Not much of the country escaped the massive rainfall over the past few days and weeks. Thankfully things are looking better now, but we managed to get these shots of the floods from around our corner of Devon…
Scary stuff! Were you affected by the floods, or did you get any exciting shots? Let us know in the comments.
Kestrel & Dragonfly, a set on Flickr.
And just to show that it’s not all frogs and crane flies, Keith has also sent us these fantastic photos of a kestrel and a brown dragonfly… Again, thanks to Keith for being a sport and sending them in!
Crane Fly, Frog and Unidentified!, a set on Flickr.
New pictures from Keith West! As usual, Keith hasn’t limited himself to any particular type of creature, mixing it up with a few flying insects and a great portrait of a frog for good measure. Thanks Keith! (See Keith’s latest submission of a kestrel and a dragonfly too).
In another recent post, we featured some spider photos sent in by Keith. In the very same email he also managed to get these excellent glow worm photos.
Now for something rather more difficult. The light emitted by a glow worm.
4 seconds exposure, hand held, of the light given out by the luminous area at the tail.
The glow worm/firefly illuminated by torchlight. The luminous light can just be seen at the tail. 15th of a second exposure.
Another glow worm light. Again 4 seconds exposure. This and the next picture are the same insect.
And here is the creature illuminated by torchlight held far enough away not to spoil the natural luminance at the tail. 1 second exposure.
Keith adds that “these creatures can be seen along the path just east of St. Gregory’s Church, where the church-ground path joins the walk way. Don’t be afraid of the dark!”
All photos were taken in late August and early September, and are © Keith West 2011, reproduced here with permission.
Just a quick post to say thankyou to John who sent in this fantastic sunset photo of the lakes.
