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Rambling around St Martins, Isles of Scilly. Crowded beaches because of the school holidays
 
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I’m no expert but I think I just found the cleanest rock this side of the Mississippi
 
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Drive to the supermarket….. or a nice country walk to some wild blackberry bushes …….
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I really wish I could say I took this shot but it was taken about a mile from me by a retired gentleman I’m friends with after his car broke down on my road I got him home. He is a damn fine photographer and sends me pics that blow my mind I gotta remember to post his owl shots cause I hear them and go looking see if I can take a picture but I can never find them. Allegedly these majestic eagles rarely hit my area but he’s pretty good at spotting them
 
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Kind of hard to see with the phone but I took a group of guys who were already “nervous” to some trails and we saw a black bear up ahead. I sent them back to the van and tried to see if a could get a closer picture but he/she took off into the woods. I sent my wife the picture she said a black bear could provide us meat for a year and the paws are medicinal.
 
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Cicada hanging out on the basil on the back deck...

 
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Spotted on my morning walk in the woods this week

 
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Just a common squirrel chillin’ at my kitchen window.

And some salamander type thing at the garage door.
 
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And some salamander type thing at the garage door.

That is a Five Lined Skink.

 
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That is a Five Lined Skink.

Thanks I wondered what it was. I don’t recall seeing them here until just a few years ago.
 
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Testing my new lens kit for my mobile phone on this fly. Note the reflection of my phone on its back.

 
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Testing my new lens kit for my mobile phone on this fly. Note the reflection of my phone on its back.

That's amazing with a phone. What attachment is this?

Here's a fly macro I took a number of years ago...

 
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Clocked a Red-tailed Kite today. Everyday sighting 60km south of here but one every two years where I live.
 
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That's amazing with a phone. What attachment is this?

Here's a fly macro I took a number of years ago...

It‘s a kit I bought on Amazone per recommendation by @MtV.

https://amzn.eu/d/c21Ml2z

It comes with four lenses, but I‘ve only tried the macro lens so far. Pretty amazing results for a €30 kit.

I guess (my macro lens for) my DSLR will collect even more dust going forward.