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Shot with my 18-55mm Kit lens using the reverse lens mount method. The shallow DOF makes it pretty hard to capture good photos but at least its free macro photography :D
Picture was taken in my garden and the flower is a bud of a dandelion I guess, these bugs love the dandelions. I never knew they existed until the time I stared at the through my viewfinder with my lens reverse mounted. Yes they were that small ><
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"Heil Hitler"!
I should (reluctantly) point out that this is another "Dolichopodid fly" ("long-legged" or "thick-headed" flies) I photographed on the exterior kitchen wall this evening.
Every time I took a shot (with the flash), it threw a leg or two in the air.
It looked like it was trying to breakdance, so I popped on a CD - of the Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's delight" to help it out....
"I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie to the hip hip hop,
a you dont stop the rock it to the bang bang boogie
say up jumped the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie the beat".
(You know the one.... don't pretend you don't...!)
I looked at the dozen or so photographs I took later and in every one it has a leg or three in the air at weird angles...
If I was to guess as to the genus of this Long-legged fly, I'd plump for a Trachytechus sp and a female (you'd notice the male's genitalia under the abdomen for sure if it was a male) - but I'll not get much further than that. I think there are about 40 Trachytrechus sp. in the UK alone....
Best stick to a "Nazi fly" I think...!
Please do go to flickr.com/groups/rocksteady_insects/ to see more hip-hopping, rocksteady insect photographs - though you'll have to join the group to see them all...
Hemiptera : Membracidae
Raleigh, NC USA
Nov 24, 2010
It was a cool day today, so this insect was not going anywhere anytime soon. So I clamped the branch, carefully cut away some tiny branches with scissors to have a good view of this hopper. Installed my 3 extension tubes (68mm worth) and used ring flash. Also used polarizer, to reduce stray reflections. Barely cropped. Adjusted color, contrast etc... in LR 2.0.
I really have no idea what kind of insect is this. Really appreciate if anyone can tell me about that. Thanks.
Dragonfly - I saw this dragonfly zooming about the field in front of me. After watching it for sometime it finally settled in the middle of the field amongst the lush green thick grass.
Keeping my eye on the place and down wind from where it landed, I finally managed to track it down to its resting place.
It was amazing, the detail was fantastic as it glistened in the afternoon sun.
This is an insect similar to long-horned beetle.I got to know that it is an insect with poison later.
This pic Taken From our Garden .
Location : Malmsjo - Sweden
camera : FinePix Fuji S5Pro
Lens : Nikon macro 60mm
It Was in Day (32) of Europe Trip 2008
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I have this other hobby where I take pictures of insects and arachnids and cry over needing a better macro lens.
I'm not entirely sure what kind of dragonfly this is yet, but I'll look it up, unless someone else would like to ID it for me. It was at a gas station in California in the desert-y area between Modesto and Fresno.