His mind moves upon silence

[urbpan]

I love the longlegged flies in my yard--they especially seem to like hanging out on the grape leaves in the morning.


I think this one is the same species as the first one.


I keep posting stuff on bugguide and the same guy keeps dismissing me summarily. My current camera and lens combination doesn't allow for very clear macro shots, I know this. His profile makes him sound a bit arrogant, so I'm trying not to take it personally. Part of me wants to get a good macro lens and blow him away with my amazing skill, but part of me thinks he wouldn't be impressed regardless, and why would I want to impress him anyway?

Comments

[elainetyger.livejournal.com]

I don't like flies, but I like the pictures. I am the opposite swing of the pendulum from that guy -- sounds like the bug up his ass has your name on it!

[barbmg.livejournal.com]

Weird, I was having this conversation yesterday. A client (a woman in her fifties with a New York accent, she sounds just like my aunt.) asked me "how do you gain someone's respect?" and I told her you have to ask "is this person capable of behaving respectfully?".

[badnoodles.livejournal.com]

Macro has it's own problem - depth of field. To get a decent depth of field, you just about have to have a tripod rig. In order to get enough light into the macro lens, you're at 1/4s+ exposure, and the human hand just can't keep it steady at that length.

[anais2.livejournal.com]

Love the pictures, hate the flies. Yea, why try to please an asshat? You do good.