Some Macros

I continue to aspire towards Loupey's greatness :) Though I'm settling for some mostly in focus cool teeny critters as I improve.

I've got tons of dragonflies and damselflies so I'll do a separate thread with those. Also with most of the butterflies... except for the Red Spotted Purple I snuck in here.

1. Hairy Flower Scarab Beetle. Neat little guys. You can't tell in this angle but these guys are very good bumblebee mimics.
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2. Hoverfly. Love his abdomen pattern. The flower he's on was smaller than the tip of my pinky finger.
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3. Red Spotted Purple
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4.Spider of some sort
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5. Another bug with a pretty pattern...
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6. Flower Longhorn Beetle
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7. Slug eating grass
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8 Camel Cricket.
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9. Bumblebee or Carpenter Bee
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10 Leafhopper
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11 Bee Mimic Hoverfly
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12 Fly on our yarrow
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13
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14 I missed the focus on this, but I find it amusing
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15 Another little hoverfly
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16 ??? I have no idea what this is. It looks more like a bee than a fly to me, but I'm clueless.
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17 Jumping Spider
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18 A little closer
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19 Some sort of metallic wood borer? If it was green I'd bee afraid it was an emerald ash borer, but this guy was blue-black.
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Love them critter pic's!! Nice job,......

Lots of good subjects.

Excellent detail in #13. The slug is pretty cool too.

Nice! My favs are 12 and 13.

Those are wonderful shots Cara, that first hoverfly shot is perfect.

I love #13 !

Wonderful macro series, well done you did a terrific job and have received a well deserved feature.

Awesome shots Cara, you macro work is coming along nicely! What lens are you using and are all of these natural light?

Thanks everyone and thanks for the feature!

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Originally Posted by Kokopeli

Awesome shots Cara, you macro work is coming along nicely! What lens are you using and are all of these natural light?

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I use the Canon f/4 300mm IS with a set of extension tubes. I usually stack my entire set of tubes and then use manual focus (three tubes stacked generally kills my af). Handheld or with a monopod.

Everything is in natural light. I don't own a macro flash or ring flash yet. (I want one though!).