Monday in Nature Weekly Photo July 14, 2014

[User_2019667]

<p>Siegfried, Great shot. Talk about camouflage. </p>

[cegeiss]

<p>Patches of snow melting snow above a relatively recent basalt flow.</p><div></div>

[anthea50]

<p>Marigold stamens...</p><div></div>

[robert100]

early walk sunday july13 2014<div></div>

[katsone]

<p>From the Elizabeth Morton Wildlife Refuge in Noyac NY.</p><div></div>

[Laura Weishaupt]

<p>Roberta, thanks. It was pretty stuff and fun to photograph.</p>

[dcstep]

<p>Many wonderful shots this week.</p>

<p>Sorry for being late, but I was traveling yesterday.</p>

<p><strong>Goldfinch Picks Apart Thistle</strong></p>

<p><a title="Male Goldfinch Picks Thistle Apart by David Stephens, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3839/14600496892_9d06312cd6_c.jpg" alt="Male Goldfinch Picks Thistle Apart" width="800" height="800" /></a></p>

[birdied]

Gorgeous shot David.

[lex_jenkins]

<center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17812625-lg.jpg" alt="DSCF2544_DSCF2544_20140711__mushroom" width="700" height="1050" border="0" /><br /> <br /><em>Friday night supermoon super'shroom, July 11, 2014</em>.</center>

[Rick Bortnick]

<p>Roberta - Thanks for the nod<br>

Lex - Excellent image</p>

[Laura Weishaupt]

<p>Borrowing from Roberta, I can't believe I am going to say this, and must admit I never imagined it, but, Lex Jenkins, welcome to MiN. Nice perspective on our celestial partner. I've always liked your series with the branches, especially the one that looks like an archer.</p>

[lex_jenkins]

<p>Thanky kindly, folks. I'd practically given up on the notion of nature photography after moving from my former rural home to the city. But there are unusual opportunities here and there.</p>

[jordan2240]

<p>Very cool image Lex. I just returned from a trip to Colorado Springs, so will be posting shots from that area over the next few weeks once I've sorted through the 1000+ I took, but until then, this week's shot is from a couple of weeks ago, and comes with a cautionary tale from experience as well. When photographing bugs (or anything for that matter), one should be well-aware of one's surroundings. Either that, or one should have a medicine cabinet well stocked with calamine lotion (which, for the unfamiliar, is used to treat the poison ivy rash (and if you don't know what that is, consider yourself lucky))!</p><div></div>

[RickDB]

<p>Sorry, another late entry (connectivity issues). This was a surprise interaction I had not seen before. A great blue heron gives a second warning to this overly curious faun. 7D + EF500 f/4 + 1.4x (tripod).</p><div></div>