A fly, some woodlouse, and their friends

[4hero]

I've been practicing a little with the new MP-E65, it takes a while to get used to it.















This Dicyrtomina Saundersi was between 1 & 2 mm in length, cute little things.



Still getting to grips with the new setup, manually focusing at between 1x and 5x magnification is not the easiest, especially hand-held

Cheers,

Neil.

p.s. I've came to the conclusion that PH is the worst forum on the internet for posting photos. I would have provided a link on each photo to the larger version, but I cant

Edited by 4hero on Sunday 4th May 13:17

[john185k]

Awesome shots from the 'macro master...'

[stigmundfreud]

some amazing shots! Wish i could justify this kit just so I could try it once! Led it us for a few weeks

[4hero]

John, that should be "macro learner..."

stigmundfreud, you must be able to rent one no?

[stigmundfreud]

that involves a passing of money

[Jenx]

Excellent stuff Niel. LordV?...who's he?

Martin.

[roy e6]

Brilliant. I can now see that the lens is worth money with shots like those.

[_dobbo_]

These are very cool.

For info, I spent a while finding out how to post links to larger photos, it can be done - quote the first post in my Venice thread to see how.

[nick_bbb]

Cool

I think the first one side on is my favorite

[4hero]

Thanks folks.

Martin, Lord V is probably one of the best insect photographers out there.

_dobbo_ nice one, thanks for the link

Edited by 4hero on Monday 5th May 10:18

[Jenx]

4hero said:

Martin, Lord V is probably one of the best insect photographers out there.

I know...my comment was suposed to be a left handed compliment

Martin.

[4hero]

I have the hangover from hell, and find it pretty hard top decipher anything right now Martin

Beautiful day though, the hammock is out, time for some sleep...

[CVP]

Nice stuff, that Lord V is a pretty talented guy isn't he, some absolutely stunning images there

Chris

[fish]

Awesome!

[4hero]

Thanks

Here's a couple more from today.

This spider was pretty weird, it would raise it whole body (stretching it's legs) then pounce onto another flower. Don't think it's a Jumping Spider though.. This was about 3-4mm in length.



Bizarre little thing, never seen one in my life. This was about 2mm in length

[_dobbo_]

What sort of hit rate are you getting with these? I find if I try to do any extreme macro on anything other than a dead still subject, my hit rate goes down to single figure percentages.