Post your best Macro shots

[freelanceshots]

I just now swatted this fly off the ceiling and it came to a rest on the floor where my rolling chair sets. I didn't notice its resting place at first but then I caught it out of the corner of my eye. I then saw all these little moving objects around it and then I went in for a closer look. Babies perhaps or some kind of parasite?



swatted fly by freelanceshots, on Flickr

[bob williams]

Freelanceshots----Those would be Maggots (fly babies)----This is one I am not going to thank you for sharing But on the bright side, Thats 13 flies with one swat---Nice job

[freelanceshots]

Good, we don

[thekingb]

Denise - my WI bee shots don't hold a candle to your #3! Wow!


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And a butterfly for good measure....


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[ddt0725]

Thank you! The lighting & sharpness on your shots is perfect and I love the creamy background!


When I was outside, I caught this guy trying to climb in my bedroom window! I took a few shots & ran inside to get an extender ...when I came back, he was gone! I think he succeeded on his mission!!

[Jon Ruyle]

Sweet!


Um, how big was that thing? Is this at 1x?

[ddt0725]

Thanks, Jon! It was just shot with my naked 100mm macro lens. He was an itty bitty thing and the image is heavily cropped.

This is the original ...excuse the dirty siding on my house!


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[freelanceshots]

wasp that I pulled from certain death from the dogs water bowl where the temp outside had dropped 25 degrees over one day. f/20 and no cropping so my lens hood almost always touches my subjects to fill the frame with no cropping.


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[Sheiky]

Oh my...f/20. How long was your shutterspeed?

[freelanceshots]

5Dtwo, 100mm IS macro, 1sec exposure, ISO 400, light from the window


With my camera and lens to get any DOF range I have to at least go that amount unless I want to step back and and then have to crop heavily into the image. I could use some extension tubes but that's on the back burner until I've got cash just sitting around. I think my insect photography days are limited unless bug photography business picks up.