On top of the flower

*surprise guest. :p

Using the macro filter, these were busy mating and would not keep very still for me ...

Spotted Cucumber Beetle

iso 100, f/11, 1/200, speedlite flash + DIY diffuser, eos 70d, sigma 105 os

Fuji S5 Pro - Tamron 90 macro

Nikon D700

10X Objective

Raynox DCR 150 (reversed)

Nikon bellows

353, 9

Three SB-800 flashes, w/diffuser

ISO 64, 1/250s

Cognisys

Helicon Focus Soft

Zygaena filipendulae and a bee ;-))

I kept this ladybug captive for two days before I had a chance to get my macro lens out.

It still was lively and flew off after about 5 minutes of chasing it around the light table.

I did manage to get a few close up shots beforehand though.

:)

caterpilar

Wish I could take credit for it, but this photo was made by my lifelong photographic friend, Jay Elliot.

Graphosoma lineatum è una delle tante cimici fitofaghe della famiglia Pentatomidae che si incontra facilmente negli orti, soprattutto sulle piante in fiore o sui semi ancora non maturi

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Graphosoma lineatum is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae. It is also known as the Italian Striped-Bug and Minstrel Bug.

EXPLORED on Aug 17 2008 #319

er not well hidden

Cromwell Bottom Nature Reserve

I couldn't decided on the b&w or the color version.

Wikipedia: "The spider species Argiope aurantia is commonly known as the yellow garden spider, black and yellow garden spider, golden garden spider, writing spider, zigzag spider, corn spider, or McKinley spider. It is common to the contiguous United States, Hawaii, southern Canada, Mexico, and Central America."

"The web of the yellow garden spider is distinctive: a circular shape up to 2 feet (60 cm) in diameter, with a dense zigzag of silk, known as a stabilimentum, in the center."

Nikon D500, Nikon 200-500mm. 1/1000 sec at f/6.3, ISO 400, 500mm.

3 Aug 2019, Phinizy Swamp Nature Park, Augusta, GA, USA.

Today in my garden Lyme Regis.

SONY DSC

Open your eyes

Look up to the skies and see

I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy

Because I'm easy come, easy go.

*not much focus here, but i love the ant's expression so i'm uploading it anyway :)

Great word that.

See it on black.

After I fished this poor thing out of the water (see yesterday's shot), I put him on a Mother's day card that was nearby to dry out. Some of the pollen was gone but he still looked a bit worse for wear so I decided it was time to put him back out in the garden...

(next)

Carpocoris cf. purpureipennis, Pentatomidae

Size: 2 mm

Early morning stack of a bunch of newly hatched stink bugs.

They were perched on a very delicate piece of grass spike and I opted to use my modified light tent to reduce wind movement. As a result the lighting has become very enclosing with a studio like appearance. I'm not a big fan of this kind of lighting myself since it doesn't look very natural to me, but I'm ready to make exceptions.

Stacked from 29 exposures in Zerene Stacker.

Sony NEX-7, Canon MP-E65 @ 1/5s, f/6.3, ISO100

to touch a face

to kiss a smile

new eyes see no race

the essence of a child

~Shawn Mullins

4 of 100

Tawau Hills NP / Sabah / Borneo

more macro: www.flickr.com/photos/127377625@N02/albums/72157658357840578