Another shot of the lovely cricket I saw in my garden the other day. No-one's contradicted me so far, so I'm hoping I've got the identification right.

One more in the Comments showing its long antennae.

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Gesehen im Botanischen Garten Berlin Steglitz

Window Gnat male and female. Not sure if they had a spillage but the tiny droplet disappeared in the next few shots

I was just looking through the photos that I took today and decided that maybe this photo wasnt too bad after all.So I decided what the hell I'll post it anyway (Oh no not another insect photo they moan) :-)

It looks like he is smiling at you when you look at the larger view

Great capricorn beetle (Cerambyx cerdo).

SMC PENTAX-M 50mm F/2 + 12mm extension tube.

Mouche sur bois

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

wasp

Cetonia aurata

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Neurothemis fluctuans

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Fuji XT1 with Nikon AFD 105mm micro lens

She sucked my blood, and quite unexpectedly, perched on the front element of my Vivitar 300mm tele zoom. To capture the moment, I turned to my old Oly E510(mounted with 35macro), and of course, with the help of YongNuo 580II(w/ CTO filter) and two LED torch as extra light source.

Test du montage : 36cm tube + 18-70 inversé + flash. Main levée, Non recadré, non redimentionné, cliché original.

Test 36 cm extented tube + 18-70 reversed + flash. Not cropped, not resize, original shot.

Spotted this little fella during my macro shoot yesterday at Hunter Botanical Gardens (Heatherbrae, NSW; Australia).

Macro really makes you observe the world in much closer detail!

It's amazing how easy it is to just focus on things at a more distant range and miss on seeing a whole different world surrounding us!!

Thanks for viewing, commenting or adding to favorites - much appreciated!

while taking a picture of this spider, a honey bee came along to get in the shot too :-)

Up Close and Personal

LA Natural History Museum Butterfly Pavilion. With Meike extension tube. Manual Flash.

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View this one large! :)

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See the ripple in the syrup? :)

This guy was trapped in the house, apparently much too long. He was struggling to barely walk across the kitchen counter when I saw him and I think he was not too far from death. I gave him some water, then a dollop of syrup, which he obviously enjoyed. Then I took him outside... see next pic! www.flickr.com/photos/ferlinka/2506430749/

I'm not great at macros - I'm suprised it turned out this well. :)

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This photo won a photo contest judged by the Susquehanna Valley Shutterbugs (Oct 2008) . :) yay! Thank you to the judges!!!

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Macro Are My Favorite Subjects Ever... Especially The Insect Like This...

size 1mm

Found at Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit. Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA.

Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.

Taken from Dhaka, Bangladesh with Canon 100mm Macro.

Not many insects around at this time of the year (it is mid-winter in Sydney) so this assassin bug was a welcome visitor (at least for a macro photographer).

If you are having your photo taken, you must have a clean antenna!

A hoverfly feeding on Hogweed

on a twig