Water Strider

greenpea

At least that's what wikipedia called the bug, I always called it a pond skimmer. Either way, there were a bunch of them on one of the ponds at Kubota Gardens this morning, and lucky me, I had my macro lens and my diopter!

Awais Yaqub

The water strider, also known as the Jesus bug, pond skater, skater, skimmer, water scooter, water skater, water skeeter, water skimmer, or water spider

So many names for too littel bug

Nice shot

greenpea

Awais Yaqub wrote:

The water strider, also known as the Jesus bug, pond skater, skater, skimmer, water scooter, water skater, water skeeter, water skimmer, or water spider

So many names for too littel bug

Nice shot

Thanks Awais!

I'm usually not so lucky when I try and do macro photography.

Skippy

greenpea wrote:

At least that's what wikipedia called the bug, I always called it a pond skimmer. Either way, there were a bunch of them on one of the ponds at Kubota Gardens this morning, and lucky me, I had my macro lens and my diopter!

He looks good standing on the water like he's got all day
Cool reflection in the water too ...... Skippy (Australia)

Corehead

Your shot's better than mine, but have it anyway!

greenpea

Corehead wrote:

Your shot's better than mine, but have it anyway!

Good shot. It's hard to photograph something so small, that's prone to movement, and is on water.

To get my photo I had to put the center column of my tripod in horizontally, set my tripod nearly flat on the ground, and then I was too close even for my 105mm macro lens, so I had to add a diopter to the front of the lens in order to get close enough. People who saw me photographing this must have though I was crazy since I was laying on the ground with my head and camera inches from the water.

Lord Vetinari

LOvely captures - yes I called them pond skimmers too
Brian V.