I went back out to Bombay Hook today to re-take some pics of the tree from yesterday that didn’t work out the way I wanted. I’ll post that picture next, but while I was out there I stopped beside the road and was looking at some flowers in the water. Anyways, I noticed some bugs, and got out my macro lens. I have always been fascinated by the secret worlds that surround us that we are barely aware of. Here are some of the inhabitants of one little non-descript roadside world, about 30 feet long.

I saw something that I was trying to get in each of the following pictures. Some are closer than others.

This barn is close, but the ground wasn’t level from where i was shooting, and the barn isn’t as red as I thought it was the other day. I liked the contrast between the red and the green, but this isn’t what i was looking for.

I missed on the focus. I should have used the tripod….yes, i know that’s poison ivy.

Poison Ivy and some other vine. One is bright red the other a nice green. The picture is too cluttered with the rest of the trees though.

The red in this tree really stood out against the green. This pic just doesn’t pop for me. Maybe if I’d have focused on the bottom right branch with the patterns of red against the green background… oh well. 

I’ve been antsy to get out and take some fall pictures for the last week. The weather hasn’t been right or I haven’t had the time. I finally got out today. I was trying for some pictures of a barn I found that was kind of glowing the other day, but, the pics today didn’t meet my expectations. Another time…

This is an adult and 2 younger raccoons crossing over from an island in one of the ponds to an edge of the pond. At first all I saw was her(?) and the 2 babies. This was as the sun was slipping down behind the trees, so I was lucky to get this shot, and had to brighten it up quite a bit. Thus the washed out detail. But it’s still a cool couple of pics.

Then 3 more immature raccoons followed up. They all crossed the litte mound. The egret and geese paid no attention to the goings on.

The sun slipping behind the phragmites gives them a nice glow. I can’t quite get the pic I see in my head, but this is as close as I got today.