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Creative Photo Sets / Nature and the Environment — No Comments
14
May 12

Gorgeous Dragonflies

dragonfly Backlit on Azalea

USA, Georgia, Close-up of dragonfly Backlit on Azalea. Nancy Rotenberg / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont.com "Danita Delimont Photography"/Newscom. Find it at Newscom.com: ddpphotos260055

I think dragonflies are some of the prettiest insects on the planet. They’re sort of like butterflies, but more…streamlined I guess you could say. Every dragonfly has two pairs of wings and an elongated body, its characteristic of their species. Not only that, but they are among the fastest insects out there. One field experiment clocked a dragonfly going sixty miles per hour. Granted, it wasn’t the most reliable experiment ever but that is still pretty cool if its true. Continue reading →

Creative Photo Sets / Pictures of the Week / Weird, Wacky, and Odd — No Comments
06
Jan 12

Pictures of the Week: Drops of Art

These drops of art have captured ordinary images in the most extraordinary light. Talented photographer Brian Valentine places pictures on grass before snapping them through dripping water. cZUMA Press/Newscom. Find it at Newscom: zumawirewestphotosfive516720.

Macro photography has always been one of my personal favorites for a long time. It can be hard to appreciate something so small its difficult to see, but macro photography allows us to view the world in a way that we normally don’t get the opportunity to. Suddenly things that are tiny get blown up into great detail and we can see what we’re missing out on by being many times larger than an ant. Perhaps that’s why I like this next set of photos. Continue reading →