BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY by @mers

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captured at 1/500 Sec. f/5 71 mm

Some two weeks ago, I made a walk in the fields near my home which led me to make snapshots of the plants and insects found along a pathway. My idea was to look for flora and fauna to photograph. My problem has always been my shaky hands, I used to take images without tripod but now that I am in my "advanced age" (LOL!), I needed one. I am even using a shutter release cable because without it, my images are always blurred. All images taken by my camera was set to ISO 100 so that all images had this setting.

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captured at 1/8000 Sec. f/3.5 18 mm

It was a sunny day when I went off to the pathway which is just around 1 kilometer from my flat. There were many bees and other insects as usual since flowers bloomed already. But, the wild daisies were not there as supposed to be since April , a few blossomed but the start of Spring had been very cold.

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captured at 1/1000 Sec. f/4.5 35 mm

At the end of the pathway, I saw a farm that has a horse track with wild grasses. This place must have been a breeding station for horses and now its empty. It would be beautiful to see the animals here.

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captured at 1/250 Sec. f/5.6 135 mm

I also saw thistles and yarrows all over, they seem to be growing everywhere that make the bees so busy hopping from one flower to the other sipping its nectar.

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captured at 1/2500 Sec. f/5 62 mm

This is one of my favorite subjects to photograph when I am in the pathway. They stand so tall and straight always showing their crowning glory full of clustered tiny flowers. I searched for its name and Google says it called Cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris).

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captured at 1/5000 Sec. f/3.5 18 mm

I am not so sure on this, but a similar wildflower called Queen Anne´s Lace also grows alongside this Cow Parsley. Sorry guys, I am not an expert on wildflowers but I think their genus are the same, only their varieties differ.

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captured at 1/800 Sec. f/5 62 mm

Yarrows are a favorite of the snails and though this plant here has dried already but the snail still clung to it.

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1/500 Sec. f/3.5 18 mm

All images were photographed by mers@mers using Canon EOS 90D

B/W edited using the Fotos Editor

BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY by @mers | Ecency