Water droplets macro captured at hi-speed. This is one the best shot I had out of the 300+ I took!

After doing this and realising just how hard it is to get everything just right from lighting, timing, settings, etc. I fully appreciate those who are and have taken beautiful hi-speed snapshots of a water droplet (especially those that can make a living out of photography).

For those that think this is easy, give it a try and I can guarantee you that your thought will change. Mine did.

Original color kodachrome that I macro captured with my D200.

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Shot with my Sigma 105mm Macro lens on Nikon D5300

Sight of #beauty & #bliss, the #butterfly is a living testimony of `Despite the gloom in your life you still can #glow and make others #gleam’.

Double-branded black crow #species from the #danaid group of brush-footed #butterflies #family spotted at #MaharashtraNaturePark right in the midst of an utterly monotonous #Mumbai

Rose "Cherry Girl"

Nikon D5300 camera

Macro Nikkor DX 85.00 mm, F 4.8, 1/90 s, ISO:400

Kraków, Poland

From afar, the University of Washington cherry tree blossoms are so dense and brilliantly colored that it is hard to see what the Yoshino flower truly looks like. Here's a close-up view of the individual flowers.

Macro captured using 85mm f/1.8 lens and macro rings.

I just thought I'd post this experiment for anyone who might be interested.

The literature states that this lens will focus down to 3.5 feet. As you can see, I can get quite a bit closer. Also, a true macro capture is 1:1, which means that the object will be captured full size on the sensor. My lens is rated at 1:2, but is actually probably better than that if this trial shot is any indication.

Day 361 of my project 365. This is a macro captured inside of a coil of steel wire. Depth of field is very limited when working in macro, so this shot required f40 to keep things in focus.

Если бы вы очутились на нашей планете несколько сотен миллионов лет назад, вы бы увидели, что стрекозы были среди первых насекомых, населивших Землю. Это уникальные, древние и невероятно разнообразные насекомые-хищники. В настоящее время только на территории России насчитывается около 150 видов стрекоз. Если вы комар, мошка, муха или другое подобное насекомое, то стрекоза для вас является настоящим кошмаром))) Стрекозы умеют отслеживать движущийся объект, устраивать воздушные засады и зависать в воздухе на длительное время, и уже оттуда атаковать свою цель. Они умеют оценивать скорость и траекторию движения цели, а благодаря своим обтекаемым формам и возможности использовать каждое из четырёх крыльев в отдельности способны молниеносно менять не только скорость, но и направление полёта, благодаря чему могут с легкостью перехватить добычу. Так же стрекозы являются рекордсменами среди насекомых по скорости движения. Обычный темп их движения составляет 30 км/ч, но в случае острой необходимости способны развивать скорость порядка 57 км/ч. Стрекозы относятся к отряду "Одоната", что означает "вооруженные зубами" и имеют очень острые челюсти, благодаря чему они на лету могут поймать и зафиксировать добычу. Ну и глаза стрекозы ...это настоящий шедевр природы) угол обзора таких глазок составляет почти 360 градусов:)

Macro capture of a flower at the International Friendship Gardens in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Day 345 of my project 365. This macro capture is of the edge of a well-used old machinist’s manual from my father’s machine shop. I used a single speedlight camera right that was triggered with a PocketWizard.

For this Alligator picture I wanted to do the opposite of the normal I suppose. Some would make an animal look more pretty and beautiful but here I wanted this guy to look just as he did from my eyes. I had to take my photo though the glass which is why he looked so shiny and reflective which looks cool but that's not what an alligator looks like so I guess what I did was make it look as real as I could here like instead of making it all HD and such I made it look like if you were to see it in real life or not through glass I even did research and looked at skin and textures and colors of the same species of gator to be sure I had the tone right so I know this one might look like I switched before and after but I was not going for glam I was going for realism in this photo. It is always good to have a variety.

Dimensions 2592x1728

Exposure 1/400 sec at f/9.0

Focal Length 90mm

ISO Speed Rating: ISO 320

Flash None

Model Canon Rebel T4i

Lens Tamron SP 90mm F/ 2.8 Di VC USD Macro

Capture Time 12:06pm

Pilze in der Rappenlochschlucht