Insect and close up macro photography

[Sherwood]

Some pics taken in my local wood, using a Canon slr and Sigma 150mm macro lens...









Lift off!


I didnt notice the ant on the stem when it was taken


Thanks for looking, hope to go and take some more pics soon

[JonathanD]

Great shots, love the bee flying. Keep up the good work and keep on posting your pictures.

[Nagual]

Lovely shots there mate. Like the detailing you can see on the shield beatle.

[Sherwood]

Great shots, love the bee flying. Keep up the good work and keep on posting your pictures.

Thanks, I will do, tried for ages to get one of the bee flying towards me, and didnt manage it, but I havent given up yet!

[Sherwood]

Lovely shots there mate. Like the detailing you can see on the shield beatle.

Cheers, some of the fullsize crops of these bugs are quite disturbingly detailed!

[JonathanD]

Thanks, I will do, tried for ages to get one of the bee flying towards me, and didnt manage it, but I havent given up yet!

It is a nightmare. I've been trying to catch a dragonfly in flight for about four years with no luck and just empty frames. I did get half of a damselfly once though.

[Sherwood]

It is a nightmare. I've been trying to catch a dragonfly in flight for about four years with no luck and just empty frames. I did get half of a damselfly once though.

Heres the only one ive managed to get, not in focus, but at least it was in the frame, most werent !

[JonathanD]

You've done much better than me. I've never managed to get a whole one in the frame. There was someone on here that was taking a picture of their knife on the ground and a dragonfly flew into frame as he took the picture. He didn't know till he got back home and saw it. The perfect picture of a flying dragonfly, perfectly captured centre of frame quite by accident. I'll see if I can find it.

[Biker]

Really lovely pix Sherwood, thanks for sharing them. Alison's got her nose buried in the TV watching the tennis right now but I'll drag her to the PC sometime and show her your pix.

I don't think she's captured any dragonflies in flight, not even a damselfly. Did get a bee runningout of a flower covered in pollen and it looks as though he's just robbed a bank and making a getaway.

Thanks for sharing, inspiring stuff.

[gixermick]

Hi, love the pics, especially the 'green' beetle, I've only ever tried to use the macro button once, but managed to get this

http://gixermick.smugmug.com/Other/D...40_LxjCD-M.jpg

thanks,

Mick

[Sherwood]

If youre scared of spiders look away





It was very interesting watching how the web was created

And i'll sneek this pic in, not an insect, and certainly not close up....far from it, taken with my telephoto lens , tripod mounted, and using remote shutter release cable.
I can find out exposure and aperture settings if anyones interested in giving it a go..

[JonathanD]

Excellent spidey pics. They are beautiful creatures when you take time to look at them.