Small things seen up close. Work in progress…

Omophlus proteus…

Check out Weekly Abstract and Experimental #8. Fireplace33 posts the most amazing rainbow web images I've ever seen and explains how to do it.
Thanks,
barondla

Thanks for the mention :-)
Your image here is really good, the colours come out well with a nice bokeh background too.
In some strands you have all the colours of the rainbow next to each other.

The colours seem to show better if the web strands are slightly defocussed, this spreads out the colour from the very fine strands over many more pixels and makes it easier to see them, so a sort of compromise is needed between sharp and colourful ;-)

Thanks for the heads up. I will pop in for a look

Thanks for the positive review.

I get what you are saying about de-focusing. A few weeks ago a flash of light on the ground caught my eye. It was a piece of broken glass about a 5mm cube with rough surfaces. I tried to take some pictures of the sun reflecting off it but even in the view finder I could see there was very little diffraction compared to what the naked eye sees.

In the wrong flower…

Vanessa cardui.
After so many ugly bugs, it's a pleasure to come across one of these...

Excellent capture for you and the spider.
Thanks for sharing,
barondla

Truly beautiful specimen. The colors and details are superb.
Thanks for sharing,
barondla

Thank you for stopping by and leaving your comment, I'm glad you like them...

Another Rhynchites weevil, also in a trance state 😄

¡Hola!
A marigold (around here we call it “caléndula”) and a sleepy bee...

Wow! Exquisite detail. Beautiful image. Nothing in the image distracts from the subject. Love the clean composition.
Thanks for sharing,
barondla

These little guys are so tiny I walk into them without seeing them. They hang out in my blueberry patch.

Thank you for your kind comment, I'm glad you like it...

A nice image, with a well-defined spider web and an interesting background...

A little spider waiting for its lunch...

Oedemera nobilis.
A male, as indicated by its highly developed hind legs…

Thistle flower…