Natural Light macros

Lord Vetinari

had lovely light yesterday with light cloud so spent the day taking some natural light macros.

Brian V.

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Bluebottle fly Lucilla caesar



Fly- Phaonia sp. ?




Jumping spider on the moon




Hoverfly



Miner bee Andrena sp.



Dronefly



Flat-footed fly



Male wolf spider in breeding colour

Skippy

Lord Vetinari wrote:

had lovely light yesterday with light cloud so spent the day taking some natural light macros.

Brian V.
Click on Pics for larger size
Bluebottle fly Lucilla caesar
Fly- Phaonia sp. ?
Jumping spider on the moon


Hoverfly


Miner bee Andrena sp.
Dronefly



Flat-footed fly
Male wolf spider in breeding colour

Hi Brian,
I like that Drone Fly, quite a large looking fly isn't it.
Are they slow flyers?
The whole series is great, and I love the markings on the Wolf Spider
Thanks for sharing........ Skippy
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ShepsMom

bow Thank you for being here and amaze me every time i open your post.....

tlee

All are great .... I really like the color(s) in the first one.

Dalantech

Excellent series Brian!

I like shooting in natural light the best -almost always better color...

BobCheong

Superb series Brian. The details are simply amazing.

Serrator

Great pics Brian. You always give us something to aspire too. Thanks.

courierman

great series Brian, all stacks?

Lord Vetinari

Skippy wrote:

Hi Brian,
I like that Drone Fly, quite a large looking fly isn't it.
Are they slow flyers?
The whole series is great, and I love the markings on the Wolf Spider
Thanks for sharing........ Skippy
.

Thanks Skippy
Drone flies are hoverflies- very fast sometimes but otherwise doing a bit of hovering. The males hover above a bit of territory (normally a nice flowering shrub) and chase away intruders (not just other droneflies). Had a dogfight between a drone fly and a beefly today.
They are normally mistaken as bees (about the same size)
Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

ShepsMom wrote:

bow Thank you for being here and amaze me every time i open your post.....

Thanks for your very kind comments
Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

tlee wrote:

All are great .... I really like the color(s) in the first one.

Thanks tlee
Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

Dalantech wrote:

Excellent series Brian!

I like shooting in natural light the best -almost always better color...

Thanks John.
I like shooting in natural light as long as it is slightly cloudy. Hate shooting in bright sunshine you get worse colour and reflections than you do with diffused flash- sounds rather perverse but that's when I shoot flash only.
Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

Serrator wrote:

Great pics Brian. You always give us something to aspire too. Thanks.

Thanks Serrator

BobCheong wrote:

Superb series Brian. The details are simply amazing.

Thanks Bob

Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

courierman wrote:

great series Brian, all stacks?

Thanks Courierman
Only #6 & #8 are focus stacked
Brian V.