Wet day macros

Lord Vetinari

Took this series the other day just after it had stopped raining. The bug (globular springtail) at the end is 1.8mm long.
Brian V.

Eric&Susan

Even your water drops are starting to resemble spiders like in #3

Now since your so damn good I want to see a bug reflected in the water drop

Always amazed by your work,

Eric

photocat

What do you want me to say???? I want to be you when I grow up...
I don't even see bugs like that... How do you find them? Are you crawling over the parking lot to find those little critters?
Love the photographs, love the second one of the droplets on the fence.
The color in the background is attractive, the droplets are sharp, it has it all! Great work!!!

tmlphoto

Very nice stuff LV.

ziggy53

Brian,

Truly breathtaking and awesome. I am betting #2 and #3 would make wonderful enlargements.

Thanks for these, I am getting so much inspiration from your work.

ziggy53

Skippy

What A Cute Little Guy

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Took this series the other day just after it had stopped raining. All shot between 2:1 and 3.4:1. The bug (globular springtail) at the end is 1.8mm long.
Brian V.

Nice work Brian......... I love the little guy at the end he reminds me of the underground dwellers of that old Muppets Show Fraggle Rock
Are they found everywhere? like would they be here in Australia too??
Skippy (Australia)

Jeffro

That's it, note to self......buy a friggin' macro lens!

Nice shots!

Lord Vetinari

Eric&Susan wrote:

Even your water drops are starting to resemble spiders like in #3

Now since your so damn good I want to see a bug reflected in the water drop

Always amazed by your work,

Eric

Thanks Eric,

Now a bug refracted by a water drop would be a challenge- would have to be a fairly large bug as the water drop acts like a wide angle lens. Will have to try it
Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

photocat wrote:

What do you want me to say???? I want to be you when I grow up...
I don't even see bugs like that... How do you find them? Are you crawling over the parking lot to find those little critters?
Love the photographs, love the second one of the droplets on the fence.
The color in the background is attractive, the droplets are sharp, it has it all! Great work!!!

Thanks photocat.
I just go crawling around my own garden

The springtail at the end is about the same size or smaller that a pin head. They are very common but you wouldn't normally notice them unless you are looking for them.
Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

tmlphoto wrote:

Very nice stuff LV.

Thanks Thomas
Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

ziggy53 wrote:

Brian,

Truly breathtaking and awesome. I am betting #2 and #3 would make wonderful enlargements.

Thanks for these, I am getting so much inspiration from your work.

ziggy53

Thanks Ziggy53,
Pleased you enjoyed them.
I've been pretty lucky and managed to find things/bugs to photograph thoughout the winter- just look in different places
Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

Skippy wrote:

Nice work Brian......... I love the little guy at the end he reminds me of the underground dwellers of that old Muppets Show Fraggle Rock
Are they found everywhere? like would they be here in Australia too??
Skippy (Australia)

Thanks Skippy- I really like these globular springtails to. Always look like 6 legged alien cows to me- and they do go around in little herds grazing
I'm waiting for the spring for them to get into breeding- apparently they run around head butting each other in competition for ther females
. I'd be very suprised if you don't have them out there as once you know what you are looking for they seem to be everywhere, but they are very small and like damp places. My favourite spot for them is actually on a water barrel lid- I've now built them a little habitat on it- Just a piece of plastic pipe with some damp water absorbent material over the top of it so it stays damp, but you can find them in damp leaf litter as well.
Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

Jeffro wrote:

That's it, note to self......buy a friggin' macro lens!

Nice shots!

Thanks Jeffro,
Obviously I really enjoy my macro lens, I bought a canon f2.8 200L lens with the intention of shooting garden birds during the winter but have hardly used it- just find the macro world too fascinating.
Brian V.

Thusie

Geez

Awesome

Nuf said:):

Lord Vetinari

Thusie wrote:

Geez

Awesome

Nuf said:):

Geez thanx Thusie
Brian V.

Awais Yaqub

wow again inspiring work as always

Sam

Great photos! My favorite is #2.

sam

Lord Vetinari

Awais Yaqub wrote:

wow again inspiring work as always

Thanks Awais Keep thinking I should try something other than macro- but it always draws me back
Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

Sam wrote:

Great photos! My favorite is #2.

sam

Thanks Sam
Brian V.

Whirly1128

Wow!
I love looking at your macros! Are any of these stacked? How many shots to you take total in order to get these?
Oh, and is that you I see in the water drop in the first one?
Ok. No more 20 questions.
Thank you thank you and keep them coming!!
-Jamie

Lord Vetinari

Whirly1128 wrote:

I love looking at your macros! Are any of these stacked? How many shots to you take total in order to get these?
Oh, and is that you I see in the water drop in the first one?
Ok. No more 20 questions.
Thank you thank you and keep them coming!!
-Jamie

Thanks Jaimie,
No, none of them stacked although I do sometimes stack water drops to get both the drop and refracted image in focus- guess it depends on the focal length of the drop and where the object being refracted is. I normally do 2 or 3 shots of interesting subjects anyway just to make sure I get one with the correct focus plus I often do stereo pairs or focus stacks as mentioned above.
Must admit not sure if that's me in the first drop- you can certainly see the flash diffuser- If I was standing in bright sun (which I was) I might show up as a reflection but normally most of the image inside the drop is refracted through the drop in my water drop shots.
Brian V.

polartownjunkie

beautiful shots, great eye, i love em

Lord Vetinari

polartownjunkie wrote:

beautiful shots, great eye, i love em

Thanks PTJ
I'm beginning to like doing water drop shots almost as much as I like taking bug macros
Brian V.

kayster

Nice
I like the contrast of your pictures.. very nice...