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Bees in a Wallflower Series 1-2

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Banded Eye Drone Series 1-3

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Resting Cuckoo Bee I

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Bumblebee in Basil VIII

Dragonfly Portrait I

Sleep Walking

Mantis Maintenance

Feeding Fly

Preflight Maintenance II

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Finger Fed Bumblebee II

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Wool Carder Bee Series 1-1

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Wool Carder Bee Series 1-5

Tree House II

El Toro

Collecting Pollen

New Apartment II

Eye of the Dragon

Pollinators Series 3-3

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The Exchange

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Feeding Solitary Bee Series 1-5

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Fly at 4x and F16

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Honeybee Covered in Zucchini Pollen II

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21 Spot Ladybug

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Feeding Soldier Beetle in Poppy III

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Leaf Cutter Bee II

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Macro Photography Tutorials

Hi folks! Just a quick news post about the macro tutorials that I'm publishing here at Deviant Art. I've posted then as Deviations so you can add them to your collections or favorites and reference them at your leisure.
The main link for my tutorials section is here: http://dalantech.deviantart.com/gallery/#Tutorials
Here are the insect specific tutorials that I have so far:
Shooting Butterflies

Shooting Bees

Shooting Dragonflies

I also have several tutorials on the techniques that I use to take my images:
Macro Technique

Left Hand Brace

Sunny 16 Rule for Macro

MT-24EX Macro Twin Flash Users Guide

I'll be adding new tutorials soon, and if you have any questions about my tips and techniques just ask

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Orchids drops

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Critique from the Extreme-Macro Group: I like the refraction in the drops, and I like the way the grass is crossing the frame. Excellen...

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Blue beauty

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Critique from the Extreme-Macro group: Looking at the overall area that's in focus I think that you nailed placing the depth of field a...

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Superior

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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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Lazy beauty

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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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2 days ago

dalantech submitted a deviation

Leaf Cutter Bee IV

#bee #leaf_cutter #insect #insectphotography #lavender #macro #macrophotography #nature #naturephotography

This male Leaf Cutter Bee (Megachile sp) was only in my Lavender for a few days, so I tried to get a lot of different compositions.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (over 3x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the fill for this shot), E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC, second curtain sync). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. I'm holding on to the Lavender stem with my left hand, and resting the lens on that same hand to keep the scene steady.

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3 days ago

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Caterpillar Feeding on Mint II

#mint #caterpillar #insect #insectphotography #macro #macrophotography #nature #naturephotography

Caterpillars feed by extending their heads and then curling up as they chew. So the trick was to focus right at the edge of the leaf and wait for the critter to bring it's head up to start the next "row". I got seven frames before it figured out I was close and stopped feeding.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (over 3x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC, second curtain sync). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. I'm holding on to the stem of the plant with my left hand, and resting the lens on that same hand to keep the scene steady.

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4 days ago

dalantech submitted a deviation

Snoozing European Wool Carder Bee IV

#bee #insect #insectphotography #lavender #macro #macrophotography #nature #naturephotography #wool_carder

The way that these European Wool Carder Bees sleep in my Lavender is almost comical.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (around 3x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC, second curtain sync). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. I'm holding on to the stem of the Lavender with my left hand, and resting the lens on that same hand to keep the scene steady.

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6 days ago

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Feeding Sawfly II

#sawfly #fly #insect #insectphotography #macro #macrophotography #nature #naturephotography #pollen

Sometimes when I'm shooting a lethargic subject it will wake up and start going about it's normal routine. That's what happened while photographing this Saw Fly. The tricky part is tracking a moving subject when the frame at 4x is only 5.7mm wide by 3.7mm high.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (around 4x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering, +1/3 FEC, second curtain sync). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held.

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Jul 11, 2019

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European Wool Carder Bee

#bee #insect #insectphotography #macro #macrophotography #naturephotography #pollen #wool_carder

An early morning shot of a European Wool Carder Bee. Normally I don't see many insects with dew on them, but that morning it was very damp. This one was semi-active and when it would pause I'd look for a new composition.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (about 3.5x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC, second curtain sync). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. I'm holding on to the stem of the flower with my left hand, and resting the lens on that same hand to keep the scene steady.

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