hunting in the meadows: bugs and butterflies. macros #301
A few macros of my recent insect findings. Some of these bugs were amazingly crafted by the mother nature -- looking like a jewels!
Some were easy to shoot, others were pretty tricky.
The cover bug (I share two pics with him today) was a mess! Very smart, flat and unstoppable, he made me spending maybe a few hours personally on him (really! no jokes). Eventually he paused to brush (or clean?) his antennae, then I nailed him. Oh, and I found him scavenging the carrot husks that we threw away into the compost heap :)
He had amazing spine, that always changed its colour. From one angle of view it looked like a camouflage, like it was a plain sunflower seed, but from other angles, it shined like antracit, like a jewel. I hope I managed to get his beauty, at least in some pictures.
Seems, a huge strawberry lover. How can such a tiny bug fit it in his belly, I wonder?..
A ticketless passenger detected!
Perhaps the only species today I can identify for sure: aphids, of course!
| location: | Russian countryside | July 2020 | natural light |
| camera/lens: | Canon 350D | Tamron 60mm | raw-conv |
All of these are such excellent shots! What software do you use for touch up?
I use a simple build-in raw editor in Photoshop. for macro shots focus stacking I use PS, again. I dont use LightRoom, cause cant get my head around it, but it has the same functional, all operations can be capplied there... also I heard a RawTherapee - free soft is a good tool, some of my acquaintances use it. cheers! @sustainablyyours
Первых двух жучков, по моему не встречал в наших краях... Странно, вроде и в одних широтах проживаем)
угу, наверное редкий какой-то. первые два это один и тот же. необычного цвета черная спинка, с искрой, щиток не красный а коричневый. красивый.
в одних широтах или нет, но у нас всех тех грибов, что ты описываешь, я тоже не вижу 8-)
Ну в принципе Питер, да немного севернее)
I like that white orb weaver.
thank you! I love the cover beetle most (which is on pics #1 and #2)
That beetle almost resembles a firefly but it is a bit too wide and hard shelled.