Ant tending her aphid flock - Reverse mounted Nikon 50mm f/1.4 G lens, Fotodiox Canon EOS R Macro Reverse Ring, Canon EOS R6.

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Location: Botania

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A delicate pause on an ocean of green 🌿. The majesty of a butterfly, its bright orange wings gently set against the artistic blur of foliage. A fleeting encounter captured in the intimacy of nature, reminding us of the fragile beauty of the biodiversity that surrounds us.

I went to my sister in law's place (up in the mountains of Itri, Italy) to photograph the bees that forage in her Lavender. This is a new one for me, a Leaf Cutter Bee (possibly Megachile willughbiella, Willughby's Leaf Cutter). Taken in August of 2024.

Tech Specs: Canon 90D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (set to around 1x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT (E-TTL mode, -1 FEC). This is a single frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Photo AI and Clarity in that order.

Note the delicate, translucent body of this plant hopper nymph.

backyard capture in chesterfield

A rare visitor in my garden!!

One or two of these male hawkers were kind enough to settle in the afternoon sun. Trench Wood, Worcestershire UK.

I found this Chafer Beetle feeding on the Passion Flowers at my mother in law's farm. I'm still trying to get a good shot of this critter's mouth parts, and this is one of my better attempts.

Possible ID: Oxythyrea funesta.

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 (E-TTL metering). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Denoise AI and Clarity in that order.

Der Hauhechel-Bläuling (Polyommatus icarus) ist ein Schmetterling (Tagfalter) aus der Familie der Bläulinge (Lycaenidae). Innerhalb seiner Familie stellt er die häufigste und verbreitetste Art dar und wird daher auch als Gemeiner Bläuling bezeichnet.

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📷 Camera: Nikon D3200

⚡ Flash: Godox V350n

⛅ Diffuser: #cygnustechdiffuser

🔎 Lens: Pentax 50mm f/2 (reversed)

⚙️ Settings: 1/200s, f/8, ISO 100

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Hortense and Zebra Butterflies, Butterfly World, Coconut Creek, Florida.

Photographed in the Osa peninsula, Costa Rica

Canon 7D MII, Sigma 105mm, f22, 1/80", ISO 200. Flash on.

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Butterfly World, Coconut Creek, Florida.

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Close up shot of Asian ant mantis

Butterfly World, Coconut Creek, Florida.

Photographed in Lucerne, Switzerland

Praying Mantis, Macro, 2020.

Papilio machaon

Right before it rained this Solitary Bee took shelter in a Wild Morning Glory Flower.

Tech Specs: Canon 90D (F11, 1/125, ISO 200) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (set to 2x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT, manual mode, key (A) set to 1/16 -1/3 and the fill (B) set to 1/32 -1/3. This is a single frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Photo AI and Clarity in that order.

I found this Ladybug Larva hanging out underneath a Sunflower leaf. Was pretty cooperative until I tried to get some shots at 3x.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/100, 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, -1/3 FEC). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Denoise AI, Sharpen AI, and Clarity in that order. I wrapped the fingers of my left hand around the top of the leaf and turned it over, then rested the lens on that same hand so that the camera and the subject were on the same "platform" making it easy to get the framing that I wanted. Once I got the focus point where I wanted it I twisted by wrist to lay the area of acceptable focus over the subject, and to get as much of the plant's vein in focus so that it would lead the viewer's attention to the subject.

Butterfly World, Coconut Creek, Florida.

Trithemis annulata

Male

Macho

maybe a stable fly? not able to make a clear enough identification other than that it's a fly that isn't even flying

Photographed in Lucerne, Switzerland

The scarlet skimmer or ruddy marsh skimmer,

Female

Night temperature is coming down and in humid monsoon most insect need time to dry the dew drops before they leave their perch.

21 August, 2022

EM1X 300f4-MC14

1/1600, f5.6, ISO2500, 0ev

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