Mercer Arboretum

[Kenj8246]

Dropped by Mercer Arboretum for a bit on the way to Houston Camera Exchange. Ran into Therese(ttusa) and we had a nice chat while we sweated and swatted the gnats.

Managed a few shots, nothing special.

#1 Dragonfly on a rusty stake

#2 Carolina anole

#3 Ground lizard of some kind

Thanks for looking.

Kenny

[jfoureyes]

Love the little brown anole! Therese posted one over on the nature forum too. Y'all didn't get into them little biting gnats did you? I hate those things!!

[DigitalScape]

Sweet images, Kenny.

[ttusa]

Awwwww...there's that cute little Green Anole! Nice sweating and swatting with you today Kenny

[Kenj8246]

Thanks guys and girl. You too, T. We'll get that cupa coffee yet, I promise.

Kenny

ps Didn't get a tripod at HCE. They wanted to steal mine.

[ttusa]

Originally Posted by Kenj8246

Thanks guys and girl. You too, T. We'll get that cupa coffee yet, I promise.

Kenny

ps Didn't get a tripod at HCE. They wanted to steal mine.

Yeah I had a feeling they might not want to give you what that tripod is really worth-might be a matter of getting used to its workings??

I'm gonna hold ya to that coffee promise-LOL.

P.S. Please look at my lizard in the Wildlife section-think you'll be surprised!

[D80]

Very nice Kenny. Really like that ground lizard.

[Kenj8246]

Originally Posted by ttusa

Yeah I had a feeling they might not want to give you what that tripod is really worth-might be a matter of getting used to its workings??

I'm gonna hold ya to that coffee promise-LOL.

P.S. Please look at my lizard in the Wildlife section-think you'll be surprised!

I had posted a question about modifying my Gitzo to be a centered mount and a poster named Timm came up with this: http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/801794 which I tried. I'm gonna tweak the mod a little but it works and now I don't need another tripod!!

Originally Posted by D80

Very nice Kenny. Really like that ground lizard.

Thanks Bill. Appreciate it.

Kenny

[ddaybuff]

Nice shots there.

[w9ctm]

Kenny,
I REALLY like #1! Tell me how you shot it, will ya'?

Man, I am jealous of these macro shots you people are getting. I'm gonna have work on this in the fall I think........

[lextalionis]

Looking good Kenny...love that last anole pose.

-Roy

[Kenj8246]

Originally Posted by ddaybuff

Nice shots there.

Thanks Mark, appreciate it.

Originally Posted by w9ctm

Kenny,
I REALLY like #1! Tell me how you shot it, will ya'?

Man, I am jealous of these macro shots you people are getting. I'm gonna have work on this in the fall I think........

Chuck, all these were made with a Nikon D300, Nikkor 300mm Ai-S manual focus lens w/80mm of extension on a tripod w/cable shutter release. This old lens only gives me manual or aperture priority. These were done in aperture priority from about 3' away.

Originally Posted by lextalionis

Looking good Kenny...love that last anole pose.

-Roy

Thanks Roy.

[tomhooper]

Really like the eye detail on the first and the lizard shots are great.

[Kenj8246]

Thanks Tom.