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Canon PowerShoot S2 IS
Super Macro mode
Vivid colour
6mm f/4 1/640 ISO 50 Crop Auto Conrast
Morning available light after lite monsoon rain.
Insect and flower. I shot this series with Olympus TOUGH TG-5 by using (normal) macro feature. In this case I could not use extended focus because insect was moving way too fast and it was quite challange to get some photos even with normal macro. I shot over 200 photos to get these few. However with compact macro (with small sensor size) this is somewhat easier than with full frame sensor DSLR and macro lens. Hausjärvi, Finland. 28.8.2017
That's what I learned the other day! I feel a bit silly having not known that... but it's great to learn :)... I was very surprised when watching this rove beetle roaming on a fence to see it uncurl some huge wings. It shook them about into various positions before tucking them away again and walking off :)
One of the backyard dragonflies. They're really friendly little fellows who will come and sit on an extended finger.
Taken in my garden I think the butterfly is looking for a drink in between the stones as have seen this before, with other butterflies.
What a beak! Found lurking on one of the greenhouse cacti - never seen this one before, looks like the Apion genus, anybody know the species?
Male darter dragonfly on the neighbour's decking. There were two of these around ofteb fighting for dominance of the pond. They obviously survived the recent rainstorms. Natural light shots. Focus stacked using zerene stacker
Colorful dragonfly
Away from the landscapes and portraits, i try to indulge in macro scene using a newly acquired sigma 70-300mm...
Hubby almost fainted coming across this bizarre small insect creature with the strange mask-like markings. I thought it was kindof cute. Took close up photos to try to convince him. Hubby is not convinced. ;) I learned it is one of the most ancient and least evolutionarily changed insects, appearing in the Devonian period(!) called a Bristletail... related to silverfish (which I am more familiar with)...but such magical and colorful iridescent moth-like feathery scales on the front part!. So very crustacean-like as well.
Sawfly is the common name for insects belonging to suborder Symphyta of the order Hymenoptera. Sawflies are distinguishable from most other Hymenoptera by the broad connection between the abdomen and the thorax, and by their caterpillar-like larvae. The common name comes from the saw-like appearance of the ovipositor, which the females use to cut into the plants where they lay their eggs. Large populations of certain sawfly species can cause substantial economic damage to forests and cultivated plants.
European Cabbage Butterfly on Prickly Lettuce flower.
Pieris rapae on Lactuca scariola. Cold mornings make the insects approachable.
Had a real hard time chasing this little buddy all around my disheveled room.
HDR processed with Photomatix. Flash used off-camera in remote flash mode.