Just a few.....
Aug 15, 2023 16:41:25 #
These were all shot in natural light and between the light breeze and my inability to hold perfectly still I had to take quite a few shots to get them. Anyway, a crab spider, what I believe to be a Wolf, funny thing is that North Carolina has some of the largest Wolfs in the country and this one was tiny, and lastly my favorite of all flies.... a Hover taking a break.
Aug 16, 2023 05:37:43 #
Aug 16, 2023 07:47:49 #
All are great captures, but I am captured by the fly photo. The fly's eyes are so big compared to the rest of the creature... amazingly so. It takes a lot of brain power to process those multi-images collected by those eyes.
Aug 16, 2023 09:38:39 #
dpullum wrote:
All are great captures, but I am captured by the fly photo. The fly's eyes are so big compared to the rest of the creature... amazingly so. It takes a lot of brain power to process those multi-images collected by those eyes.
I find those flies to be gorgeous and of course the eyes are a prominent feature of this species. The top of the thorax is very reflective, when I fist started shooting Macro years ago I had a pic of one where you could see the reflection of the sun and palm trees in the fly's thorax. But yes, the large eyes and coloration of those flies are quite different from your average house fly, they are pollinators, like hummingbirds they can hover still in the air and move forwards or backwards as they do so. Unlike a common house fly or a fruit fly you will not see them in your house but you will find them in your garden. They range in size like this one (very small) to somewhat large for a fly depending on the species, 1/8" to 3/4" in length. They are also known as flower flies.
Aug 16, 2023 10:44:16 #
Aug 16, 2023 18:24:45 #
Good stuff! I suggest you go out with a flashlight to look for wolf spiders. That seems a way to find the big ones that stay hidden in the day most times.
Aug 16, 2023 18:44:23 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
Good stuff! I suggest you go out with a flashlight to look for wolf spiders. That seems a way to find the big ones that stay hidden in the day most times.
I have a wrap around deck and find them out there, had that spider been big I don't know if I would have been interested in him...
I don't too often mount macro lenses as these days as at the moment I am more interested in Hummers, waterfalls and landscapes... But, that is a new lens that is seemingly better than my previous macro lenses so I have been playing with it a bit.
Aug 17, 2023 16:11:35 #
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Aug 25, 2023 18:13:48 #
tinusbum wrote:
love your spiders!
Thanks everyone for your kind comments and tinusbum... I know you love spiders, Sippyjug.... Your high magnification stacked macro is some of the best I have seen, I am much to lazy to get into that type of macro even though I am sure it can be quite rewarding as it is magnificent.
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