This lovely little ladybug was hanging out on a stray rose bush shoot sticking out over the pavement right at eye level, how could I not whip out my phone and grab a shot 🐞

This damsel fly hovered in place long enough for me to accomplish a few focused images--this one being one of the better ones. The image in the comment box below lost too much quality in cropping, but I wanted to be able to distinquish the tiny bug in its mouth (you can just see the wing). I think it was "hunting" for bugs and that's why is was hovering in front of our cosmos flowers in the first place.

Jupiter 8, with extension tube

Nikon D700 + Nikkor AFS-105mm + Nikon SB700 + Raynox 250 + Macro Diffuser

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ladybug

Wahrscheinlich Gemeine Feldschwebfliege - Eupeodes corollae

Ich brauche mal wieder eine Erinnerung an den Sommer...

Explored

This is a stereo photo (you look at it cross-eyed to see it in 3d) of a grasshopper I took on a recent hike.

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I find the best way with insect macro is to get as close as you dare then gradually edge forward to get somewhere near one to one magnification, that's the theory anyway.

Cromwell Bottom Nature Reserve.

Went bug hunting yesterday with my new toy (D700), only managed to shot for abt an hr or so and it started drizzling!! Got to abandon my macro mission thereafter, though shortlived, still managed some decent shots to share with all! Happy Viewing!!!

Taken with D700 + 105 VR f 2.8 + Raynox 250 + R1, 10% cropped.

All comments,critique for me to improve are most welcome!!! =D

Lucilia sericata, roof terrace, Potsdam, Germany, shot with a Nikon Z fc with a Nikkor Z MC 50 mm 1:2.8., roof terrace, Potsdam, Germany, shot with a Nikon Z fc with a Nikkor Z MC 50 mm 1:2.8.

Foto tirada próximo à praia de Toque-toque Grande - SP.

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Taken near Toque-toque Grande Beach (São Sebastião- Brazil).

Macro Insects

The insect only has less 2 mm.

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busy busy busy! I can't keep up. I'll try to identify what this kind of fly this is later. Hopefully when sports are over I can catch up here! Thank you for all of your comments, faves and views! Your loyalty is amazing and I have so much gratitude!

Minzkäfer

Please no invitation for groups - S'il vous plait, pas d'invitations pour des groupes.

Pour changer un peu des paysages, châteaux, oiseaux, biches, sangliers, etc...voici une proxy-photo d'une simple libellule bleue. La libellule est sur un jonc dans une rivière, l'arrière plan est l'eau de la rivière avec des reflets. Pour prendre cette photo, je me suis assis sur le bas du talus pour être au même niveau que la libellule, j'ai relevé les jambes et calé le télé entre mes genoux de manière à stabiliser un maximum pour pouvoir faire une map précise.

...Photographier une petite libellule au 600 mm à main levée n'est pas chose facile surtout avec une vitesse aussi faible que le 1/250 ième...essayez et on en discute :-)) Je dis ça, parce qu'il est très difficile de maintenir le collimateur sur l'insecte pour faire le point focus tant ça tremble avec 600 mm de focale. Ici la map est faite sur le corps de la libellule juste derrière la tête.

Vitesse 1/250 - Ouverturef/5.6 - focale 600 mm - ISO 800