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Bat, Bison or Bug? - Bronzed Cutworm Moth - Sony A7S II, Fotodiox M39 to Sony E adapter and macro tube, Industar-69 28mm f2.8
Cool temps and partly cloudy weather create the perfect conditions for shooting small solitary bees like this Dandelion pollen covered male Blue Mason Bee. Although most people treat Dandelions like they're weeds they're actually an important pollen and nectar source for spring pollinators.
Osmia caerulescens
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (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 Denoise AI and Clarity in that order.
Native Ischnotoma eburnea is within family Tipulidae, the large crane flies.
The legs are so impressive. I learned that these over-size legs can provide stability during flight, act as sensory organs, confuse predators and enable females to oviposit directly into the ground.
Body length 25 mm.
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This European Blue Mason Bee is emerging from its cocoon. The female creates cells (usually in reeds or other hollow cavities), makes a pollen ball inside of a cell, and lays an egg on it and then closes that cell before making another one. When the egg hatches the larvae eats the pollen and spins a cocoon in about ten days, becomes a fully formed adult near the end of summer, "hibernates" through the winter and waits for the spring to emerge. The yellow bits stuck to its fur are left over pollen that it did not eat when it was a larvae.
Osmia Caerulescens, male.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (set to about 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 Sharpen AI and Clarity in that order.
Cool, partly cloudy weather makes the perfect conditions to photograph small solitary bees. I found this female Mining Bee foraging for pollen in a Dandelion. She would occasionally "wake up" and move around the flower and when she paused I'd take a portrait.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/125, ISO 200) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (over 3x) + 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 Denoise AI and Clarity in that order. Shutter and ISO set to expose the sky in the background.
This early morning shot was taken at St Catherine’s Hill SSSI Nature Reserve near Winchester as this beautiful female opened her wings to receive the warming rays of the rising sun .
The Birdwing is a butterfly of the Swallowtail family. This was taken in the Kuranda National Park in Queensland, Australia
not 100% certain on the identification - looks close to online photos of acholla multispinosa in the assassin bug family too, but appears to be a ringer for a nymph stage of acanthocephala terminalis
backyard capture in chesterfield
Last year I bought a kit so I could raise some Swallowtail Butterflies (Papilio machaon) and this is a frame with the Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens set to about 4x. 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 4x) + 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.
I baited this honeybee with some sugar syrup to give her a reason to let me get close. Zucchini pollen is huge! This is a frame from 2009, and I'd like to recreate this shot with my current gear.
Tech Specs: Canon 40D (F13, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (around 3x) + a diffused MT-24EX (both flash heads on the Canon flash mount, E-TTL metering). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held.
I have been working on my diffusers again, and I think I am finally happy with the light quality at life size magnification. I went out to see how well the light looks and found a honeybee that was foraging in slow motion. Partly cloudy weather and cool temps may have been effecting her metabolism. I took this frame when she paused to clean herself.
Tech Specs: Canon 90D (F11, 1/125, ISO 200) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (set to 1x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT, E-TTL metering, -2/3 FEC. This is a single, slightly cropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Denoise AI and Clarity in that order. Shutter and ISO set to expose the sky in the background.
Oulema melanopus or rufocyanea (seems dissection is the only sure way to tell the two apart)... this on e was left happily where it was.
Hier habe ich mal probiert mit nur einem Shot so viel wie möglich Details drauf zu bekommen. Normaler Weise geht dies ja nur mit Bracketing.
really liking the way this one turned out - has the look of an animation cell, though it's a photo w/ only a bit of adjustment
wish i had completely nailed the focus on the protagonist but, otherwise, the abstract vibe, luminosity and color palette surpass my expectation when i clicked that shutter button
backyard capture in chesterfield
On windy days critters like this Sweat Bee do not notice when I grab onto the stem of the Sourgrass Flower that it is foraging in. So I was able to get a shot of her collecting pollen. Image taken in Bacoli, Italy in April of 2020.
Halictidae Lasioglossum
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (set to 2x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC, second curtain sync). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Sharpen AI and Clarity in that order.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Bi-nomial name: Lilioceris lilii
Common name: Scarlet lily beetle
Suomenkielinen nimi: liljakukko
Episyrphus balteatus, sometimes called the marmalade hoverfly, is a relatively small hoverfly (9–12 mm) of the Syrphidae family.
A marvel of nature, delicately placed on a green leaf, this butterfly reveals its wings adorned with intricate patterns combining warm orange, bright yellow and earthy brown. The soft light enhances the delicacy of its silhouette and the transparency of its delicately veined wings. This fleeting moment, captured in a photograph, testifies to the harmony and ephemeral beauty of the insect kingdom.
This was a test of my new Macro LED Ring Flash, Venidice, replete with instruction manual literally translated from the Chinese!
Still quite a few of these Chironmids around, but I don't know the species. This one stayed well back in the foliage and was unfortunately rather camera shy. Happy Fly Day Friday
this is basically straight out of the camera - very pleased w/ this one - bumped the saturation and texture slightly and then a slight burning on the mosquito herself to bring out the details - the ferns are golden right now and the lighting just set this one off
backyard capture in chesterfield
Miridae family includes the quite widespread, but odd looking Heterotoma planicornis. This bug has flattened sections on the antennae giving it a rather distinctive look. When they wave their antennae, it looks more obvious than with some other bugs, so they can be quite easy to notice. This one is doing a little pollinating.