Had a good day today?

Lord Vetinari · July 16, 2005

Some of the shots for today- had quite a few visitors in the garden.
Comments appreciated
Brian V.

Little and Large

Finger on the pulse

Three buds

Concentration

Result of mid-air collision? These are tiny midges-any suggestions how they got like this?

Too much hair

Large Hoverfly

Medium Hoverfly- fascinated by the transparent abdomen

Lastly three shots of a smallish dragonfly

MuskyDude · July 16, 2005

Holy macroroni!
Awesome shots Brian, all of them.

AJ

Dani · July 16, 2005

wow those are fantastic!!

That hoverfly shot is nothing short of amazing though... wow..... you can see all his little insides and stuff !

Lord Vetinari · July 16, 2005

Dani wrote:

wow those are fantastic!!

That hoverfly shot is nothing short of amazing though... wow..... you can see all his little insides and stuff !

Thanks Dani, I've seen the same thing with other hoverfly shots, I'm not sure if it's just one particular species is like that or whether these have only just hatched and the outer casing has not fully hardened.

Brian V.

Here's another hoverfly shot showing a similar thing

USAIR · July 17, 2005

Brian
Wow !!!!!!!!
You have taken macro shooting to the next level
Awesome photos

Thanks
Fred

Lord Vetinari · July 17, 2005

USAIR wrote:

Wow !!!!!!!!
You have taken macro shooting to the next level
Awesome photos

Thanks
Fred

Thanks Fred- still practicing and hopefully improving.

Brian V.