bugs

I still love my very old and much used Nikon D2X and at 12 megapixels the sensor still can take a lot of cropping. These bee photos have been cropped quite a bit and still show well. I used the venerable Sigma 180mm 3.5 Macro lens for these shots today.

I know it's not what you expect but no, not THAT FLY .... These ones :P One step forward and one step back, we do the Hockey Pokey... I never realised how photogenic flies can be, normally I don't like them at all (nor my dog, their buzz is driving her nuts) Very shy, getting to close...

Not these Beetles: But these kinds of beetles :P Under my green umbrella. Fell in a vegetarian ditch. Well covered. Making my entrance. Do you wanna race, Turbo? Don't mind me, I'm just passing through... well, passing on you.

Will start with a skipper and a yellow butterfly.

Leafhopper, genus Raphirrhinus. Grasshoppers in love

My daughter, Fiona, has always loved bugs. In 2011 at age 2 she's playing with a stink bug she found in a parking lot. In 2018 I got an 80mm macro and 1.4x TC for my Fuji and started photographing butterflies. Fiona became my butterfly buddy and I equipped her with an Olympus EPL-5 and...

Had some time before my wife got home this afternoon so I strolled around the neighborhood. Spring is in full swing here in the desert southwest A6000 and 70-150mm Vivitar Be careful. Things in the desert have a lot of barbs, needles and sharp edges. And they...

Spent a few minutes chasing this bee and wasp this morning A6000 and 70-150mm Vivitar