Small things seen up close. Work in progress…

A beautiful specimen.
I think it might be interesting to reduce the warm cast of the lighting to recover the natural colors of the subject...

Another ephemera…

I'm not sure. The green one seemed to have lassoed the brown one with a few strands when I last saw them but I didn't see either become dinner.

Neat capture. The colors are spectacular and the fighting insects are very dramatic. An unusual capture image that is very enjoyable to view.
Thanks for sharing,
barondla

This isn't my first attempt at capturing a rainbow of colours in a spider web. It never seems to pass expectations. Maybe there are some techniques I am unaware of. A larger depth of field would help and focus always seems a touch off (but that may just be the excess of reflected light). I am not sure how a filter would help to reduce the blown web elements, or how that would compare with some (-)ve EC.

Very curious, I had never noticed that effect…

Galerucella nymphaeae...

Junk Bug, 1st time ive seen one of these. fov 3mm the bug was very small 130 image stacks.
Live subject as usual.

15x magnifacation

Horrifying. Fascinating. 😲

Camptopus lateralis.
Or at least most of it because, apparently, he's had some unwanted encounter...

it was the most fun shooting this unusual bug as it was just a spec of junk running around. put it back in the garden yesterday to collect more garbage 😊
it wouldnt have a bar of sitting on the plant i had found it on so i just shot it on the sides and top of my glass cube with my new rotating lens system. i now have 7 axis shooting with unrestricted views.

Fly…

Small bug up close

A small alien…

Climber…

A thoughtful Rhynchites weevil…

The spider hid under a leaf on a hot sunny day.

Sony a6300, 90mm Macro lens.

Omophlus proteus…