beetle

This photo is about a year old. At the end of a long bushwalking and shooting session at a park I saw this beetle in some foliage, I wanted a better shot where I could see its face clearly but as we were about to leave, this was the best I could manage while it played hide and seek. Shot on my...

Laowa ultra macro @2.5X ISO 100, 1/125, f/2.8 Flash, homemade diffuser Stack of 101 images in Helicon Focus Wemacro rail @40um Postprocessing in Photoshop

A beetle, 5X magnification. Laowa ultra macro 25mm @5X 1/125, f/2.8, ISO 200 Stack of 88 images in Helicon Focus Post-processed in Photoshop. Wemacro automated rail @30 um steps 2 Flashes remotely controlled, and homemade diffuser.

A beetle found dead last night. Stack of 89 images - Helicon Focus Laowa ultra macro 25mm lens f/2.8 1/125 ISO 100 Flash (2) and homemade difusser Final adjustments in Photoshop.

Rhinoceros beetle

Single shot hand held

Here is a photo of a male Oedemera nobilis. Handheld single shots with Nikon D7200, Laowa 100mm supermacro lens, Neewer cobra flash and homemade curved diffuser. Magnification 3:1

huge beetle at 10mm :) Location: On my wall 1/320 f32 iso100 90mm macro + 68mm extension tube d7200 tripod used flash used, external speedlite off body

Bronzed Tiger Beetle (Cicindela repanda) Bill Mason Centre, Dunrobin, Ontario, Canada. Canon EOS M100 • EF-M28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM • ƒ/8.0 28.0 mm 1/320 100 Flash (off, did not fire)

Face to Face: Ghost Tiger Beetle (Ellipsoptera lepida) Larose Forest, Limoges, Ontario, Canada. Conservation Status: imperiled (N2N3) in Canada (NatureServe). Canon EOS M100 • EF-M28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM • ƒ/9.0 28.0 mm 1/400 100 Flash (off, did not fire)

Ghost Tiger Beetle (Ellipsoptera lepida) Larose Forest, Limoges, Ontario, Canada. Conservation Status: imperiled (N2N3) in Canada (NatureServe). Canon PowerShot G7 X • 8.8-36.8mm • ƒ/4.5 8.8 mm 1/1250 125 Flash (off, did not fire)

Ghost Tiger Beetle (Ellipsoptera lepida) Larose Forest, Limoges, Ontario, Canada. Conservation Status: imperiled (N2N3) in Canada (NatureServe). Canon EOS M100 • EF-M28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM • ƒ/9.0 28.0 mm 1/400 100 Flash (off, did not fire)

Inland sand dunes the Eastern Sand Tiger Beetle (Cicindela formosa ssp. generosa) is eating an ant at the Pinhey Sand Dune Complex, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Canon EOS M100 • EF-M28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM • ƒ/4.0 28.0 mm 1/1600 100 Flash (off, did not fire)

At an inland sand dune the Eastern Sand Tiger Beetle (Cicindela formosa ssp. generosa) is at hunt & play throughout the Pinhey Sand Dune Complex, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Canon EOS M100 • EF-M28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM • ƒ/8.0 28.0 mm 1/320 100 Flash (off, did not fire)

Eastern Sand Tiger Beetle (Cicindela formosa generosa) Pinhey Sand Dune Complex, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Does anyone else have a fondness for these wonderful beetles? Would love to see your macros. http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141021-the-fastest-insect-in-the-world

Stack of 60 images app. step 45um ISO 100, 1/125, f/4 Laowa ultra macro lens 3x magnification Stacked in Helicon Focus, Photoshop for retouching

53 images stacked in Helicon Focus, retouched in Photoshop Magnification 3X ISO 100, 1/125, 2 Flashes and home made difusser Laowa ultra macro lense ro