Small things seen up close. Work in progress…

Spider sunbathing.

He looks good up close. Nice colours and detail.

Lens?

Thanks!
The picture was taken with Nikon D600 and Sigma 90 mm Macro.

A pretty little (and crowded) flower, and good control of the light, which was clearly very harsh at the time...

Wow, nice pic, this isn't a hammock anyone would want to lie in 😬
The level of detail is astounding...

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A few days ago, a forum member commented that it is sometimes difficult to get an idea of ​​the size of the objects we photograph.
Today I came across an image that turned out to be unsuccessful (lack of DoF and focus)…

…but it will be useful to give an idea of ​​the size of what we photograph sometimes…

Blame it on the camera! 😊

Seriously, we are well into Autumn here and the light seems to have a more subtle quality at the moment.

I think that the most elegant and unobtrusive solution to indicate the size of the subject is to introduce a scale (preferably discrete) inside or outside the image, but comparative solutions can be interesting as well.

I have just bought a Z105, and I have been experimenting with stacking. My Cacti on the balcony, provided some interesting challenges.

Mini…

…and Maxi…

I like the patterns and colours of this one the most.

It is quite unusual to see a square four leaf pattern as after 2 leaves most plants go to a prime number of leaves.

Anyone interested in a Weekly Wildlife thread?

Fauna and Flora, big and small, anything...

Normally, when I approach a spider and it escapes, it does so by hiding in the vegetation or dropping into it. But this one did something different: it left the vegetation and scuttled off into open country. At first, I was surprised... until it stopped and became invisible…

A young grasshopper.

It looks great in its natural environment, and is a nice color combination...

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This morning I came across a tiny bug, which at first I thought was a fly. Looking more closely, I saw it wasn't, so despite its small size, I decided to take a series... which ended up being just two photos because it literally shot out of nowhere 😮.

A Google image search revealed it to be a (juvenile) specimen of "Issus coleoptratus," which apparently possesses the only mechanical gears ever found in nature, and which help synchronize its hind legs when jumping.

Here's the image I saved of the subject...

…and a link to a video detailing the mechanism in question...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQk-lP2R04Y

The same "guy" from another angle.