flash – Page 7 – Jill Orme Photography

24 Apr 2025

First of the year

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

Oh my days – finally! Of course, I knew that the Odonata season would start here sooner of later, but my socials have been filling for three weeks or so now with images of damsels (various), Chasers (various), Banded and … Continued

23 Apr 2025

Snout

by JDO | posted in: Hoverflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

And what a snout it is. Rhingia campestris is quite a small hoverfly, and thus easy to overlook, but once you’ve spotted one the only insect with which it could reasonably be confused is its close cousin, Rhingia rostrata. The … Continued

22 Apr 2025

Small

by JDO | posted in: Arachnids, Butterflies, Gloucestershire, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Everything I photographed today was pretty small, but I think these are two of the littlest. The featured photo is a male Zebra Jumping Spider (Salticus scenicus), which comes in at only about 5mm long, and the second image shows … Continued

21 Apr 2025

Keen

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

It rained heavily overnight, and the first half of the day was murky and cold. When the sun appeared – unexpectedly – mid way through the afternoon, I grabbed the camera and squelched off down the garden in search of … Continued

17 Apr 2025

Reward

by JDO | posted in: Invertebrates, My garden, Sawflies, Worcestershire | 0

This morning, because the weather had suddenly turned warm and sunny again, and the timelines of my socials are currently full of the early Odonata which seem to be bursting out absolutely everywhere but here, I went off on a … Continued

16 Apr 2025

Windswept

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Bugs, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

The weather went completely insane today, blowing a gale the like of which we haven’t seen since the old privy roof took off and tried to take out a power line, back in December. In fact, en route to collecting … Continued

15 Apr 2025

Sit!

by JDO | posted in: Flies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

If evolution ever designed a fly that looks more like a small dog – or perhaps one of those battery-powered toy dogs that turns back flips – I’d very much like to see it. This is a conopid fly, or … Continued

14 Apr 2025

Greenish

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

It was a dour and fairly cold day, and invert activity was minimal. I went out for coffee and cake in Stratford with R, which was good, and then went shopping for supplies for some batch cooking I’m about to … Continued

16 Feb 2025

Hopeful

by JDO | posted in: My garden, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

I spent quite a bit of today making a large batch of chilli con carne in the slow cooker for freezing, and I expected to be posting a quick still life I threw together of some of the fruits and vegetables … Continued

10 Feb 2025

Diffuse

by JDO | posted in: Beetles, Invertebrates, My garden, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

Over the past few years I’ve worked with both ring and twin flashes, but they’re difficult to diffuse and tend to produce harsh highlights and shadows, so late last year I made the decision to go back to a traditional … Continued