Insect jewellery :)

Lord Vetinari

A tiny chironomid midge covered in dewdrops.

Brian V.





deeper focus stacked version of the above shot



More recognisable as a male chironomid midge in this shot.

mehampson

Whoa, that looks pretty weird

I really like the blue. Was that all ambient?

GOLDENORFE

superb find Brian, love the last frame with the eyes just showing
phil

Aguadulce

Amazing photos!!

paddler4

All wonderful. I tend to agree with Phil about this--even though I think some of the earlier ones are aesthetically even better, the last one is the most interesting.

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for looking and commenting

mehampson - As the midge was on a black damp surface (a compost bin lid) I put a blue milk bottle top about 1 " behind it to give some colour reflection. I tend to have a few coloured objects in my jacket for this purpose

Brian V.

Daver2112

These are absolutely fantastic!!!

Lord Vetinari

Daver2112 wrote:

These are absolutely fantastic!!!

Thanks for looking and commenting
Brian v.

the supervillain

wow!!
that is amazing..
love the idea of the bottle cap for color!

you have given me many good ideas to play with

Lord Vetinari

the supervillain wrote:

wow!!
that is amazing..
love the idea of the bottle cap for color!

you have given me many good ideas to play with

Thanks

Quite often put coloured objects behind subjects if the background is boring- works best if the surface is damp as you get colour reflection back onto the surface the subject is on.
Brian v.