Small things seen up close. Work in progress…# 2 (Poll Included)

Peacock butterfly (Aglais io).

At work.

Nice! Ants are difficult to photograph because they are incredibly restless and erratic, but the truth is they offer a lot of possibilities...

Meadow bee (Andrena cineraria, google says).

He is a different looking bee - kinda skinny for a bee. But he looks cute

The conspiracy theorists / flat earthers might see this one as proof there are alien life forms or that the guberment is surveilling us with mechanical insects...

This guy had taken off / landed a few times on the same perch and I had taken a few of him but never noticed anything amiss until I reviewed at home... I imagine that would have been courtesy of a bird getting just a little too close for comfort.

Just a bit of backlight

And and old favourite for good measure

Positions 2 and 3 are very successful, 1 is spectacular after the lighting in the dark areas is balanced (in my opinion).🙂

I respect your opinion... 👍

¡Hola Bryan! Yes, they're small, about half the size of a "normal" bee. I think they live underground, and it's not uncommon to find them asleep on a flower...

Ouch!
It's incredible that it maintains its ability to fly in these conditions 😲

The original image was already very elegant, but I think with the extra processing it's even better...

A windy day...

A fly that appears to be full of muscles.😁

(75 stacked images)

¡Hola!
Those flies are real killers, and it's not uncommon to find them eating another fly or some small insect 😬
It's a pity some of it was out of frame, but you did a good job with the stacking, and handled the some harsh light conditions well…

This little one hid behind the flower every time I brought the camera close but, luckily, she got tired of the game before I did...

Given the circumstances, it was a one-shot window of a few seconds, it was either this or nothing, with no way to change the enlarging ratio, the angle for the shot, or even different camera settings.
I was working on another subject nearby, with a large, heavy 3D system mounted with difficulty on a tripod among the bushes, and the fly settled there. I just managed to carefully turn the equipment towards it, fire a burst, and it was gone in the act.😁
(This is part of a collection of stories associated with lived experience.😀)

Young Ramaria Aurea mushroom.

(for cross-viewing)

Nice depth!