Small things seen up close. Work in progress…

Thank you very much!🙂

Walking on the clouds…

Little explorer…

Sarcoscypha coccinea, scarlet cup…

Lovely colors and details.
Thanks for sharing,
barondla

Water Prince

He is not easy to capture, but a bit of perseverance paid off.

Congratulations on the fine capture. Are some types of dragonfly harder to photograph than others?
Thanks for sharing,
barondla

Thank you.

Yes, most zoom around all over the place. Some hover every now and then and some rarely hover.

Common Gliders perpetuating the species...

Great catches Bryan, as always. I especially like this last one, it's a different frame than usual.
And regarding what barondla asks, I would add that the behavior of the bugs also varies a lot depending on the time of day (they are more docile at first and last hour) or even the prevailing temperature...

Thank you very much, I'm glad you like it. The mushroom season has already passed here, but it is still possible to find small specimens here and there.
Some Mycenas among the moss on a fallen branch...

Thanks doc, landscape wasn't really working for it so I decided to go more portrait.

Where I live is considered sub tropical. It is actually on the edge of temperate so I think of it as sub tropical in summer and temperate in winter. So even in winter it isn't that cold that I see insects slowing down that much in the early and later parts of the day. They do, but not like I can get up close to them where they don't react.

Graphic Flutterers doing their thing

I want to relate a funny thing I see but can't show in still images.

They often perch on top of the reeds as in the pair above. When the wind is shifting around a bit they will often just spin around the top of the reed to maintain their position into the wind (and not get blown away)...

The first few shots of that pair were facing the other way and then suddenly they spun around - which changed the composition favourably

Fabulous photo. Shows how difficult the position is to achieve, especially when one is flying.
Thanks for sharing,
barondla

Good capture, and a nice, colorful background...

Another small mushroom…