Project 52 - Weekly Photos from Geoff F - Part 3

[billtils]

Not sure which I prefer, the nicely composed scene or the text bubble! Love it!

[Geoff F]

Thanks for the comments.

Yes, Len, Shire Horses although that is something of a general term for a wide range of 'breeds' designed for farm work or cart pulling etc.

The man with the microphone was recording the sound of horse ploughing for Plymouth University archives. So much general farm noise wasn't recorded in the past so the sound (and smell) of working life has disappeared.

[Geoff F]

Week 36 - A day of sunshine and clouds. A field next to where I was recording insects.



7D with Tamron 24-70 lens. 1/250 F11 Iso 250. Shot while wedged between a barbed wire fence and a blackthorn bush. A couple of days earlier I wrecked a new shirt on a barbed wire fence !

[Geoff F]

And a few of the insects.

Beautiful Demoiselle



Comma Butterfly



Peacock Butterfly Caterpillar

[billtils]

Interesting set Geoff. The head shot of the damsel fly is superb, but out of interest ... I have never seen one with wings that colour. Out of the three, I like the "ugly" one best - the black caterpillar would have been a bit of a challenge.

[Geoff F]

Thanks Bill. I suspect that Demoiselle is a freshly emerged male and the wings haven't quite darkened to the adult colour. Females have brownish wings but with a white wing spot and are normally more of a greenish colour body.