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...
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...
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Tripod has been replaced by a self-made garden bench.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.
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...