Macro Photo thread

[crmcatee]

Potentially a slug ?

[4hero]

crmcatee said:

Potentially a slug ?

spot on

[crmcatee]

From tonights quick run round the garden..

Greenfly I believe - perhaps I should tell the Missus that its on her Roses




I love the lines in this... Bet it would be a great streamlined car..

[...Mole...]

I really wish there was an equivalent of the MPE-65 system for Nikon, although it's probably best for my wallet that there is not

[4hero]

Nice shots Craig, hoverflies are pretty amazing to watch! Next up, to catch one in flight with the MP-E

A couple from the last hour:

[Dr MAD]

Loving these all these ^^^

A little mosquito from 10 mins ago... my neighbours think I'm bonkers, skulking around the garden in the dark and sticking my head in bushes!!

[Menguin]

I can't compare to the others in this thread, but here is my attempt - saw this little guy in Southern France

Probably could be improved with some photo software, but not my area of expertise

Edited by Menguin on Tuesday 11th August 22:06

[Simpo Two]

Menguin said:

Probably could be improved with some photo software, but not my area of expertise

Worth practicing 'image resizing' though - it's still loading.

[Dr MAD]

Just found these little critters on a silver birch tree... any one know what they are or what they will turn in to?

First pic shows both of them. Smaller yellowy one (approx 5mm long) and bigger orange one (about 15-18mm long) with a white mohecan



On this one you can make out the head, eyes and mouthparts...



This one was taken approx 4:1 to try and get the detail in the hair/fur/whateveritis



'aint nature wonderful??

[Pvapour]

isn't it just

Edited by Pvapour on Friday 14th August 14:50

[oobster]

Fun with a dead bumble bee (I didn't kill it, I think it had a heart attack*):









All taken with a Canon EOS400D with Tamron 90mm Macro lens - ISO100, f22.

Perhaps it seen Karl Pilkington's head shaped like a f**king orange

[V8S]

oobster said:

Did the bee have small ticks or mites on it. I think I can see some in that shot. I have found several bees dying while covered with mites over the past few years. Does anyone know anything about them?

[jon-]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yappingjak/3803998033... is just lovely.

[4hero]

Excellent shots people!

Dr Mad, crazy looking caterpillar, wish we got things like that up here!

Oobster, $lippery slope this macro business, good first results though. The hard part though is not killing them first

A couple from tonight, these are evil little buggars to watch, they remind me of Nazi WWII soldiers with the helmet thing on their back. Is this not cannibalism?

[Yellabelly]

V8S you mean like these little fellas



YB

[Dr MAD]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/05/05051... ???

[V8S]

That's the ones. Horrible to see, but not sure what can be done on an individual scale. The bees I've found have been near to death so picking off the mites would do little good.

[Yellabelly]

Try this for how to remove the mites !

http://www.uksafari.com/bumblebees3.htm

YB

[V8S]

Yellabelly said:

Try this for how to remove the mites !

http://www.uksafari.com/bumblebees3.htm

YB

Good find!

I will definitely try this.

[Kermit power]

I found this little chap on my son's bedroom wall this morning. No idea what it is!