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Andy

Jul-27-2005, 08:49 AM

yeah i know we have a macro forum - but i want more folks to see how beautiful flies bugs and insects are :lol3

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/23258190-L.jpg

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/26928949-L.jpg

now, won't you please share yours? everyone, c'mon in and join the fun :deal

Rohirrim

Jul-27-2005, 08:56 AM

Saw this guy on the carpet recently. Wife wasn't very happy that I was rushing to get my camera instead of taking it outside :D

http://rohirrim.smugmug.com/photos/27552232-M.jpg

pathfinder

Jul-27-2005, 08:58 AM

I like skippers too Andy.:): I've just not had that many butterflies in the garden yet this year:dunno
http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/27833077-L.jpg

How about a lightning bug?

http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/29578755-L.jpg

Harryb

Jul-27-2005, 09:05 AM

Here's my favorite dragonfly shot

http://www.pbase.com/hpb/image/36499297.jpg

pathfinder

Jul-27-2005, 09:13 AM

This one got away though - just for you, Harry!!

http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/27833460-L.jpg

WaterfallRich

Jul-27-2005, 09:51 AM

crab spiders

http://www.pbase.com/waterfallrich/image/43534226.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/waterfallrich/image/19229716.jpg

Andy

Jul-27-2005, 09:54 AM

excellent - keep 'em coming guys! where's the lord??? and skippy??? and jekyll :deal

Zygote

Jul-27-2005, 10:04 AM

Wow, you guys are so good at this!

Not sure, but i could swear that this one is missing the lid on his back :)

http://zygote.smugmug.com/photos/29957569-L.jpg

Here is a fly

http://zygote.smugmug.com/photos/29871691-L.jpg

4labs

Jul-27-2005, 11:14 AM

http://4labs.smugmug.com/photos/29964057-L.jpg

Grasshopper?

Higgmeister

Jul-27-2005, 11:37 AM

I've had several of these in the house lately. This one was so cooperative that it lived to see another day (Don't like spiders, but put this one in the front yard).
http://www.pbase.com/higgmeister/image/46789112.jpg

Chris

Higgmeister

Jul-27-2005, 11:41 AM

I got a little crabby one day, so I thought I'd share this one with you. I took this one when I was in Tennessee as we don't have these in Nevada.
http://www.pbase.com/higgmeister/image/46138926.jpg

Chris

JamesJWeg

Jul-27-2005, 11:45 AM

I always liked this one, I know it is way soft, but I took it on Kodacrome 64 in July of 1992, so this is a scan of a slide, and not a very good one at that. Now I am looking for a chance to reshoot this some day, but I really need a better macro setup. I was used to my bellows on the film cam, but I don't have one for the digital.

http://pics.jamesjweg.com/photos/17507072-M.jpg

Here you can see why I need better macro for the digital.
http://pics.jamesjweg.com/photos/18192020-M.jpg

another old scan of a film print from 1992.
http://pics.jamesjweg.com/photos/6779347-M.jpg

James.

JamesJWeg

Jul-27-2005, 11:48 AM

One more from Kodachrome 64 days. Why are all my slide scans so soft?
http://pics.jamesjweg.com/photos/17531235-M.jpg

James.

Higgmeister

Jul-27-2005, 11:49 AM

Don't know if you are aware, but we have a fly thread (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?postid=138517#poststop) going on in the "Other Shots" forum. I thought I'd play here too and show some other bugs.

We are in a plague here and have these guys/gals overrunning some areas.
Morman Cricket
http://www.pbase.com/higgmeister/image/44200391.jpg

How about a little grub that just wants to be loved:
http://www.pbase.com/higgmeister/image/44871107.jpg

And a little jumper that I captured yesterday on my kitchen counter. Look closely through the front feelers and you can see the light reflecting off the fangs.
http://www.pbase.com/higgmeister/image/46789110.jpg

Macro...Gooood:D,
Chris

hichuz

Jul-27-2005, 12:12 PM

here's a couple of Oregonians...

http://hichuz.smugmug.com/photos/29370001-M.jpg

http://hichuz.smugmug.com/photos/29397507-M.jpg

behr655

Jul-27-2005, 01:19 PM

Andy,

I think maybe you are being a little evil starting this thread.
I like that.:D

Bear

Rohirrim

Jul-27-2005, 02:16 PM

GREAPER

Jul-27-2005, 02:36 PM

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/28043511-L.jpg

tmlphoto

Jul-27-2005, 02:45 PM

Another fly
http://tmlphoto.smugmug.com/photos/27638461-L.jpg

Higgmeister

Jul-27-2005, 02:54 PM

Andy

Jul-27-2005, 02:58 PM

Andy,

I think maybe you are being a little evil starting this thread.
I like that.:D

Bear

moi? :lol3

bfjr

Jul-27-2005, 03:04 PM

Ok Here's some :D

http://bfjr.smugmug.com/photos/24418550-L.jpg

http://bfjr.smugmug.com/photos/25217985-L.jpg

http://bfjr.smugmug.com/photos/17263209-L.jpg

http://bfjr.smugmug.com/photos/26863321-L.jpg

Rohirrim

Jul-27-2005, 03:14 PM

What a gorgeous shot Steve. I didn't see any of these this year:cry, guess they knew the wife doesn't like moths. I would have loved to have got a few of these. Oh well, there's always next year.

Chris
Thanks for the compliment. They were only around for a few weeks in early summer. Looked like "Hummingbirds". I was never able to get a really nice in flight shot, maybe by next year my skills will improve enough to get a nice head or in flight shot.

BTW, All of your "Bug" shots were very nice. :clap

Regards,

bfjr

Jul-27-2005, 03:20 PM

http://bfjr.smugmug.com/photos/29180539-L.jpg

http://bfjr.smugmug.com/photos/26991833-L.jpg

http://bfjr.smugmug.com/photos/27116394-L.jpg

http://bfjr.smugmug.com/photos/27116678-L.jpg

Crvtte65

Jul-27-2005, 04:05 PM

Seeing all these macro's is making me want to get a new lens to better the capabilities that my tele-zoom has. :D The spiders are really creapy!

pathfinder

Jul-27-2005, 04:15 PM

We also had a short invasion of Striped Sphinx Morning Moths in Northern Nevada. I was never able to get a really good shot, but got lucky to catch one that had landed on some floweres on our back deck.

http://rohirrim.smugmug.com/photos/27424223-S.jpg

Regards,

Moths can be really hard to capture, their wings moving like a bumble bees or a hummingbirds and they don't sit still either
http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/7899309-L.jpg

Rohirrim

Jul-27-2005, 04:34 PM

Beautiful shot! :thumb

Show Off ! :D

jthomas

Jul-27-2005, 04:38 PM

Moth or butterfly?

http://fish-n-float.smugmug.com/photos/29994937-L.jpg

Allen

Jul-27-2005, 07:19 PM

On the sunflower this morning.
http://atsmith.smugmug.com/photos/29957669-L.jpg

Allen

Jul-27-2005, 07:23 PM

Must have a big stomach.
http://atsmith.smugmug.com/photos/23206929-L.jpg

benbo

Jul-27-2005, 09:53 PM

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/4585/hpim26218it.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

That one was took in dowtown Honolulu in Novembere 2004...

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/3306/hawaii3083rr.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

BenBo

docbell

Jul-28-2005, 10:47 AM

Here are a few more of the sphinx moths we had in N Nevada earlier this summer. The shots aren't great (blurry), the little bugger was too quick for my abilities. Kevin.
http://docbell.smugmug.com/photos/30084161-M.jpg

http://docbell.smugmug.com/photos/30084160-M.jpg

http://docbell.smugmug.com/photos/30084159-M.jpg

Annabella

Jul-28-2005, 08:20 PM

Hope it's not to late to join in on the bug free for all...here's my meager contribution. This deer fly chased me and my grandaughter to the car then attached himself to my closed window. He didn't let go until i reached 60mph....I still have the welts from his bites! This nasty guy doesn't deserve a better picture.

http://starr.smugmug.com/photos/29229477-L.jpg