Little Grasshopper on a Clover - Sony A7S II, Macro Tube, Lensbaby Burnside 35

Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826) (Diptera: calliphoridae)

A Slender Meadow Katydid Observes My Lens - Sony A7S II, Fotodiox Macro Tube, Minolta MD Rokkor X 45mm F2

When someone says "fruit" I immediately think of raspberries, or rather frozen raspberries. I grew up in an area of New Zealand nicknamed "The Fruitbowl of New Zealand". There was all manner of different fruits growing everywhere, however raspberries were always my favourites. When freezing fruit became a thing, I discovered how much I enjoyed frozen raspberries. So there you have it.

To me, fruit = frozen raspberries.

Recently visited Oldmoor Wood, Nottinghamshire. Oldmoor Wood is a woodland in Nottinghamshire, near the village of Strelley. It covers a total area of 15.11 hectares. It is owned and managed by The Woodland Trust.

I went primarily for the beautiful Bluebells. There is a mix of Native and Spanish Bluebells.

Native Bluebells are protected in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981.

How to tell the difference.

English Bluebells: Flowers on one side of the stem.

Spanish Bluebells: Flowers all around the stem.

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Death of a Daffodil.

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Tiny Spider and Leaf - Sony A7R II, Venus Optics Laowa 60mm f/2.8 2X Ultra-Macro Lens

Used reverse ring on nikkor 18-55 mm

Grasshopper Dream - Sony A7S II, macro tube, Lensbaby Sweet 22

Miniature Jack-O'-Lantern and Green Forest Bokeh - Sony A7S II, Fotodiox Macro Tube, Lensbaby Sweet 22

Here's how I made this image: www.youtube.com/shorts/p26gOLIW5Pg

I present to you - the tiniest seed beads I could find (size 15), threaded onto the thinnest needle I could find, scored into the tiniest reel of fine stainless steel 32-gauge wire, set upon the millimetre edge of a stainless steel draughtsman's ruler.

Tiny is as Macro does - millimetre by millimetre.

Who'd have thought the foil mesh centre section of our 25 year old juicer would become the star of my macro photo? It's been an amazing juicer, Moulinex Vitafruit, since the day I bought it. We have fresh carrot-celery-beetroot juice every morning for breakfast. At times when we go away for a few days, we miss our juice tremendously.

For this shot I inverted the mesh section and set a red light under it shining forward. Came out quite well, I thought.

Green Bee on Orange Flowers - Sony A7R II, Macro Tube, Canon FD 50mm f1.8

When Coronavirus hit New Zealand, in early 2020, I made us masks out of a lovely brown cotton fabric with cameras printed all over it in white. I researched about patterns, on You Tube, and eventually made our masks with a centre pocket for a filter to fit into. We felt very awkward, that first time we wore the masks, however now our mask wearing is almost second nature. Every time we leave the house we yell to each other "Have you got your mask?".

Recently visited Oldmoor Wood, Nottinghamshire. Oldmoor Wood is a woodland in Nottinghamshire, near the village of Strelley. It covers a total area of 15.11 hectares. It is owned and managed by The Woodland Trust.

I went primarily for the beautiful Bluebells. There is a mix of Native and Spanish Bluebells.

Native Bluebells are protected in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981.

How to tell the difference.

English Bluebells: Flowers on one side of the stem.

Spanish Bluebells: Flowers all around the stem.

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Tall Flea Beetle Portrait - Sony A7R II, Venus Optics Laowa 60mm f/2.8 2X Ultra-Macro Lens

The ferns in my garden are steadily unfolding. Now's the perfect time to capture some macro shots.

Fern: Polypodiopsida, Polypodiophyta

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A selection of shots from Arnot Hill Park, Nottingham.

Roses seen in the beautiful Rose Garden. Hence the name :)

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THE RECIPE

Ingredients -

1 x Square Glass Bottle

10 x Filigree Bead Caps

1 x Red Light

1 x Blue Light

1 x Green Light

Black card for base and background

Camera

Tripod

Phone as remote shutter

Method -

Place bead caps into bottle and arrange them forward with tweezers.

Set bottle onto black base with black background.

Set camera onto tripod.

Set lights at different angles from each side to light up the scene.

Using phone as remote shutter, take photos.

Surprised Grasshopper - Sony A7S II, Fotodiox Macro Tube, Minolta MD Rokkor X 45mm f2

the eye of the needle

EF 100/2,8 macro usm

Ash trees make seeds called samaras or helicopters, whirlygigs, or whatever you like to call the winged seeds. When conditions are just right, certain trees will produce an exceptionally large number of seeds.

Seen during a woodland walk recently.

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in explore

Selected for Flickr group 'in explore', by group admin David Kracht, on 11 Sept 2023. Thank you David.

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(2) www.flickr.com/photos/78590035@N06/53177950001/in/pool-in...

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Congrats on Flickr Explore! 11 Sept 2023. Thank you :)

(1) www.flickr.com/explore/2023/09/11

(2) www.flickr.com/photos/78590035@N06/53177950001/in/explore...

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Blow fly

Macro Monday's Theme 30 May 2022. This is vegetable protein powder that we have in our thick breakfast shakes, made with Soy Milk and sliced bananas, every morning since 1990. The only time we wouldn't have this drink is when we're away for a short break. It's coupled with a fresh vegetable juice drink made from carrots, beetroot and celery with a touch of root ginger. Yum

The autumn is fantastic. You can see so much different things at that time of the year.

Escargot en balade

You'll never guess this one. It's the top of a spool for winding film negative onto when developing the film. I shone a red light into the side of it and then put my husband's black beanie hat in there as well, to create the black contrast. 😀 HMM

Corroded Leaf Spring.

NHR, Nottingham Heritage Railway. (Ruddington, Station)

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"Good things in small packages" so the saying goes. Certainly is here :)

Seen along the High Peak Trail, near High Peak Junction, Cromford, Derbyshire.

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Step size : 20um

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Nature's H2O

(1) Macro. (2) Flowers, Plants, Shrubs, Trees, Moss and Fungi.

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The New Zealand 10 cent coin features a Māori carved mask or Koruru, along with Māori rafter patterns. The 20 cent coin has a Māori 'pukaki' carving and was released in 1990. The 50 cent coin shows the barque ship Endeavour by Captain Cook, sailing south with Mt Taranki behind. It would have passed by Mt Taranaki, early in 1770, as it sailed down to Ship Cove in the South Island after first anchoring in Turanganui (Poverty Bay) in the North Island.

I had a bit of a search to find coins to photograph. With electronic payments becoming the everyday method for financial transactions, physical currency is used less and less in our country. New Zealand adopted digital banking and payments very early in the 1980's, although actual money was still being used widely, until 1999 when online banking was more strongly adopted. Then with Covid and not wanting to touch things that have passed through many hands, electronic payments became way more prevalent. All banks in the area I live in, have long closed their branches and everything is managed online. I certainly don't carry currency in my wallet. 💲

A Lonely Red Milkweed Beetle - Sony A7R II, Fotodiox Macro Tube, Lensbaby Sweet 22

This is my entry into the MACRO MONDAYS competition theme "Sound" for the week beginning 31 August 2020.

I took this macro photo using an electronic keyboard and a sheet of written music "Clair de Lune" (moonlight) by Claude Debussy.

It was an interesting undertaking, trying to get the camera positioned in a way to show the keys and the music, along with reflections of the music onto the keys. In the end I had my tripod bent in half, with the camera upside down and set about 2mm above the keys, while I moved lights around until I achieved a good reflection. Really fun to do.

Bee: Just one more petal for the gram.

Me: Hold still or I swear I’ll buzz too.

Decaying tree being reclaimed by nature.

Oldmoor Wood, Nottinghamshire.

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Unsure what flower it is, but I found it so striking

It looks very much like...

Hypericum 'Hidcote'

(St. John's Wort)

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Yes it's the corner of a box. One that you buy as a flat shape of cardboard and fold together. I've made jigsaw puzzles from several of my children's photos and I put them in these little boxes. I buy the boxes flat and fold them into shape as I need them. You never know what else you might use your items for, do you?

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The matchstick burned,

in blue and gold,

it glowed in red,

then died to grey,

turned black,

and was gone...........

I always keep a selection of plastic-covered hooks. If it hangs, they can hang it. Look all around our house and you'll see the result of my handiwork with white hooks. And then, just to confuse the issue as you're looking around, the odd coloured tack will stand out.

This was such an enjoyable Macro Mondays challenge.

The idea was to pick two....

One descriptive word:

List A

1. Striped

2. Jagged

3. Delicate

4. Curved √

5. Metallic

One object to photograph:

List B

1. Pottery

2. Insect

3. Stone

4. Brush √

5. Basket

My choices are 4 and 4 = 16 x lovely 😍