Macro Photography
- 'Blue Bristletail' by Tom's Macro and Nature Photographs
'Blue Bristletail' by Tom's Macro and Nature Photographs
>Jumping bristletails, order Archaeognatha (meaning "ancient jaw"), are an order of small, strange, vaguely shrimp-like, wingless insects. They're covered in fine scales, like butterfly or moth wings, and can indeed jump by pushing off with their tails.
>They often live in damp environments, but you can spot them in the desert, usually under rocks. Most are tan or grey, sometimes with interesting patterns and a bit of subtle metallic color - but this is the most beautiful one I've ever seen. I found it on Saturday in Joshua Tree National Park.
>I usually use a diffused flash when photographing insects and spiders, and shade the subject from harsh sun to prevent overexposed highlights, but in this case, the flash flattened out the gorgeous colors - so this is a full-sun, natural light image.
>Like much of the blue in nature, this is structural coloration, meaning the hues come not from pigment but from micro-structures in the scales that cause only certain wavelengths to reflect back to our eyes.
>This time of year there aren't a lot of insects out and about, but this little creature, maybe about three times the size of a rice grain, was a spectacular exception.
- Honeybee on a Purple Crocus
Canon T6 - Sigma 70-300 f/4-5.6
Photo is cropped a bit as I wasn't zoomed very far.
- 'Physarum sp. slime mold' by Jason McCombe
>Tiny subject. No bigger than 1mm. 100 image focus stack. Essex, UK.
- 'Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata, m), (Ceratitis capitata,m)' by Ulrich Vogl
>Mitutoyo 10x NA 0.28, tube lens: ITL 200 (Nikon)
>llumination: Oblique
>The male have an additional chemo-sensor on their head, certainly to find distant females.
>This species originates from tropical regions and can normally not survive north to the Alps (Bavaria). However, from time to time I find them in our kitchen, and I suspect that I "import" them by buying (ecologically grown) oranges or lemons.
>These beautiful flies are considered to be one of the most destructive fruit pests in the world.
Found on Flickr
- 'Springtails' by dave dube'
>Sometimes called Snow fleas, they are approx 1/6" or 2-3mm in size and are rather difficult to photograph well with standard gear. They live in the soil and decaying matter, they also seek cover under Mushroom caps.
Found on flickr
- 'Yellow jacket eating spider' by Kyle Ezdaman
>Unfortunately the only jumper i saw on this day was a meal for this guy. As i walked up he was finishing up de-legging and de-heading the jumper =(
Found on flickr
- The Top 100 — Close-up Photographer of the Yearwww.cupoty.com The Top 100 — Close-up Photographer of the Year
The best 100 close-up, macro photography and photomicrography pictures of 2023. View the winners of Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY 5).
- [OC] Strictly Arbitrary 141, #photography , 2023
Strictly Arbitrary 141, #photography , 2023 by Joshua W Murray. : : : #photooftheday #picoftheday #bwphoto #bwphotography #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhite #photo #minimalphotography #digitalsketchbook #sketchdaily #art #artist #artpatron #artcollector #photoart #photoaday #photosketch #modernart #postmodernart #tinyuniverses
- [Equipment] Lens from Old Google Cardboard
I had a damaged Google Carboard that I cut in half, and taped a magnet to so I could stick it to the back of my phone and use as a budget macro lens. Works a treat for me
- Naturemastodon.social Petra Bohemica 😺🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈🇨🇿 (@petra_bohemica@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image #příroda #nature #naturephotography #rostlina #fleur #fleurphoto #pflanze #pflanzefoto #pflanzefotografie #plant #plantphoto #plantphotography #plante #plantephotographie #photo #photography #photographie #fotografie #FlowersOfMastodon
- [OC] Orb Spider (Araneus diadematus)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/4768804
> Taken on a Samsung phone (plus a small bit of tinkering)
