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I'm pretty sure this is a variety of Heliconian butterfly, they do a lot of genetic experiments at Butterfly World in Coconut Creek, Florida.
Shooting a hyperactive beetle feeding on Poppy pollen is probably the most technically challenging macro photography that I've done to date. Lots of deleted frames.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/125, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (about 2.5x) + 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.
“I'm not a bad guy! I work hard, and I love my kids. So why should I spend half my Sunday hearing about how I'm going to Hell?”
~ Dan Castellaneta
Still having fun shooting these European Wool Carder Bees that are sleeping in my Lavender. I get about a minute with them before they wake up and fly off. Shot horizontally but framed for a vertical composition (I turned the shot 90 degrees in post). Easier than trying to hold the camera in portrait orientation.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (3x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the fill for this shot), E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC, second curtain sync). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. I'm holding on to the Lavender stem with my left hand, and resting the lens on that same hand to keep the scene steady.
listed as a pest - guess i better watch the rose bushes and other flowers once it makes it around to the front yard
backyard capture in chesterfield
Overcast skies and intermittent rain set up the perfect conditions to go looking for a lethargic critter to photograph. I found this semi-active Sweat Bee on a Buttercup flower and when it would stop moving I'd look for a good angle to take a shot.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/125, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (around 3x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering, 0 FEC, second curtain sync). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held.
Up close on a white-lined sphinx moth (Hyles lineata) roosting in the Arizona desert at night. These hummingbird-like moths are found all over North/Central America, and can be seen visiting flowers at almost any time, day or night.
At just over 1/4 inch (6mm) it was bit of challenge photographing this little insect with the equivalent of a 840mm lens
Stink Bug's Summer - Panasonic GH4, Lumix G Vario 14-42mm lens, Fotodiox Auto Micro Four Thirds Macro Extension Tube
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Treehopper found in Merenberg, La Plata, Huila, Colombia. @merenberg.hotspot with @maria.daniela8
Photo by: Julio César González-Gómez
@gonzalezgomez40
📷 Camera: Nikon D3200
⚡ Flash: Godox V350n
⛅ Diffuser: #cygnustechdiffuser
🔎 Lens: Pentax 50mm f/2 (reversed)
⚙️ Settings: 1/200s, f/15, ISO 100
🎯 Single shot
Caligo eurilochus, a tropical butterfly from Central and South America. (photographed from the Butterfly Atrium, Hershey Gardens, Hershey, PA)
It rained this afternoon and when it stopped I went looking for something to shoot and found this waterlogged male Red Mason Bee in a flower covered in pollen.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (almost 4x) + 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, Denoise AI, and Clarity in that order.
Not sure what this Caterpillar will turn into. Seems to like to eat the stamen in my flowers.
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, -1/3 FEC). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held.
Pearl Crescent butterflies mating - Lensbaby Burnside 35, Fotodiox Sony E-mount Macro Extension Tube, Sony A7S II
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
~Dale Carnegie
or simply postman, is a brightly colored, geographically variable butterfly species found throughout Central and South America. The postman butterfly is predominately black with either red or yellow bands across the forewings. The postman butterfly has large long wings (35–39 mm). It is poisonous, and the red patterns on its wings are an example of aposematism.
Moth found in Merenberg, La Plata, Huila, Colombia.
I found a lot of moths in this beautifull place. When I was taking this picture, the moth leave flighing, I ran to save it but when I was very near to the moth, a bird (Tyrannus sp), trap it first and I losed my moth.
Photo by: Julio César González-Gómez.
@gonzalezgomez40
Thanks to @sergiobarreirophotography for his help