Thank you priyambubaiMy first post and joining in the fun to this contest. Taken hand held with an OLYMPUS OM-D E-M1 Mark II and Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm f/2.8 Macro Lens and self made flash filter. This is a land snail - Quantula striata (Dyakia striata) View attachment 17701
Awesome!Eye contact, all 5 of them!View attachment 17691
Very nice series...Technique: I found this European Wool carder (Anthidium manicatum) bee snoozing on a Lavender stalk before sunset and woke up early the next morning to photograph it before it warmed up and got active. I placed an artificial flower in the background to keep the background from being black. This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. I'm holding on to the Lavender with my left hand, and bracing the lens on that same hand so both camera and critter are on the same "platform". Once I got the focus point where I wanted it I twisted my wrist to push the area of acceptable focus deeper into the frame. The end result is a "magic angle" that makes it seem like there's more depth of field than there really is.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 200 with highlight tone priority) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (set to over 2x) + a diffused MT-24EX (both flash heads on the Canon flash mount, E-TTL metering with -1 2/3 FEC).
Note: Those three orbs at the top of its head are Simple Eyes (ocelli), and are possibly used to help the critter to be more stable in the air. But my theory is that they may assist in predator avoidance. Since they are arranged in a triangle it might be possible to triangulate the speed and direction of an attack as a shadow falls over those simple eyes.
View attachment 15543Snoozing European Wool Carder Bee by John Kimbler, on Flickr
This is an emerging male Red Mason Bee (Osmia bicornis) chewing his way out of a cocoon.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/200, ISO 200 due to Highlight Tone Priority) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (set to about 2.5x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT, E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC, second curtain sync). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held.
View attachment 15544Emerging Red Mason Bee by John Kimbler, on Flickr
I bought a kit last year so I could raise a few Swallowtail Butterflies (Papilio machaon) and this is a frame with the Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens set to just under 5x.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (set to almost 5x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Sharpen AI and Clarity in that order.
View attachment 15545Swallowtail Portrait by John Kimbler, on Flickr
Great shot..||I'm Watching You ||View attachment 13799
I took this photo in 2018 with Xiaomi Mi A1 with clip on lens attached.
Thank you..Wow!!!I haven't seen this type of moth!! Looks classy!!
amazing detail!!My first post and joining in the fun to this contest. Taken hand held with an OLYMPUS OM-D E-M1 Mark II and Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm f/2.8 Macro Lens and self made flash filter. This is a land snail - Quantula striata (Dyakia striata) View attachment 17701
Thank youMy first post and joining in the fun to this contest. Taken hand held with an OLYMPUS OM-D E-M1 Mark II and Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm f/2.8 Macro Lens and self made flash filter. This is a land snail - Quantula striata (Dyakia striata) View attachment 17701
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