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Buzzing Into Fall
Western Honey Bee R5 Mark II RF100mm L Macro IS USM F9 ISO-5000 SS-1/60s Handheld Western honey bees are vital pollinators that contribute to the production of 35% of the food consumed worldwide. They live in complex social colonies with a single qu...
Pholcus phalangioides (Long Bodied Cellar spider) also known as Daddy longlegs
Daddy Longlegs R5 Mark II & RF100mm F2.8 L Macro IS USM lens Handheld The long-bodied cellar spider has a peanut shape on the cephalothorax, which has also given it the name skull spider. Their eight eyes are arranged with two small eyes at the fron...
Stalk and pounce
Probably a juvenile or female since the markings are more subdued, about 4mm in length, handled shot at about 90cm away from the subject, hidden under the foliage and preparing to devour its prey.1/60sec.ISO-800f/4.0Main issue was to maintain focus o...
fiddler peek-a-boo
EOS 20D with Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM - f/5.6 - 1/125 sec. Old post during low tide.Probably Uca perplexa aka a fiddler crab, they detect pressure waves and vibrations in the sediment, making them sensitive to movements on sandy substratum....
Baby Frog
Northern Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans melanota) Petrie Island, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Canon EOS R7 RF100mm F2.8 L MACRO IS USM ƒ/5.6 100.0 mm 1/320 800. Flash (off, did not fire)
Helcogramma striatum, Striped Triplefin
EOS 20D with Canon Speedlite 580EX I and Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM, casing Subal 20Df/4.51/60 sec.ISO-400about 12 meters deep during Amihan.
Probably a Drosophila spp.
flyHandled shot of a 3mm fruit fly that I am unable to properly identify.f/41/60sec.ISo-400trial shot done after correcting errors made the day prior.No sharpening.
Bee in Flight
Tried freezing this carpenter bee mid-air using my Canon EOS R6 paired with the EF 70–200mm f/2.8L IS III USM lens. Shot at 165mm, 1/5000 sec, f/9, ISO 8000, handheld in Manual mode with Pattern metering.Loving how well the R6 handles high ISO while...
