Small bugs (long post)

Lord Vetinari

Found there are still a lot of bugs about in Winter- they just get smaller
All taken at between 2:1 and 3.8:1 using my 105mmEX lens and extension tubes plus if necessary a closeup lens I obtained by by removing the front element of an old 35mm to 135mm zoom lens. All sizes are body length excluding legs/antennae.

Brian V.

Spider mite on an impatiens leaf (0.52mm)



Globular Springtail (1.7mm)



Leaf hopper nymph ? ( 1.7mm)



Springtail (2.3mm)



Bark louse (2.8mm)



Springtail #2 (2.8mm)



Money Spider (2.3mm)



Tiny wasp (2.3mm)



Crab Spider (3.8mm)



Little and large springtails (small one 0.45mm long) standing on a pool of water



Bark Louse nymph (1.45mm)

gluwater

I think you are getting to good Brian. These are really spectacular. Did you focus stack any of these, the last one looks like you may have. The Globular Springtail is my favorite.

Lord Vetinari

gluwater wrote:

I think you are getting to good Brian. These are really spectacular. Did you focus stack any of these, the last one looks like you may have. The Globular Springtail is my favorite.

Thanks Nick,
Well spotted re- the focus stacking yes #1,2,4,7,and 11 were focus stacked. The DOF at these magnifications is a bit small


Brian V.

This is a pic of the biggest globular springtail I've seen yet (2.05mm long) walking on a table cloth

Skippy

Awww The Faces...... I Love Them

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Found there are still a lot of bugs about in Winter- they just get smaller
All taken at between 2:1 and 3.8:1 using my 105mmEX lens and extension tubes plus if necessary a closeup lens I obtained by by removing the front element of an old 35mm to 135mm zoom lens. All sizes are body length excluding legs/antennae.

Brian V.

Spider mite on an impatiens leaf (0.52mm)
Globular Springtail (1.7mm)
Leaf hopper nymph ? ( 1.7mm)
Springtail (2.3mm)
Bark louse (2.8mm)
Springtail #2 (2.8mm)
Money Spider (2.3mm)
Tiny wasp (2.3mm)
Crab Spider (3.8mm)
Little and large springtails (small one 0.45mm long) standing on a pool of water
Bark Louse nymph (1.45mm)

Bugs just have he cutest faces I tell you and yours Brian are not exception, they are so unique.
Your work is excellent, and your subjects just amazing
Thanks for sharing your joy of Macro......... Skippy (Australia)

GraphyFotoz

The mite be small but still interesting!
(Pun intended!):D

Great shots as usual Brian!
I have a bit to learn......focus for something that small is REAL touchy I have found!!!

Lord Vetinari

Skippy wrote:

Bugs just have he cutest faces I tell you and yours Brian are not exception, they are so unique.
Your work is excellent, and your subjects just amazing
Thanks for sharing your joy of Macro......... Skippy (Australia)

Thanks Skippy- I rather like some of these little cuties especially the globular springtails.
Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

GraphyFotoz wrote:

The mite be small but still interesting!
(Pun intended!):D

Great shots as usual Brian!
I have a bit to learn......focus for something that small is REAL touchy I have found!!!

Thanks GraphyFotoz,
Apart from the narrow DOF I've found it's not too bad shooting at high mags. I attach the closeup lens with a tube made out of camping matting, this not only holds the lens in place but helps with the focusing- I simply rest the lens on the surface and tilt the camera up- when I find the bug I can simply push against the spongy matting to get exactly the focus I want.
Brian V.

Forehead

Spider mighty
Way better than I was able to accomplish so far (see Spider Mite on 'Techniques').

I'm still pretty new with Macros. One of the top reasons why I bought the Nikon E5400 is that it can get as close as 0.4 inches to the subject. But am I right in suspecting that, the bigger the True macro lens, the better the depth of field?

GraphyFotoz wrote:

The mite be small but still interesting!
(Pun intended!):D

Great shots as usual Brian!
I have a bit to learn......focus for something that small is REAL touchy I have found!!!

Awais Yaqub

Excellent and informative as always i am glad you included names also

Lord Vetinari

Forehead wrote:

Way better than I was able to accomplish so far (see Spider Mite on 'Techniques').

I'm still pretty new with Macros. One of the top reasons why I bought the Nikon E5400 is that it can get as close as 0.4 inches to the subject. But am I right in suspecting that, the bigger the True macro lens, the better the depth of field?

Thanks,
I think but am not certain that the only thing apart from aperture that affects DOF is the sensor size at any given magnification- the smaller the sensor the greater the DOF- so a normal dedicated macro lenses working on a DSLR will normally have a worse DOF than a P&S with a small sensor at the same magnification and aperture.
I use focus stacking to overcome this limitation in some cases.
Brian v.

Lord Vetinari

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Excellent and informative as always i am glad you included names also

Thanks Awais, I try to give the names when I know them :)and the sizes.
Brian V.