It's a Bugs Life...

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It's a Bugs Life...

Postby Remorhaz on Wed Jan 02, 2013 5:14 pm

I was initially just looking to capture some macro shots of some of the nice flowers in my dads garden when a few small bugs on flowers and plants caught my eye...

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I'm not sure what insect this is but the flower was lovely :)

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I think this was some sort of juvenile bee (it was smaller than a "normal" bee and seemed to lack colour - to the naked eye it looked grey and "fluffy") - I even managed a few nice handheld macro shots of it

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and this one shows a very nice sharp closeup view around the eye (luck more than anything)

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Lastly, I'd long wanted to take one of those classic shots of a ladybug walking along the edge of a nice green leaf or blade of grass but had never had the opportunity to give it a try. As luck would have it I just noticed this really tiny ladybug when photographing the flower on this plant. It was wandering continuously up and down the long leaves and it was a real PITA trying to capture a decent image since it was always moving and trying to AF at this distance was... lets just call it "challenging". Anyway I managed a few shots I was pretty happy with including...

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