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Liquid Lunch

July 25, 2017 by Greg Molyneux

Macro photo of silver-spotted skipper feeding on purple coneflower nectar.

I made the most of strong midday sun and an anxious butterfly battling for a sip. While I may have contributed to this silver-spotted skipper’s general unease, to be sure it was a dive bombing carpenter bee who proved the true villain. Selfish to the last this boring bee, not content with undermining wooden structures, […]

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Time Draws Near

September 24, 2016 by Greg Molyneux

Macro photograph of silver-spotted skipper butterfly feeding on sedum.

Still under the influence of a post Makers Fest malaise I missed two great sunsets earlier this week. I must be slipping because it somehow didn’t bother me in the slightest. I was happily caught up in day job things and basking in last weekend’s festival success. However, a week sans camera has left me […]

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Just Missed The Round Up

August 2, 2015 by Greg Molyneux

Macro photograph of a silver-spotted skipper butterfly atop a purple coneflower with a coiled proboscis

Here’s another shot from last Sunday’s macro session. And as the title would suggest I just missed my focal point. You can see the sharpest section of the photo happening over the silver-spotted skipper’s right wing instead of its eye and proboscis—thanks Google for letting me know what a butterfly tongue is called. This mess-up […]

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Just a Silver-Spotted Skipper snacking on some sedum

September 19, 2014 by Greg Molyneux

A shallow depth of field macro photograph of a Silver-Spotted Skipper dining on sedum nectar.

Here in New Jersey we’re just about out of scenes like this for the season. As the Autumn veil descends life begins its annual retreat. Through the ebb and flow photography encourages the capture of singular moments that otherwise slip by riding the sands of time. These moments simultaneously give us both something to remember […]

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Photos from the archives

Wide angle landscape photograph of a Full Moon over marsh at blue hour
Wide angle HDR photograph of an abandoned marina and a reflective sunset on Great Bay
Sepia landscape photo of Cedar Run Dock Road salt marsh.
14mm wide angle photo made at blue hour over the bright green salt marsh of Cedar Run Dock Road. Low cumulus clouds race across the sky and reflect in a still water pool.
14mm sunset photograph working over a salt marsh in a hue of blues, pinks, oranges and yellows.

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