I went looking for rare orchids in the Superior National Forest today. Didn't find any. But you know, if you get skunked in one arena it seems nature delivers in another.
Please excuse the imperfect light and the OOF foreground grass in some of the images. Wanted to manage the scene a bit more but didn't dare. There were two pups at least, and I'll be back to do some more in-depth work.
All with 30D and 400 f5.6L, iso200, 1/500 and 1/640 at f5.6, tripod, +2/3 EC off evaluative metering
First contact
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Still checking me out
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Durn those durn fleas!
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Durn those durn fleas II!
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You down there, my brother?
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Mmmm, mmmm GOOD!
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All worn out
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