Small things seen up close. Work in progress…

Lantana / Monarch / Flight

Very beautiful images, the moments captured, the colors. Especially the second image, obviously!

Thanks.

I am liking the colours of the G9M2 - just a touch more pop than the G9

¡Hola Bryan!, some wonderful colors, that butterfly is truly a beauty. And, even with somewhat complicated backgrounds, very good captures, especially that second one in mid-flight...

Thanks doc.

Way back when I got my FZ300, I managed a couple of quite good captures of a Monarch. Then for ages I struggled to get any the same even with m43. Not sure if this correct, but it seems that as they age their colours fade and they get a lot of marks on their wings. So getting a younger one probably helps a lot.
I don't mind the Lantana flowers and leaves but the branches are all over the place. Saving grace is a long tele for closeups?

Mayflies, caught, some are already trussed up.

Calcite crystals that grow underwater in cave pools.

(Image FoV ~3cm)

Spectacular color. Can't be easy shooting under water.
Thanks for sharing,
barondla

Very nice image. And the lighting effect to highlight the textures and colors of these small wonders of nature is very interesting...

Ouch! A happy spider here...

A small carpenter bee, dozing on lavender flowers...

I missed this one! Stick insects are pretty awesome. Haven't seen one for a long time but that could be due to their excellent camouflage...

Well... Two warmer days and there are a few about! Rather lucky here to get one of the more difficult zoomy species (Australian Emperor) to pause up close... The background is not sky but its reflection in darkish brown water.

Amazing capture!👍

Thanks 3DG

How about Bryan, great capture, perfect focus. A few days ago I remembered you while reading this article:

smallsensorphotography.com/dragonflies-in-flight

About Bryan: waiting for a late season icy blast to go away! Also waiting to see if that shot was a total fluke or whether I can replicate it with the G9M2. Most shots of DIF are a fluke to some degree - it's a numbers game...

His site doesn't allow full screen / 100% viewing so I can't see what level of detail he has achieved - but the pics look nice.

Another one with quartz grown on pyrite. The scene has ~30mm FoV.

(for cross-view)