06/29/17 from the garden

[crimbfighter]

Had a few minutes today to putz around the garden and this was today's bounty. First time I've been able to capture the difference between a male and female mosquito!

All shot with a D800, 105mm f/2.8 macro @ f/13, 20mm ext. tube, 1/250, ISO 100, custom lighting rig

1. Female


2. Male


3. A budding flower


4. Bow chicka bow wow!


5. And a lightning bug!

 

[weepete]

PRetty nice macro shots!

 

[BrentC]

Excellent set!

 

[crimbfighter]

PRetty nice macro shots!

Excellent set!

Thank you, both!

 

[Steven Dillon]

Nice. While I hate skeeters, those are some good shots of them. I think #4 is my favorite.

 

[davholla]

Number 4 is the best by far.

 

[smoke665]

Nice set!!! Here in the south where we've become a tropical rain forest with rain everyday, I find that a wide angle and AR15 is a better choice for photographing mosquitoes.

 

[Braineack]

great lighting on that rig.

 

[crimbfighter]

Nice. While I hate skeeters, those are some good shots of them. I think #4 is my favorite.

Number 4 is the best by far.

Nice set!!! Here in the south where we've become a tropical rain forest with rain everyday, I find that a wide angle and AR15 is a better choice for photographing mosquitoes.

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Thanks all!

great lighting on that rig.

Thank you. It's gone through four iterations and I think it's now in it's final form. Well, at least the light modifiers are. the arms that hold the flashes may still change more... It never seems to end.

 

[birdbonkers84]

Love the hover fly shot, used to love feeding them to spiders.


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