Daily Archives: June 4, 2025
She’s not having any (and neither is he)
Least Tern: Kennebunk, Maine, USA, June 2025 — I thought the Terns might have abandoned our local beach when I visited this week…there were very few in the air when I got there, where there had been many a few days before. I eventually found them, down on the exposed rocky flats just above tide line, busy doing their spring courting. I watched this male hard at it, and though he had a nice big offering none of the females he approached were receptive. She’s not having any, and neither is he apparently. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. (considerably cropped). Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator and assembled in FrameMagic.
Wild Lady Slipper
Lady Slipper Orchid: Day Brook Pond, Kennebunk Plains Nature Conservancy, Kennebunk, Maine. June 2025. — It is getting late for Lady Slippers but, what with the weather and a late start on my triking season, I have not gotten out to Kennebunk Plains before yesterday. There are still some Lady Slippers in the woods upstream from the pond, though their numbers don’t seem to be what they have been the past few years. It has certainly been a cool damp spring. This shot was taken with the Sony a6700 and Tamron 50-400 using its macro capabilities at 102mm, and mounted on my little travel tripod that goes down to ground level. I used my macro settings: Aperture Preferred at f14 (1/40th @ ISO 200, -1EV for the highlights). Processed in Photomator.