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Letztes Wochenende war ich auf der Photo-Adventure 2023 und habe am Stand von Terra Zoo dieses tolle Geschöpf knipsen dürfen.
Cool temperatures and partly cloudy skies create a stop and go environment for small critters like this female Mining Bee that was foraging for pollen on a Dandelion. Also windy, so the breeze masked the vibration that I caused when I grabbed onto the Dandelion's stem. This is my first real outing with the camera since last July. Nice to know that the muscle memory that I've built up in my hands is permanent.
Tech Specs: Canon 90D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (set to 2x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT, E-TTL metering, -1 FEC). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Denoise AI and Clarity in that order.
Here is a moment I＇ve captured where nature orchestrates its own symphony of colour: an ebony butterfly, adorned with white jewels, rests on deep pink flowers. Every detail, from the delicacy of the butterfly＇s wings to the protruding stamens of the flowers, testifies to the extraordinary complexity of the natural world. In the green bokeh that envelops the scene, simplicity meets grandeur. A fleeting moment, a delicate interaction, captured forever by the eye of my lens.
A longer butt this week. This looks to be the Reed Damsel bug Nabis lineatus. Photographed here in a collecting tray, it was released unharmed shortly after. This one may be a male, not sure on that. Happy Beautiful Bug Butts Thursday.
This is a Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio machaon) that I raised from a kit. After photographing the critter I released her into my yard. Image taken in Bacoli, Italy in May of 2020.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (set to around 3x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT, E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC. This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Sharpen AI and Clarity in that order.
Found a little Scissor Bee (Chelostoma florisomne, male) semi active in a Buttercup flower and when he would pause I'd look for a new composition.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (4x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT, E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC. This is a single, cropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Sharpen AI, Clarity, and Denoise AI in that order.
Lots of builder bees today (Osmia cornuta, Megachilidae, Hymenoptera; Belgium, Boom, March 2019).
There are always a few calm ones ... excellent models. Fieldstack with a live specimen (fast method, 64im); assembled in Zerene Stacker (Pmax & Dmap). Sony A6500, FE 2.8/90 Macro G OSS; ISO-200, f/3.2, 1/250s, -0.7step, diffused natural light.
Explanations on gear & methods used, see: : www.flickr.com/photos/andredekesel/8086137225/in/dateposted
The autumn months are drawing in along with the dark nights and short days so what better opportunity then to visit my local woodland for a spot of macro photography to photograph the mushrooms and toadstools that are popping out from the woodland floor.
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The recent wet, dreary and mild weather here in the UK has provided perfect growing conditions for the woodland mushrooms, toadstools and fungi especially in my local woodland where several old trees have fallen, and broken branches of old dead and decaying wood litter the woodland floor.
Wandering around your local woodland can reveal a host of secrets and little scenes in miniature to photograph, however it takes a while for you photographers eye to focus in on the mushrooms and toadstools that make their homes in the wet nooks and crannies of the the dead wood.
Allowing your eye adjust to the challenge is the key thing to remember and having a dedicated macro lens really helps bring the miniature subjects to life once you have found them within the chaos of the woodland environment.
So why not join me on this little amble into the woods as I try to find some interesting Macro photography compositions, armed with my trusty Pentax K1 and 100mm f/2.8 Pentax Macro Lens. Where I make the Mushrooms and Toadstools the focus of the compositions and introduce you to some little creepy crawly friends I made along the way
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I found this pair making the 22 Spot Ladybug with two backs in my zucchini.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (2x) + a diffused MT-26EX RT (E-TTL metering with -1/3 FEC). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Denoise AI and Clarity in that order. The sharpening built into Denoise AI looked so good I used it to sharpen this photo.
OM System OM-1 + M.Zuiko 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO + Godox V860iii + Cygnustech flash diffuser - 126 shots focus stacked
Cool, partly cloudy weather makes the perfect conditions to photograph small solitary bees. I found this Mining Bee foraging in a Dandelion.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/125, ISO 200) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (set to over 2x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Sharpen AI and Clarity in that order. ISO and shutter set to expose for the natural light in the background.
This one could be Nomada fave, some of the species are difficult to tell apart. The Nomad bees will parasitise various mining bee species, laying their own eggs in other bee's burrows. Hence the name Cuckoo is often used.