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I'm lucky to have both a back and front garden with plants, flowers, grass and a tree. On the days I can't get far (when I just can't be arsed) there's a whole host of niceties waiting to snapped and macro'd!
Some Technical Blurb:
Anyone who does macro, especially insects and critters will know how difficult these shots can be. This was handheld with a +4 macro filter (and because it's a filter and not a dedicated lens, movement becomes amplified more then usual) on quite a high zoom in low-ish light. Crouching down is also a hinderance to keeping your arms steady, so I used manual mode, ISO 200 but had to use the flash in order to use a faster shutter speed. I kept the aperture wide and made sure I was aiming for the eyes. I took about 30 odd shots to get this one, which is still a lucky shot really, but managed to get the eyes just right.
Thanks for your comments.
portada de revista para la edición mensual de NatGeo, en esta edición se mostrarÃa algunos insectos que son ideales para las fotografÃas, en especial por sus extrañas apariencias
Not very good on insects. These were on the outside of the window when I opened the curtains this morning.
Possibly a tadpole of the guttural toad, Amietophrynus gutturalis.
This guy (girl?) much preferred a diet of pond skaters and notonectids, and only attempted for the tadpoles after the insects had been consumed.
Milkweed Insects like this one can live in a colony of several hundred individuals per plant. They molt 5 times between hatching and the adult insect like this one. Sept 2012
A wasp landed on my windowsill looking pretty dazed, and I quickly snapped a few pics before it could attack me.