a late spring. May is typically one of my favorite months here, but this year was a wash out both literally and figuratively. What I find mysterious about the wasps is their behavior: they spend little if any time on the blossoms, but rather are flying an almost frantic, seemingly random path around the plants all day. They seem to be seeking something.
You mentioned your book on Blurb in an earlier post, I have since gone through it. It’s a real tour de force of global images. I think we share a common aesthetic, or at least like to photograph the same things, e.g., Great Lake lighthouses. My favorite might be the flycatcher you used for the cover. The shape of the branch adds a real elegance.

Tom
Thanks, Tom - you're very kind and your comment about our common aesthetic is, I think, right on.
My latest book is "Wild Canada", produced for Canada's 150th year of Confederation. It's on Blurb too. It was a limited edition of 450 copies and sold out quite quickly!
We should try to get together for a shoot!

Cheers,
Bill
 

tsjanik

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Thanks, Tom - you're very kind and your comment about our common aesthetic is, I think, right on.
My latest book is "Wild Canada", produced for Canada's 150th year of Confederation. It's on Blurb too. It was a limited edition of 450 copies and sold out quite quickly!
We should try to get together for a shoot!

Cheers,
Bill
Yes we should. I don't have any plans this year to visit my friends in Red Bay, ON this year, but if that changes I'll let you know. If you get down this way, let me know. The Niagara Gorge is spectacular in the fall.

Tom
 

algrove

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Facebook censored this image. The account of my experiment with Facebook business page is at https://djessemay.com/news-articles/89-facebook-business-page-comic-ineptitude-or-worse.html Enjoy. Hopefully you will find it entertaining.
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Leica S, Summarit-S 120
OMG

I have been told by many friends that I should get a Facebook account and every time I got close another bit of news about how Facebook wants to control you comes out in the news. Then I was told to get an Instagram photo account only to find out Facebook bought them out.

No thanks to Facebook also. I have had nightmares regarding various online issues and dealing with people half my age, but yours is the best advice-stay off Facebook and forget about any account with them.
 
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