Post your Insect shots
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I got to say there are a ton of awesome shots on this thread! I'm always finding a lot of talented people on here to learn from! Wow! Thank you everybody for sharing your awesome catches with us! It helps no end to see what can be done with patience, skill and a passion for macro photography! Way to go to my fellow macro shooters! 
RocketCowboy
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My first insect shot...
My auto-focus seems to have locked in on the grass to the left of the wasp, so I need to work on that.
My auto-focus seems to have locked in on the grass to the left of the wasp, so I need to work on that.
I got to say there are a ton of awesome shots on this thread! I'm always finding a lot of talented people on here to learn from! Wow! Thank you everybody for sharing your awesome catches with us! It helps no end to see what can be done with patience, skill and a passion for macro photography! Way to go to my fellow macro shooters!
100% with you, Bill. It's the photos posted by others that have pushed me towards better things. A community of people of all levels of ability, offering help and advice to others. That's why this is the best site on the web.
Englischdude
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no idea what this thing is, my wife took this shot during our walk today
no idea what this thing is, my wife took this shot during our walk today
It's a Hummingbird Hawkmoth. Notoriously difficult to photograph. Great capture.
Just-Clayton
Senior Member
I was scoping out this large bush and saw on only one leaf with about 20+ aphids. Well, on that same leaf was a hungry lady bug.
Just-Clayton
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Ant close up.
Just-Clayton
Senior Member
shots after work.
A couple of rare attempts at shooting insects from me, I believe it is a large Cockchafer in our garden.
Not a very easy task crawling around on the grass without the aid of live view and with the insect partly hidden in the grass.
It's not in the same league as the previous posts in the thread but still learning
Not a very easy task crawling around on the grass without the aid of live view and with the insect partly hidden in the grass.
It's not in the same league as the previous posts in the thread but still learning
TammyL.Campbell
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RocketCowboy
Senior Member
This is just cool!
Why not post them straight to the forum instead of through Flikr? That way, if Flikr has issues your images still appear. You cannot display them any larger than what the forum allows anyway and the forum will display your EXIF info for you.
A couple of rare attempts at shooting insects from me, I believe it is a large Cockchafer in our garden.
Not a very easy task crawling around on the grass without the aid of live view and with the insect partly hidden in the grass.
It's not in the same league as the previous posts in the thread but still learning
Practice is what it takes!
I can offer some tips though that might move you along quicker.
- Use a lens that has a good close focus ability or a zoom lens that is sharp when zoomed out a good bit.
- Make sure your insect is kind of isolated against the background. In your photos the grass your insect is against takes away from the focus of your main subject and makes the image look too "busy". If possible, get the bug to climb up onto a stick or individual blade of long grass so you can shoot the insect against a less busy background.
- Make sure you use an aperture for good depth of field when shooting close. You need to keep a lot of the insects body in focus and you may have to shoot directly down onto it to do so. I fyou can't get all of it in focus make certain the eyes are tack sharp and properly framed.
Just-Clayton
Senior Member
You can get these ants to pose for you. They are very defensive. Look for a Peony flower bud and they are there.
Thanks for the tips Mike, I will keep this in mind next time.
I will have to find some more insects in the garden to practice with now