WesDotPhotography

Fluffy Pallas's Cat. but wait. He's not at his full fluffy state yet! Excited to see him as the weather gets colder.
Their fur features up to 9,000 hairs per square centimeter, which is the densest coat of any wild cat species.
As autumn days shorten, the undercoat grows much denser and longer to trap body heat against freezing temperatures down to -50°C. (Not Seattle temperatures, at least let's hope not)
The winter coat turns a cooler, frostier silvery-gray with fewer markings for camouflage in snowy or rocky terrain, and they shed this heavy fluff in the spring.
The fur on their bellies and tails grows nearly twice as long as the fur on their backs and sides to insulate them when sitting on frozen ground.

🎉 I earned the emerging talent badge this week, recognizing me for creating engaging content that sparks an interest among my fans!

Had a great time at the Swan Island Dahlia Festival last week. The flowers were spectacular! Here are a couple.

Went to Cannon Beach last night to catch the Milky Way over Haystack Rock. Weather was awesome and almost too warm and no wind. And I read PhotoPills correctly, the Milky Way lined up with the ROCK!
But so many things to remember. Too many to rehash here but I tried a new thing I've been wanting to try. Shooting with not only the usual 14mm I had my 2nd camera with the 85mm.
Lesson !: Should have also packed my 50mm as the 85mm wasn't wide enough.
Lesson 2: This was the biggie. I forgot with the 85mm I would get stars beginning to streak at 6 seconds and even worse at 13 seconds. 😫 With the 14mm at 13 seconds the stars are nice pin spots.

Well that was fun. I typed in wesdotphotography in my desktop to see if I had created a blog post on a fun, very simple new thing I discovered in Photoshop. Look at what popped up. We are searchable just like the real pros. 🤣😉
But one thing that is not totally correct. WHERE TO GO TO BUY OUR IMAGES. I have not updated the WesDotPhotography website with new images in over a decade so if you are interested in buying anything go to this link instead.
https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/wes-and-dotty-weber

Saved my favorite tiny beast from the for last. This is the beautiful spiny flower mantis nymph. It is only about 0.15 inches but could grow to a whopping 1.5 inches. 🤣
The adult has spiny structures giving it its name. It is variable in color, being typically light green, but it can equally be tinted yellow, pink, or red. Once grown it has a large eyespot on its forewings, which is black, green and cream and is surrounded by a green patch. The inner hind wings are orange and the outer hind wings are transparent.
I will be waiting patiently for it to grow!😉