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    My new (to me) Sony RX10 Mk III (aka RX10M3) - a fine photographic tool

    Just a quick post to echo what many photographers already know: the (lightly used) Sony RX10M3 I recently purchased - from a photographer who had upgraded to the newer, improved model of Sony's large-ish bridge camera (the RX10M4) is proving to be a superb photographic tool for documenting both...
    • MiguelATF
    • Thread
    • bee canada goose honeybee pollen rx10iii
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Sony
  2. Munching down on this tasty flower

    Munching down on this tasty flower

    Same insect as yesterday. Stanley thinks it may be a Soldier Beetle. Bluebirds have finally fledged so I hope to get some photos of the children soon.
    • D. Taylor
    • Media item
    • garden insect pollen
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Invertebrates
  3. Fishy Pollen Grain

    Fishy Pollen Grain

    Pollen grain from Shaving Brush Tree (Pseudobombax sp.: Bombacaceae). Given our programmed anthropocentric brains we find faces everywhere we look, even fish faces (lol). The mouth is a natural occurring pore and the eyes are artifacts from processing. Once again, one of my wifes SEM micrographs.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • bombacaceae pollen pseudobombax
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Wild Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fungi
  4. Happy Valentine's Day BirdForum

    Happy Valentine's Day BirdForum

    Texas Bullnettle pollen (Cnidosculous texanus: Euphorbiaceae) Taken by my wife Gretchen back in the early 90s using an SEM. Before retirement she was a research palynologist for USDA. Her labs looked at pollen on insect pests. This grain has a diameter of ca. 164 micrometers or 0.164 of 1...
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • cnidosculous texanus euphorbiaceae pollen texas bullnettle
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Wild Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fungi
  5. Honey Bee Hovering On Pumpkin Flower Pollen

    Honey Bee Hovering On Pumpkin Flower Pollen

    Shot this on a wild pumpkin creeper in the countryside. A honey bee is hovering on the flower's pollen while another is savoring it.
    • S K Gudi
    • Media item
    • honey bee pollen pumpkin flower
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Invertebrates
  6. Chestnut-tailed Starling With Pollen

    Chestnut-tailed Starling With Pollen

    Shot taken from my car.
    • S K Gudi
    • Media item
    • chestnut-tailed starling pollen
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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