Mowing the Yard and Some Pics

[danthebugman]

So I finally got out and mowed the yard today. First time this year at our new house, it was great! The yard is about a third the size of our old house, which makes my job easier :stretchgr. Enjoyed a DPG Firecracker which turned out to be the perfect length of smoke (it was quite tasty too). I have been a bit of a shutter bug lately also and took some time to take some pics which I thought I'd share...





Anyone else out mowing/smoking today?

Dan

 

[Clint]

Yes!

Just finished the front yards, with a nice Viaje Exclusivo Pigtail Robusto!

One of my absoloute favorite things to do around the house is to be out with a great stogie doing yardwork!

 

[r3db4r0n]

Of course no picture set would be complete from the bugman without a picture of an insect, snake, or various creepy crawler

 

[danthebugman]

Of course no picture set would be complete from the bugman without a picture of an insect, snake, or various creepy crawler

Of course :stretchgr! My wife thought something was going on when I yelled for her to bring the camera. Once she realized I was photographing insects she called me a nerd and went back to her Facebook games :squinteye. For those who are interested the grasshopper appears to be an American Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca americana).

Dan

 

[tedski]

I feel my eyes starting to itch and sneezes coming on just looking at those pics ...

 

[TreeFrog Frank]

Excellent pics, Dan! Yeah, I get the "nerd", "dork" and "geek" from my wife A LOT!!! Matter of fact, the other day she said... "You should start a business... you could "geek" up anything that's too normal." Wow, thanks, honey.

 

[Alwayslit]

Did the lawn Saturday. Definitely better than shoveling snow.

 

[TreeFrog Frank]

I did a FAST mow on Saturday evening, after my wife decided last second we should have people over...

 

[r3db4r0n]

Of course :stretchgr! My wife thought something was going on when I yelled for her to bring the camera. Once she realized I was photographing insects she called me a nerd and went back to her Facebook games :squinteye. For those who are interested the grasshopper appears to be an American Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca americana).

Dan

I've always found insects fascinating... Although I failed entomology in college (could barely understand the prof)

 

[nofeardiver]

wow very nice pics, your camera takes nice shots...

 

[blooz4u]

At first, I thought you just posted pics of your weeds! :grin:

 

[danthebugman]

At first, I thought you just posted pics of your weeds! :grin:

Yeah it does blend in pretty well huh...in hindsight I could have moved it to the sidewalk or something so it'd have been easier to spot.

Dan

 

[ciggy]

Cool pics...Love the grasshopper!!

 

[SkinsFanLarry]

"Enjoyed a DPG Firecracker which turned out to be the perfect length of smoke (it was quite tasty too)."

Damn Dan, that is a "small" yard my brother!

 

[benday]

is that a macro lens? it's pretty close on that grasshopper.

 

[whodeeni]

Nice Pics Dan!

 

[danthebugman]

is that a macro lens? it's pretty close on that grasshopper.

Nope, it actually a Kodak point and shoot set on the macro setting. Most point and shoots these days can do decent macro as long as the subject isn't very small and you don't need to get right up on it. One of these days I'd like to get a nice digital with a macro lens though so I can do some mayfly photography when they're hatching.

Dan