a little wild   (a small slice of wildlife)

Lots and lots of rain, which means that Devil’s Brook was absolutely gushing. The stream photos depend very sensitively on the time of exposure: if you take a very short exposure, the action is frozen. If you take a long exposure, all the action is smoothed away and you get a tranquil effect. The problem, of course, is that this stream did not seem tranquil — it was frisky and energetic. I tried to explore exposure times that demonstrated this.

Several droplet photos, but the light was not great and I can’t get the noise reduction right. I’ll keep working on that, but I suspect these photos aren’t going to be much better even under smarter processing.

Frost on our front lawn. I lay down and caught it backlit by the morning sun.

I think that if I’d seen it a little earlier in the morning, it would have looked better.

First, another visitor to the house. I think it’s Steatoda borealis, rather than Steatoda grossa, but am not certain.

Aphid:

Lygus lineolaris:

Made a collection of some of the insect photos I took in 2020 over here: https://alittlewild.blog/best-insect-photos/2020-2/