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[Mark H]

All taken in my garden over the last few days....

#1 Silver Y Moth



#2 closeup of same Moth..



#3 Unknown Beetle



#4 Fly down by the pond...



#5 Another species of Moth (unknown)which turned up in the house one night...



#6....lots of these female Wolf Spiders in the garden at present, laden down with their mobile egg sacks - they dont make nests for their eggs they carry them everywhere with them....



#7 Picture winged Fly....couldnt get a better angle on this one but pleased with how the shot came out...



#8 Tiny leafhopper....I was surprised how well this came out considering the size of the subject....





Mark

[Beth Ellen]

Very nice Mark. Great details, the fly is really really nice.

Beth Ellen

[Mark H]

Thanks Beth

Mark

[Macnite]

Very nice macro work Mark, allnice pictures. If I had to choose , I would say#3 and #5.

Emmanuel

[annie57]

Those are super macros!!!!

[Mark H]

Thanks Emmanuel and Annie, appreciate you taking the time to look and comment.

Mark

[tonymurphy]

Another amazing set Mark, especially like the fly shot.

How close are you when you are taking the shots, as most of my subjects seem to be a bit camera shy and move off before I can get close enough even with macro lenses!

[Mark H]

Thanks Tony. The dcr150 lens focusses constantly around 8 inches from the subject. If the insects wont let you approach close enough, try shooting either early in the morning or on a cool day.....at both times insects are more sluggish and will tolerate a close approach. The Damselfly pics I posted the other day were taken in dull cool conditions and this allowed me to get way closer than I would be able to normally when theyre more active.

Mark

[tchuanye]

Great series Mark! love the details of the silver moth!

[Mark H]

Thanks Tan, I was pretty pleased the way the moth pics came out

Mark