August 24, 2009

Foreshore Park Pond Provides Wildlife for Long Lens

I headed down to Burnaby's Foreshore Park over lunch today to do some shooting with my new AF-S Nikkor 70-300mm 4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR zoom lens. The pond near Nokia is a great place for dragonflies, damselflies, bees, tadpoles, frogs, and other wildlife.

First off, some bees on various flowers.

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And a white butterfly/moth hiding in refracted light.

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Next up several shots of dragonflies.

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Some huge tadpoles, a couple of which were munching on a dead fish.

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And some frogs. Close, hidden, and submarine surfacing :-).

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And a lonely cattail among the reeds.

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Posted by Paul at August 24, 2009 03:22 PM