Here're some random shots from the last few weeks.  All have been cropped, and most were taken around Tucson, or, in the case of the images with trees, the Mt. Lemmon area, which is about 25 miles (40KM) NE of Tucson, in the local mountains above 8100ft. (2468).   The Rattlesnake pictures were taken from a distance of at least 4ft (1.1m) in my backyard using the HVL-F56AM flash in darkness.     Western Diamondback Rattlesnake. Flash only, Sony 70-200mm @ 120mm. Western Diamondback Rattlesnake. Flash only, Sony 70-200mm @ 280mm with 1.4X. Black Widow spider. Flash only, background color removed. Sony 70-200mm @ 280mm with 1.4X. Neat bug, Sony 50mm macro @ F/8. Gold Rush Bougainvillea. Sony 50mm macro @ F/5.6 1/1000s -0.07eV White-winged Dove. Sony 70-200mm F/8 @360mm with 2.0X Sigma 10-20mm @ 10mm F/8. Sony 18-250mm @ 250mm F/6.3. Sony 50mm macro, F/8, +0.07eV. Sony 50mm macro F/5.6. Sigma 10-20mm @ 20mm