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Finger Fed Bumblebee II

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Wool Carder Bee Series 1-1

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The Exchange

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Feeding Solitary Bee Series 1-5

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AR - Detail in Macro Contest Winners

DETAIL IN MACRO - CONTEST WINNERS !
We are happy to present you the winners of the Detail in Macro Contest.
We enjoyed all the entries and had a real hard time choosing the top 3 . Thanks to everyone who entered the contest. We hope you enjoyed the contest just as much as we, the judges, did and we are looking forward to see you participate in future contests.
This contest was judged based on technique and detail.
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Excellent work here with stunning detail, well done !
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Rainbow Butterflies

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A butterfly is an insect of the order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera, butterflies are notable for their unusual life cycle with a larval caterpillar stage, an inactive pupal stage, and a spectacular metamorphosis into a familiar and colourful winged adult form. Some are known to migrate over large distances. Butterflies are important economically as one of the major agents of pollination. In addition, a number of species are pests, because they can damage domestic crops and trees. Culturally, butterflies are a popular motif in the visual and literary arts. Artistic depictions of butterflies have been used in many cultures including Egyptian hieroglyphics, 3500 years ago. Today, butterflies are widely used in various objects of art, and have inspired the "butterfly fairy" as an art and fictional character. According to the "Butterflies" chapter in Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, by

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8 Legged Freaks - dA Birthday Contest
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Usually spiders are the freaks that run on 8 legs, but we want you to be creative when entering this contest and not only think about spiders. There is lots of 8 legged things in nature and also think out of the box.
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Orchids drops

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What struck me first about this image is the light -the way it plays across the petals and adds strong contrast to the stem. Light is o...

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I've known buleria (Remus) for a very long time, and I've watched him transform from an average macro photographer to one of the best n...

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Jun 27, 2018

dalantech submitted a deviation

Sleeping Solitary Bee II

#bee #macro #sleeping #topaz #insect #insectphotography #macrophilia #macrophotography #pollinator

Here's a higher magnification view of how this solitary bee uses it's proboscis to anchor itself while it sleeps.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 200 due to Highlight Tone Priority) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (around 3x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT ("A" flash head on a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe), E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC, second curtain sync). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held.

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Jun 26, 2018

dalantech submitted a deviation

Sleeping Solitary Bee I

#bee #flower #macro #sleeping #topaz #insect #insectphotography #insects #solitary

Not the first time I've seen this species of solitary bee sleeping with it's proboscis anchored into a flower's stamen.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 200 due to Highlight Tone Priority) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (around 2x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT ("A" flash head on a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe), E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC, second curtain sync). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held.

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Mar 19, 2018

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Mason Maintenance

#bee #insect #macr #macro #ophotography #mason_bee #macrophilia #naturephotography #topaz

The bad weather is really making it tough for the local pollinators. I was shooting this waterlogged Mason Bee when he started cleaning the water off of his fur.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 200 due to Highlight Tone Priority) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (3x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT ("A" flash head on a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe), E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC, second curtain sync). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held.

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Mar 18, 2018

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Red Mason Bee IV

#bee #flower #insect #macro #nature #pollen #topaz #macrophilia #macrophotography #mason_bee

This newly hatched Red Mason Bee (male) is one of mine. The cocoons I harvested last year are starting to hatch. Due to the cool temps (13C) and overcast skies this little one was having a tough time getting his metabolism up. He would move around and then freeze, and I'd look for a photo.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/125, ISO 200 due to Highlight Tone Priority) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (about 2x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT ("A" flash head on a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe), E-TTL metering, 0 FEC, second curtain sync). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held.

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Mar 17, 2018

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Red Mason Bee III

#bee #flower #macro #pollen #topaz #mason_bee #insect #macrophilia #macrophotography #naturephotography

About a dozen Mason Bees hatched today, and I carried them to some flowers so they could get some energy. Due to the cool (14C) partly cloudy weather they had a hard time getting their metabolism going. This little guy would forage for a while then turn around to look outside the flower. His metabolism would tank and every time he stopped moving I'd look for a photo.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 200 due to Highlight Tone Priority) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (about 2.5x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT (both flash heads on the Canon flash mount to keep the flower from blocking the "A" flash head), E-TTL metering, (+1/3 FEC, second curtain sync). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held.

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katermit Featured By Owner Mar 30, 2018

thank you for your gallery.

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