A mixed few from various places in Bromley

[davholla13]

Ants, Lasius Flavus
AntIMG_0727 by davholla2002, on Flickr

AntIMG_0740 by davholla2002, on Flickr

A doomed spider on Keston Common - second I have seen this year

SpiderIMG_0797 by davholla2002, on Flickr

Shieldbug

ShieldbugIMG_6180 by davholla2002, on Flickr

A very small bee

BeeIMG_0807 by davholla2002, on Flickr


Common blue
HollyBlueIMG_5884 by davholla2002, on Flickr

 

[Soocom1]

WOW!

 

[Jeff G]

Excellent set, the ant shots are amazing.

 

[Jeff1548 48]

Good set but number four for me.................

 

[K9Kirk]

Nice set, looks like you've been doing this for awhile. #1 for me. Quick question: in macro photography, does it help/increase the dof if you use a smaller aper. like it does with regular picture taking or is everything just shallow dof no matter what?

 

[davholla13]

Nice set, looks like you've been doing this for awhile. #1 for me. Quick question: in macro photography, does it help/increase the dof if you use a smaller aper. like it does with regular picture taking or is everything just shallow dof no matter what?

You really need a smaller aperture f13 is what I normally use. Weirdly the Canon macro setting is about f5.6 IIRC and it looks awful if you use it for insects. When I have time I will do some test shots to show you this is interesting though.
Top 12 Macro Photography Tips

If you have a tripod put your camera on the tripod and use different settings to see what looks best.

 

[davholla13]

Thank you all for the kind remarks, with ants it is a question of just having them in the right place, they were under something I had to move in the allotment and when I saw them running I grabbed my camera.

 

[edsland]

Wow, super nice set