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I couldn't stop staring at this praying mantis because I'd never seen one this brown before. Do they change colors with the season change?
We went to a superb wildlife photography talk by the very talented Des Ong earlier in the week. As well as his shots of Musk Ox in Norway and rainforest photos, Des also showed some lovely macro shots of tiny local wildlife. That inspired me to put the mostly unused macro lens on the Sony A58 and prowl the garden. Needless to say, I spotted nothing, but Jackie spotted a dragonfly on a flower stalk and after many failed attempts to locate the thing on the LCD screen, I eventually got an adequate hand held shot. Late afternoon today, I'm walking past our front door with some ladders and spot this moth just beyond the door. It looks like it would be extremely well camouflaged on the right background, but our painted, rendered brickwork wasn't a great choice for it. For me, it was brilliant. It stuck out like the proverbial sore thumb and it even obligingly stayed in place while I set up a tripod. I relied on autofocus and didn't manage the usual maxim to focus on the eyes. Maybe next time.
Penny for scale.
Update: almost certainly a Spider Beetle: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_beetle (thanks, Steve's father-in-law)
A Red-banded Hairstreak butterfly explores a Caesalpinia pulcherrima flower at the San Diego Zoo's Reptile Walk. He's hoping to get on the guest list for next year's Butterfly Jungle at Safari Park.
This was in our garden on the coal bunker. This shot was taken in the same place, but with the addition of a piece of paper to make him stand out a bit better.
I believe this is a Carolina Grasshopper. I saw this fly, watched it land, finding it through the viewfinder was a challenge because they were so perfectly camouflaged.
En este caso no usé mi difusor del flash con luz polarizada como últimamente, sino que probé un flash anular casero que me he hecho hace poco. Espero que os guste el resultado.
Backyard macros
Been out playing in the backyard again with my 100mm lens...
I hope everyone has had a great weekend....
ISO 2000, f/9.0, 1/60sec, handheld, manual focus, shot using live view
A common bluebottle sunning itself on a lump of wood in my garden. Beauty is where you find it, and you rarely have to look far.
This is a focus stack of 7 images.
Modified by CombineZP
when I first began shooting insects with a macro lens, I was surprised to see all the hairy details. Some bugs are so hairy it could almost be described as fur.