Two attempts to photograph a Blowball


I did try to capture this Blowball here with my digital camera. I had to search the translation from german to english for the Name of the flower. I found some entries. Do you call the flower a Blowball or rather Dandelion Seed Head in english? I think the blurring in the background is a little bit to hard but I couldn´t get another result with my cheap digital camera. What do you think? You can also find more photos of flowers here on my blog: – A Photo of a Hoverfly sitting on a yellow Flower – This yellow … Continue reading Two attempts to photograph a Blowball

An awesome Photo of a Hoverfly sitting on a beautiful Flower


My Mother did shot this Photo and I think it is an impressive Photo of a Flower with an Insect which is either sucking Food from the Leaves or seeking for Blackflies. I am not sure. However, this is an Insect which is very common here in North Germany in Summer (I bet you can find them not only in Germany, I am not sure) and this Insect if very active from April to August I think. I guess this Insect is called Schwebefliege (Howerfly). They can fly pretty fast and the transition to stop flying and just hovering looks … Continue reading An awesome Photo of a Hoverfly sitting on a beautiful Flower