View allAll Photos Tagged Insect
Found at unnamed local park/forest west of Dawson Avenue in town of Theodore. Queensland, Australia.
Possibly Callibracon? Found on trunk of tree.
Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.
I'm pretty sure it's what this ladybug would say to all my wonderful flickr friends if it could speak. :-)
Insect scales come in all sorts of colors and shapes. These are from the elytra of a small weevil I photographed a while back (Curculionidae, see the first comment line).
Extreme macro based on a stack of 198 images (3 µm step); assembled in Zerene Stacker (Pmax). Sony A7Rmk3, 100-400 mm telelens as tube lens (at 265 mm), Mitutoyo Planapo 10x, ISO-50, 1/250s, one diffused flash. Image is ca. 1.2mm wide.
About a half inch long, they are fairly common but keep low to the ground in flight. This one is feeding on Buckwheat.
MLK Shoreline RP, Oakland, CA
NIKKOR 50 mm 1.8D
Extension tubes + Raynox DCR-250
Aperture: f/8
Hand held
External flash with diffuser used
Love is like a butterfly, it goes where it pleases and it pleases wherever it goes.
Love is like a butterfly, hold it too tight, it'll crush. Hold it too loose, it'll fly.