It was an ordinary evening in June 2021. Warm and dry. After a day of swimming and snorkeling in the shallow waters near the shore, I was walking the dusty coastal road. A bunch of friends was there with me.
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The atmosphere was nice and quiet, the meadows looked great in the evening light, so I took a couple of photographs along the way.
Here you can see the young, still wingless, Conocephalus hastatus bushcricket gorgeously lit by the light of the setting sun.
In this photograph, taken a bit later, you can take a look at the coastal landscape and the distant blue hills across the bay.
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For the most part, the road was bordered by shrubs and meadows. In many places, the wild carrot (Daucus carota) was the dominant plant.
We passed through only one shady green tunnel ...
... made of a small group of Carpinus betulus trees.
There, under the trees, the atmosphere was very different from the one on the open meadows.
I stopped to photograph this grass, covered with many minuscule flowers ...
... the Paspalum distichum grass ...
... and this fruit fly from the Tephritidae family.
In this photograph, you can take a look at a nice sample that shows the mix of plants typical for the meadows in this seaside area. Various grasses, Wild carrots, Golden thistles (Scolymus hispanicus), and dried out Rumex crispus plants with a multitude of small seeds.
These unripe blackberries were photographed on the other side of the road.
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While sniffing around those shrubs ...
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... a friend got caught by the plant. 🤣😀😂
This Trigonidium cicindeloides cricket was photographed on the herbaceous vegetation under the shrubs.
Near the end of that evening walk, when the night was almost there ...
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... we were passing by some fields, only sparsely covered with old, rotting cabbages left after the harvest, and a rich, dense growth of various weeds.
Here you can see how that intricate vegetal pattern spread on the ground looked from a human perspective.
Here my attention got caught by the small, interestingly shaped flowers ...
... of the Kickxia lanigera plant.
The light was getting rapidly low ...
... so I started shooting the easiest way - with the flash.
But the hairy plant looked great in the subdued light of the dusk ...
... so I put the camera on the ground and using little stones and twigs arranged it to get the long exposure compositions you see in these last few photographs of the post.
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And that's it ... well, almost ...
... I have one more picture to show. Here you can see Liznjan, the nearest village, very visible from that stretch of coastline. Since the post is titled "SUMMER EVENING IN BETWEEN LIZNJAN AND THE SEA" it wouldn't feel complete without it.
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STOPLooks like a relaxing summer evening walk :) Except the sneaky floral attack on your friend of course :D
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The eyes on this fruit fly from the Tephritidae family. The Kickxia lanigera plant's flowers look like one we call Butter and Eggs or snapdragon, here in New England.
The eyes of some insects look like jewels. 🙂 Yes, it's definitively that type of flower.
Not only your attention was here, mine too and I guess other people are also struck by seeing something like this
Lovely and amazing pictures as always 😻
Thanks 🙂
The cricket is just stunning with the light being behind it. Beautiful @borjan.
Hope your friend didn’t hurt herself and got her hair all off the branch.
Great close ups. And the last photo of the village is so soft….
Yes, things often look very good in the evening light. 😄Nobody got hurt in the process. I mean, not seriously.
Good to hear 😁😋
I know the ordeals of having longggggg hair. 😉
Beautiful outdoor and macro images!
Thanks. 🙂
Every single photos here is amazing. You have an amazing skill.
the scenery is very beautiful and cool, especially when taken with a good technique so that it looks very extraordinary..
Photos today, especially some close-ups, are still amazing.
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I like the pictures taken especially the landscape very nice
Beautiful landscape 😍 I love hills and mountains, nice insects collection. I think now it's the best time for skiing and hiking yes?
Wow amazing are you using a cellphone camera
No. I don't use a cellphone.
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