Weeds can be great

[davholla]

All of these were from one large weed in my garden
Episyrphus balteatus (f)
IMG_4942Hoverfly by davholla2002, on Flickr

Female crap spider Misumena vatia. I under exposed this to get all the detail on her body

IMG_4938Crabspiderv2 by davholla2002, on Flickr

IMG_4926CrabSpiderv4 by davholla2002, on Flickr

Episyrphus balteatus
IMG_4789Hoverfly by davholla2002, on Flickr

Eupeodes luniger (f)

IMG_4932Hoverfly by davholla2002, on Flickr

Buff tailed bumble bee
BumblebeeIMG_4900 by davholla2002, on Flickr

 

[Jeff15]

Good set but there is no such thing as a weed, it's only a plant growing in the wrong place...

 

[Space Face]

Your macro shooting has improved. I like how now you are obtaining different angles of the subjects rather than just shooting them from above. This makes them so much interesting.

These are a stop or two overexposed which hasn't helped the finer detail of the eyes etc. Just needs the ISO (I noticed on Flickr you used 1600) or dial the flash back a tad. Good efforts tho and as I said an improvement.

 

[davholla]

Your macro shooting has improved. I like how now you are obtaining different angles of the subjects rather than just shooting them from above. This makes them so much interesting.

These are a stop or two overexposed which hasn't helped the finer detail of the eyes etc. Just needs the ISO (I noticed on Flickr you used 1600) or dial the flash back a tad. Good efforts tho and as I said an improvement.

Thank you very much, unfortunately my flash is having a problem at the moment hence the problem with exposure - I will keep an eye on that.
Flash issue with Canon Speedlite and EOS RP

Sadly I know that things are better from the side but I have problems of flexibility - these were kind enough to be at chest level.
For this one, a better angle was sadly not practical for me. I would have taken so long to get there, that it would have gone (same for so many of my photos unfortunately)
IMG_3913Grasshopper by davholla2002, on Flickr

 

[Space Face]

Your macro shooting has improved. I like how now you are obtaining different angles of the subjects rather than just shooting them from above. This makes them so much interesting.

These are a stop or two overexposed which hasn't helped the finer detail of the eyes etc. Just needs the ISO (I noticed on Flickr you used 1600) or dial the flash back a tad. Good efforts tho and as I said an improvement.

Thank you very much, unfortunately my flash is having a problem at the moment hence the problem with exposure - I will keep an eye on that.
Flash issue with Canon Speedlite and EOS RP

Sadly I know that things are better from the side but I have problems of flexibility - these were kind enough to be at chest level.
For this one, a better angle was sadly not practical for me. I would have taken so long to get there, that it would have gone (same for so many of my photos unfortunately)
IMG_3913Grasshopper by davholla2002, on Flickr

Aye, I know what you mean about the flexibility thing. I'm just back from a fishing trip in the Highlands/Cairngorms and had to climb the steepest path I've ever climbed, well over a mile and god knows the gradient. No way could I go rolling about in the undergrowth today looking for insects. I'm aching in areas where I didn't even know I had areas.

 

[davholla]

One of the good things about hot places is that there are so many insects that you don't have to bend down - like this one.

CricketIMG_3213 by davholla2002, on Flickr

 

[K9Kirk]

Nice set.

 

[Mike Drone]

Nice job capturing the bee pictures. Nice image set =]

 

[zulu42]

nice set

 

[Jeff G]

Dave, each batch is better than the last! Love the crab spider shots!

 

[Donde]

Excellent!