Roberto Aloi Photography

12/07/2025

Before setting out to take photos I make a decision concerning what to focus on. Telephoto for Animals, macro for insects and or close focusing, lenses best suited for landscape, vintage lens for a dreamy feel, etc.

Yesterday morning my plan was infrared landscape and we had a thick blanket of fog 🤯

06/01/2025

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKXeTFLN416/?igsh=MXJleDZnNjE3ZzFlcg==

05/29/2025

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKOH3JuNhE6/?igsh=MTMxdjVwNHA3NHduaA==

08/01/2024

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/roberto-aloi

03/31/2024

Happy resurrection day from Sandy

1960s Super Takumar on a full-frame DSLR
50MM @ 1.4

03/25/2024

03/09/2024

I made arrangements to take a vacation day last Thursday. I did this on Tuesday which showed a rain free forecast. As Thursday approached it was evident our trip to Mounts Botanical Garden would be a wash out.

What do you do when it rains on your photography outting?

You take pictures of rain drops!

12/20/2023

I spotted this unusual bee at Mounts Botanical Garden. I believe it is a stringless melipona bee.

The following text is from wildflphoto dot com:

These are known as stingless honey bees and are native to the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. These bees are now being cultivated by beekeepers in Cuba, where they have also reported to now be found wild.

Honey from Melipona bees has been harvested as long as 3000 years ago by the Mayan civilization and at least two species - Melipona beecheii and M. yucatanica - are kept by beekeepers in Central America today. These bees are suffering in their native territories from habitat loss.

Melipona bees produce much less honey than the European honey bees that most of us are familiar with. The honey is also more citrus-flavored and thinner. It can even be sipped through a straw straight from the little honey pots in the hive.

12/02/2023

Laura Gonzalez and I photographed hummingbirds this morning at Mounts Botanical Garden