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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.
Phyllium philippinicum is a leaf insect from the Phlippines. A friend reared this girl from a nymph into the impressive individual she is today. Too large for my macro lense, had to go with the 50mm on this one...
Gestern hatte ich mir mal vorgenommen einen Foto Stack auszuprobieren 🔥📷😉
Hier habe ich 49-Fotos von dieser Spitzenfleck-Libelle geknipst.
Setup war mein Stativ, Funkauslöser , Kamera und mein Makroobjektiv.
Da es bei Sony ja keine Focus Brackting Funktion gibt , habe ich auf Serienbild gestellt , den Focus vor der Libelle platziert und die Serienaufnahme gedrückt gehalten und gleichzeitig den Fokusring gedreht, so das sich die Schärfenebene verändert.
Danach das ganze in Helicon verrechnet und das Bild nachgearbeitet in PS und LR.
Ich weiß es ist noch nicht 100% und es sind auch einige Fehler drin , aber ich fand das Bild trotzdem für meinen ersten Stack gelungen 😉
Many Bee and fly species are small in size which are not physically capable of storing pollens on their bodies and they not posses corbicula (pollen basket) So they have this behaviour of blowing bubble to evaporate off excess water and concertrate the sugar from the nectar that they drinking and this process repeated again and again to get suitable amount of nectar which fullfill their daily need.