Small things seen up close. Work in progress…

¡Hola!
I found this little guy in the middle of the undergrowth, as you can see, scanning the horizon perched on a blade of grass. These photos are usually a disaster, because the background is so close and intrusive. So I took a chance and opened the aperture to its maximum, hoping to at least get his little eye in focus...

Green camo.

Nikon D5100, 135mm lens, f:11, ISO 400, 36mm Kenko Macro ring, on tripod.

A little fakir! 😄 thanks for sharing.
It's very interesting how some of these little guys camouflage themselves in their surroundings. Usually, if they're not moving, you don't even see them.
Another example: in this case, this little grasshopper lives among rocks and dry brush...

Oh, and I repeat, I'd be happy if you'd like to share your bugs (or your macros) here...

So, let see something very small, from a very close distance.😀

Taken with a custom macro rig with Sony a6300 and a microscope objective.

Wow!
An ant, right? Is it a stack? With that close-up and magnification, i can't even imagine how thin the focal plane must be...

Yes, it's a small ant and a stack of over 200 images, I forgot the exact number because as a precaution I picked up more.
There is almost nothing to see in a single image.😀

For these jobs, do you shoot in raw? Because between developing and stacking, you'd better have a capable computer...

Come on, another ant.
This one is a "Camponotus cruentatus", and it's one of the largest species we have around here (10-15 mm). They're just as nervous as the smaller ones, and focusing on a whole one is, for me, a matter of luck...

Nice picture.👍
I only shoot in RAW in very difficult situations. Fine JPG is more than enough.
I have a pretty powerful computer, for 4K gaming.😀

The impact of gaming on the advancement of computer hardware is never appreciated enough 😄

Hey! her friends are out on patrol...

These are among the smallest, but I don't know any details about them.

How did you do these last ones?

Do they need to be macros or are closeups ok?

We are not going to be picky 😀

We are not going to be picky 😀, closeups are ok…

Prickly, as in the pain you feel might not be from the Thistle...

These little ants are very restless. I attracted them with a small drop of honey placed on the end of a thin broken twig, in the natural setting of a climbing plant, where I photographed them from a reasonable distance (a few centimeters) with a Sony a6300 camera, a 200mm telephoto lens, Kenko macro tubes and two overlapping Achromatic macro lenses.
I used f:16 to obtain an acceptable depth of field.
The lighting required a powerful off-camera flash and a small photo umbrella, with a light dome effect.

Hola Bryan, good jaws, better not cross its path...

What an assembly, a laborious process, no doubt.
The honey thing is a good idea, but I tried it with sugar the other day, and with a piece of banana today with little success. It seems my ants don't like sweet things. I'll have to try McDonald's or something from KFC...

Another little spider waiting for its chance.

By the way, I don't think there was a more wilted flower in the entire park than the one the protagonist chose...

Bibio hortulanus.
This is a female, because the male is completely black, a little smaller and with huge eyes...