Cicada Hawks Everywhere!

From Kengi, who relates a common photographic problem – you spend ages stalking an elusive critter, finally get that shot, and afterwards, they all show up in force.

After two weeks of not being able to get a shot of the one, they can’t stop posing for me now. You know how that goes. Part of it is, that for those two weeks, there was only one cicada hawk around. Then there were four. This morning there were at least six or more.
They are definitely just like hummingbirds. They spend more time and energy chasing each other around than they do feeding. A giant field of flowers, but they all want the same corner. They were all buzzing around me as I took the pictures.

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And, a bonus video!

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Wall.

Kimiko Sugiura has a stunning photographic body of work, all walls. As I’ve been posting recently, I have a great love of photographing the mundane, the unseen things of the world. So much is walked past every day, but never looked at by most. When you do stop and pay attention, it’s always worth it, or so I have found. Sugiura seems to feel the same way.

Ashio.

Ashio.

 

Momodani.

Momodani.

 

Imaike.

Imaike.

There are 6 wonderful pages of walls, take a look.

So Very Ordinary 2.

I have a thing for the mundane, things so mundane they are invisible. All the things that no one sees. I drive Rick a tad spare when we go walkabout, because I’ll be hanging way back there, staring at a chain link fence. I enjoy all the invisible things just the way they are, and I enjoy playing with them too. This little bit of ordinary is chain link fence (part one). Click for full size.

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