I snuggled into bed, and what did I see?
A fine six-legger looking back at me.
Spring has brought me such a nice surprise;
Insects posing right before my eyes.
Holding a tuft of dust, I thought he was dead,
But with a touch, he flew off instead.
Photographer-poet! We surely are lucky to have you here to entertains us in both picture and words. Great capture!
(and iv0, I truly can’t imagine you hiding from anything)
Esculpted poetry… I love when you bring out the poet in you and let it shine. Bedside winged, six-leged creatures may be the cause.
Nice paperwall… 😉
thanks y’all.
Ben: it’s not shot through a glass, if I understand what you mean. I am sitting in bed doing a freehand macro. Nothing could faze this guy.
David is right. those little paddles are vestigial wings. They are not visible when the main wings are tucked back. But with a camera, you can see them when they are flying. =)
Ben, I think it is the corner of the room, slightly out of focus due to DoF.
nice shot.. these insects don’t scare me at all…. ,but I guess I want feel happy to see one @ my bed time.. sure I’ll be ready to fight =)…well, they come to you instead of you go to them.. lucky guy =)
For those that might be interested, I think this is a Crane Fly. And iv0 doesn’t need to worry about this one, the adults don’t even eat. They hatch from the pupated state, mate and die.
What a lovely creature… but seeing it over my bed would probably give me the squeemies jeemies…
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