March morning, macro madness!

[Dennis]

Hello,

Here are some macro and close up shots taken in Roma Street Gardens recently. The fly “poohing” is a first for me! I think the frog is an Eastern Sedge Frog?

All taken with Canon 40D and Canon 100mm F2.8 macro lens…and plenty of patience!

Thanks for looking!

Cheers

Dennis

[Liz]

Like.. WOW ... an amazing collection of images Dennis. So close and sharp and beautiful :thumbsup:

[multiweb]

:eyepop: Hard to pick one. They're all so sharp and colorful. Great work indeed. :thumbsup:

[troypiggo]

Fantastic set there, Dennis. Good to see the bugs are still around. Must head out there soon. Hmm, long weekend coming up... :)

[DavidU]

#4 is a corker. Excellent !

[ving]

very sweet image dennis :D

[Scorp56]

Fantastic images, Dennis,
Sharp as.. and very colourful.

Great work!!

Cheers,
:)
Peter

[h0ughy]

Dennis - a fine collection of optical nirvana

[Dennis]

Thanks guys – your words of appreciation made the 5:30am start worthwhile, not to mention dodging the showery weather! :)

Oh, and a correction: the dragonfly & frog were taken with the 70-200 F4 L at 200mm.:rolleyes:

Cheers

Dennis

[astroron]

Nice work Dennis:thumbsup: but if you had swatted the fly's they would have stayed still longer for you:lol::lol::lol::lol:

[Dennis]

Hi Ron

Hmm, flattened fly photography eh?;)

This particular specimen was very cooperative; it was either tired or sick as I was able to manoeuvre around it to progressively get closer and better shots.:)

I wasn’t aware of it at the time, but after uploading the images I noticed the milky white sphere being excreted by the fly which on the next shot, appeared as a hemispherical blob on the leaf. I’m assuming it was the fly doing its number two’s!

Here is a full resolution crop of the eye.

Cheers

Dennis

[lacad01]

Great work Dennis, detail on the fly head is excellent. :thumbsup:

[rogerg]

Nice shots Dennis :thumbsup:

[astro_south]

Great shots Dennis - looks like that 100 is just the ticket :thumbsup:

[JD2439975]

Amazing shots Dennis, No 5 looks like it was taken under a microscope rather than a macro lens. :eyepop:
Breathtaking details.

[RB]

Excellent work Dennis !!
Some amazing detail in those shots, you're an inspiration as usual mate.
It's been a long time since I've done any macro work, I'd love to give it another try soon after seeing your work.

:thumbsup:

[StephenM]

Great collection of images Dennis!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Vanda]

Impressive image sharpness and great focal planes selected. Look after that lens its a pearler! Well done.