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I spotted this European Wool Carder Bee snoozing in some flowers around sundown and waited until the next morning to photograph it. But it was 23C (73F) and it didn't take long for it to wake up and fly off.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 200) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (set to roughly 2x) + a diffused MT-26EX RT (E-TTL metering). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Denoise AI and Clarity in that order.
I do like that Millipedes love their sleep so much. If they haven't woken and moved off, then just brushing the leaves back again leaves them still slumbering.
Eastern Moors - Derbyshire - not a particularly good shot - just a record as it was the first one I've seen close to
There seem to be a lot more Common Wasps around this summer. This is of course a good thing even if many don't like them. They are hard workers, cleaners and pollinators.
Hier haben sich drei Bläulinge getroffen zum paaren.😄
Das musste ich einfach festhalten mit einem Bild. 💯📷
Una doncella del género Melitaea descansa sobre una gramínea al caer la tarde, en ese momento previo al descenso de la temperatura en el que los lepidópteros buscan posaderos para pasar la noche. La luz lateral del atardecer modela suavemente la pelusa del tórax y realza el intrincado mosaico del reverso alar, donde cada celdilla blanca y naranja dibuja el patrón característico del género.
Las doncellas son ninfálidos diurnos asociados a praderas y herbazales, donde sus orugas se alimentan de plantáneas, escabiosas y otras herbáceas.
Toma única.
📷 Canon EOS R5 Mark II
🔭 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
💡 Godox con difusor
Gestern Früh konnte ich diesen jungen großen Blaupfeil einfangen mit meiner Kamera.
Ich gehe davon aus das Er erst vor kurzem geschlüpft ist, da die Farben noch nicht komplett ausgereift sind und die Flügel ziemlich weiß waren.
Technique: Sometimes the subject I'm shooting gets so use to me being close that it just goes about its business as if I'm not there. All I had to do is set the camera to under expose the natural light in the background, and I shaded the subject so that the flash was the only significant light source on the mantis (to freeze motion).
Tech Specs: Canon 70D (F11, 1/125, ISO 200) + a Canon EF-S 60mm macro lens with 37mm of extension + a diffused MT-24EX (flash head "A" set as the key and "B" as the fill, with the key on a Kaiser flash shoes). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held.
Many creatures can be found in the wildflower meadows. One creature is the ‘Six-Spot Burnet Moth’ looking very similar to several other species of burnet moths. Six-Spot is one of the many insects who are poisonous, although it won’t harm you I don’t imagine it would taste very nice. Keep your eyes peels because you never know what creature you might come across!
- Now that the weather is finally warm around here, I have picked up where I left off last year with macro
For context: It took me about an hour or so to see a butterfly land where I wanted it to.
... and then the little bush-cricket came walking along... moving slowly, only to pause thoughtfully for a moment—perhaps to bask in the warm September sun filtering through the foliage... before ambling on into the leaves and vanishing in an astonishing, almost magical feat of camouflage... ☺️
I managed to acclimate this Swallowtail Butterfly to me when it was a caterpillar, and it remembered me after its metamorphosis. It's willingness to let me get close, coupled with some cool temperatures, allowed me to take a lot of photos.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (over 2x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Denoise AI, Sharpen AI, and Clarity in that order.