Posts Tagged 'insect photomacrography'

treehopper

Posted by rocksea on 28 Sep 2009 | Category: photography, prakriti

A treehopper. Have you seen one? Treehoppers of different species are everywhere, except may be the poles. So check for one next time you move around. They are relatives of the cicadas.
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the potter wasp

Posted by rocksea on 14 Aug 2009 | Category: photography, prakriti

the potter wasp along a sublime background…

potter wasp. family: vespidae. subfamily: eumeninae

potter wasp. family: vespidae. subfamily: eumeninae

The potter wasps get their name due to the pot-like nests they build using mud. Family: Vespidae, Subfamily: Eumeninae.

Date: 20 Jul 2007
Location: @ home, Kottayam, Kerala, India
Camera: Nikon D80 + Tamron SP AF90mm f/2.8 Di Macro Lens

pollen dreams, bees and beetles

Posted by rocksea on 15 Jul 2009 | Category: photography, prakriti

Longhorn Beetle on a purple flower. The pollen on the beetle accentuates its color  8-)

longhorn beetle, aosta, italy. black dots on yellow.

Bumble bee on a dandelion.

bumble bee on a dandelion for pollen

Aosta Valley at the Alps, Italy. Jun 2009.

Intimacy with Insects: mayfly on my keyboard

Posted by rocksea on 24 May 2006 | Category: photography, prakriti

mayfly-amimekagerou * Mayfly on my keyboard. Mayflys are aquatic insects where the immature stage occurs in fresh water (called naiads). The adults are short-lived, maybe as little as a few hours to a day or two, depending on the species. * 1024 x 766 * (97KB)
 
F10! F10!
 
Took this long back, when I bought the camera and was inspecting it. It was night and the picture is a bit pixellated in the flourescent light. Its golden bronze eyes have come out well. Mayflys are aquatic insects where the immature stage occurs in fresh water (called naiads). The adults are short-lived, maybe as little as a few hours to a day or two, depending on the species.

Intimacy with Insects: lady bug

Posted by rocksea on 21 May 2006 | Category: photography, prakriti

Intimacy with the subjects you photograph makes the whole activity warm and memorable.

I was photographing this lonely lady bug (ya thought of giving some company) …

lady-bug-1 * Lady Bug @ Hokkaido University Botanical Gardens, Sapporo. * 1024 x 766 * (138KB)

.. and it flew on to my white jacket and started climbing up so close to the camera that I could get only one shot of it

lady-bug-2 * The Lady Bug flew on to my jacket while I was photographing it. Hokkaido University Botanical Gardens, Sapporo. * 1024 x 766 * (75KB)

So I could get two contrasting buggy shots of the same subject in different environments

Photographed from Hokkaido University Botanical Gardens
Olympus C770 + MCON-40 macro lens

 

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