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WordPress weekly photo challenge: Foreshadow

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Today I’m participating in the WordPress weekly photo challenge and this week’s theme is “foreshadow”. You can click on the photos below for a larger view. If you like what you see, feel free to subscribe and receive nature photography updates a few times a week.

A caterpillar is a sign that a beautiful butterfly will be born soon.

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This beautiful rose bud will open soon and spread out its soft petals.

This purple Ramona lilac in bloom means spring is coming to San Diego.

As for this last one, I’m not sure what to make of it. Is a dog in the clouds the foreshadow of anything good? You tell me!

Macro Monday: my first ladybugs

Today I’m taking part in the Macro Monday photo challenge. Remember you can click on each photo for a larger view. If you like what you see, I encourage you to subscribe so you can enjoy the new photos I post a few times a week.

Taking photos of ladybugs in San Diego is a challenge. There aren’t that many of them because of the dry and hot climate and they’re not around for a long time. Even when I find some, they’re so busy looking for food that they don’t stop moving long enough for me to take a picture. Oh, and of course, they’re very small so I need a powerful macro to get a decent photo. That’s a lot of things getting in the way.

So I consider myself lucky for having been able to snap a few pictures of ladybugs a couple of weeks ago. My first ladybug was a little shy and moved too much so this is the best I could do. This ladybug was crawling on milkweed flowers.

Macro Monday: ladybug on milkweed flower

I was luckier with the second ladybug I spotted and managed to get closer and capture a better angle.

Finally I managed to get a photo of a ladybug from above. It was actually crawling under a large leaf. I’m pretty happy with this one.

Did you notice what these three ladybugs have in common? They don’t have any spots. I have no idea why but I thought that was quite a coincidence.

July 28, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Bloom Photos, Flower PhotosTags: close-up of ladybug, ladybug macro, ladybugs with no spots, Macro Monday, milkweed, milkweed flowers, nature photography, photography, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, photos of ladybugs, red ladybug 14 Comments

Cee’s fun foto challenge: One monarch caterpillar

Travel theme: Tilted

Today I’m participating in Where’s My Backpack’s Travel Theme photo challenge. This week’s theme is “tilted”. Remember you can click on each photo for a larger view. If you like what you see, feel free to subscribe and receive nature photography updates a few times a week.

I took this photo of a monarch caterpillar last week in San Diego’s Balboa Park. I wish I could walk tilted up a tree like that.

Travel theme: Tilted monarch caterpillar

How about this baby panda at the San Diego Zoo, who manages to hang on and take a nap on a tilted branch?

This orange dragonfly can stand still and a bit tilted while barely hanging on to a stick.

Finally, look at these two pine trees. One of them is slightly tilting and to touch the other, then tilting back the other way, as if the trees were kissing.

July 23, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Forest Photos, Photography, Tree Photos, Woods PhotosTags: baby panda, monarch caterpillar, orange dragonfly, pine trees, San Diego Balboa Park, Travel theme: Tilted, where's my backpack travel theme 8 Comments

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Fresh

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Today I’m participating in the WordPress weekly photo challenge and this week’s theme is “fresh”. If you like what you see, feel free to subscribe and receive nature photography updates a few times a week.

When I think about fresh and summer, watermelon comes to mind. Unfortunately I don’t have any to photograph today, but the next best thing is fresh cherry tomatoes from the garden.

Animals like to stay fresh and cool in the heat of summer in San Diego. This painted turtle seemed to enjoy alternating between swimming in the fresh pond water and resting on lily pads.

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Fresh painted turtle

As for this nocturnal wombat at the San Diego Zoo, he tried to stay cool and fresh on a hot day. I’m not sure how well it worked out for him but he seemed pretty comfortable, don’t you think?

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July 19, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Plant Photos, Water photosTags: cute wombat, fresh cherry tomatoes, painted turtle, sleeping wombat, Wordpress weekly photo challenge, WordPress weekly photo challenge: Fresh, zazzle coupon, zazzle coupon code 2 Comments

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: Saturated - green junebug beetle

Macro Monday: Junebug – the green figeater beetle

Today I’m taking part in the Macro Monday photo challenge. If you like what you see, I encourage you to subscribe so you can enjoy the new photos I post a few times a week.

I was taking photos of roses a few days ago and that’s when I found this little guy hiding in the center of a yellow rose. It’s a green figeater beetle, more commonly known as junebug, and it was the size of my thumb. I was worried it’d leave when I got closer to take pictures of it but no, it just stayed there patiently until I was done. I love the metallic green of its shell!

Remember you can click on each photo for a larger view.