Sometimes They Come to You, Pt. 3 - _TNY_0709
So I was out near my fav spot at Åva-Stensjödal chasing bugs and decided it was time for a coffee break and put the camera on a tree stump and myself on the one right next to it.
After pouring my coffee I noticed I had a small visitor, right next to the camera.
This metallic little (~8 mm/.3") friend is a Donacia brevitarsis, one of the reed beetles and shooting it was really comfortable with it being both like 60 cm/2' off the ground but also near the edge of a flat surface.
I initially started out with the 100mm + Raynox (like here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51198299331/), but it kept still there so I went for a lens change and shifted to the MP-E65mm and got even closer.
For part 2 it even let me get five exposures at 3:1 magnification which I focus stacked here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51445740326/
This one, which I like because of how it turned its head towards the camera, is even closer at 3.3:1 mag.
Sometimes They Come to You, Pt. 3 - _TNY_0709
So I was out near my fav spot at Åva-Stensjödal chasing bugs and decided it was time for a coffee break and put the camera on a tree stump and myself on the one right next to it.
After pouring my coffee I noticed I had a small visitor, right next to the camera.
This metallic little (~8 mm/.3") friend is a Donacia brevitarsis, one of the reed beetles and shooting it was really comfortable with it being both like 60 cm/2' off the ground but also near the edge of a flat surface.
I initially started out with the 100mm + Raynox (like here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51198299331/), but it kept still there so I went for a lens change and shifted to the MP-E65mm and got even closer.
For part 2 it even let me get five exposures at 3:1 magnification which I focus stacked here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51445740326/
This one, which I like because of how it turned its head towards the camera, is even closer at 3.3:1 mag.