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E-M1MarkIII, M.Zuiko 60mmf/2.8 macro, iso 100, 1/250sec, f/2.8 Stack of fifteen photos taken in the camera Hand held Daylight

This Checkerboard Fly was blowing bubbles at ease. They don't blow bubbles for nothing, because that's how they digest their food because they can't chew. Stack of fifteen photos taken in the camera Hand held Daylight

E-M1MarkII, M.Zuiko 60mmf/2.8 macro, f/3.5, 1/8 sec, ISO 250 60 Images, Caruba Extension Tube 16mm Helicon Focus and a little Photoshop, Light: Day light

E-M1MarkIII, M.Zuiko 60mmf/2.8 macro, f/2.8, 1/3 sec, ISO 100 60 Images, Caruba Extension Tube set 10,16mm Helicon Focus and a little Photoshop, Light: Day light The fly is dead It could be even better on top of the fly's back and tongue, but we keep practicing 😁 I have included pictures of a...

This fly was enjoying the sun.

Springtails are tiny creatures, often no bigger than 2mm. There are many different types, spherical or elongated, but in my garden I only found the spherical ones so far. Sometimes they are translucent, sometimes striped and sometimes a bit blotchy. And, as their name suggests, they can jump...

Stack of fifteen photos taken in the camera Hand held Day light

Here I used the bracketing function in the Olympus. It is fifty photos then stacked in Helicon focus ( method c ) and edited in the new Photoshop 2021

And a broken feeler Here I used the bracketing function in the Olympus. It is fifty photos then stacked in Helicon focus and edited in Photoshop 2020.

Stack of fifteen photos taken in the camera Hand held Day light

Another photo of the Twin-lobed Deerfly. Now between the drops. And did you know that these don't sting but bite. When they bite you, they bite a piece out of your skin and it hurts so much.

This photo was not taken in a studio, but simply in the open air. You can also take good photos with a simple setting (see second photo). Tripod has been replaced by a self-made garden bench. Did use a remote control. How simple can you make it.

This fly is enjoying a pear here.

It's not a world photo, but that's not the point. If you look closely at a Wasp you will see three dots on top of their heads. Do you know what the three dots on the head of a wasp are for? The three dots are extra eyes (ocelli). This allows them to distinguish light and dark and probably also...

Yesterday I found a dead wasp in the garden and it was still very good.