A few insect macros

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Hi all,

I spent an hour or so out in the garden with my macro lens this afternoon, and thought I'd post a few of the better shots. All taken using the 50mm Pentax macro and natural lighting. Not up to the same standard as the ones Andrew has just posted, but here they are anyway.

(Incidentally, the flowers in the first 3 are Cosmos, which I guess is appropriate for this site...!)

Thanks for looking!

Cheers,
Stephen

[leon]

Great stuff Steve, love the lady Bird one, well done indeed.

Leon

[astro_south (Andrew)]

Great shots Stephen, especially in natural light.

My guess is your bee in the first two is a leafcutter bee, while the third is an African Carder Bee.

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Thanks for the comments Leon and Andrew!

And thanks for the identifications, Andrew. I saw you captured the same bees in your recent post. I figured it was probably a leaf-cutter bee in the first 2, because we have lots of circular cuts in our rose leaves.

Cheers,
Stephen

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Great work Stephen

[Liz]

All great shots Stephen Love the Ladybird too ... and the one after the Ladybird is a goody too!!

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Thanks very much Adam and Liz!

Cheers,
Stephen

[hotspur (Chris)]

Ah-No,Stephen,not another BIMBO convert (giggles).I was just outside

half an hour ago ,and saw the ISS fly over,I thought-yep Stephen M will

have a great capture here!But no-its all bugs-the modertators will have to re-name this web sit A.E amateur entomologists, (giggles)

great work Stephen,particularly with natural light.well done

I like the lady beatle

cheers Chris

[Vanda (Ian)]

Its important with insect shots that the eye is in sharp focus - it pulls the viewer in. Not always easy though I admit. The 5th shot was my favourite.

[danielsun]

Wow Stephen! They are incredible shots, the crisp detail is amazing.

Cheers Daniel.