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...