Macro & Close-Up Photos!

[Makunochimaster]

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Amazing, its Canon 100macro?

[Fly Fishing Rick]

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Amazing, its Canon 100macro?

No, I have a Nikon D500 and I was using my Laowa 100mm f/2.8 lens that day.

[Fly Fishing Rick]

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Amazing, its Canon 100macro?

Also, thanks! lol

[Makunochimaster]

i suspected it was too good

[Fly Fishing Rick]

i suspected it was too good

They make a Canon version as well.

[Fly Fishing Rick]

Pearl Crescent Butterfly

[Fly Fishing Rick]

The first photo is a Bold Jumper that lives inside of a split in an old telephone pole on my property. She just finished moulting and emerged today with some fresh vibrant colors. The second photo is also a bold jumper, I found it this afternoon in the weeds near an old collapsed barn that it likely calls home.

[aicolainen]

Carried my D300 with the Laowa and a tripod on a day hike on Sunday.
Quite the load I’ll tell you. And not a lot of pictures to show for it. That rig in a Capture clip totally threw my light daypack off balance and my I didn’t hike very far before my shoulder was less than enthusiastic about this brilliant idea of mine.

In all my optimism I even threw in some fishing gear for good measure, but neither plan really panned out.
Still a fair amount of snow in the backcountry, so the bugs didn’t seem to have come to life yet.
And the lake still had a rim of ice covering the surface 5 to 10 yards from the shoreline, so I didn’t even bother to try my luck with the fishing rod.

The few pictures I managed to snap didn’t really get me excited, so they’re still sitting untouched in the camera. Plan and execution didn’t come together this time, I still had a great day in perfect spring weather, and with all that dead weight in/on my pack, I had a fair workout as well. Maybe next time around spring has progressed a little further and more opportunities will arise.

[Fly Fishing Rick]

Carried my D300 with the Laowa and a tripod on a day hike on Sunday.
Quite the load I’ll tell you. And not a lot of pictures to show for it. That rig in a Capture clip totally threw my light daypack off balance and my I didn’t hike very far before my shoulder was less than enthusiastic about this brilliant idea of mine.

In all my optimism I even threw in some fishing gear for good measure, but neither plan really panned out.
Still a fair amount of snow in the backcountry, so the bugs didn’t seem to have come to life yet.
And the lake still had a rim of ice covering the surface 5 to 10 yards from the shoreline, so I didn’t even bother to try my luck with the fishing rod.

The few pictures I managed to snap didn’t really get me excited, so they’re still sitting untouched in the camera. Plan and execution didn’t come together this time, I still had a great day in perfect spring weather, and with all that dead weight in/on my pack, I had a fair workout as well. Maybe next time around spring has progressed a little further and more opportunities will arise.

Glad to hear you made it out! I also have a capture clip but I've never had it make my pack feel lopsided. I still end up just carrying my camera the majority of the time while I'm out. If you do it often enough, just think about how buff your hands will be by the end of the year! haha. Macro can be tough, when I get home to sort my photos at least 80% are instant throw-aways, I take hundreds of photos to get just a few good ones.

[Fly Fishing Rick]

A Yellow Dung Fly with it's breakfast.


Bark Crab Spider

[Fly Fishing Rick]

American Giant Millipede


Eastern Tent Caterpillar

[Fly Fishing Rick]

Eight-spotted Forester


Tiger Fly with prey.


Marsh Fly


Eastern Forktail Damselfly - Male


Eastern Forktail Damselfly - Female

[Fly Fishing Rick]

Leafhopper


Weevil



Mayfly

[Fly Fishing Rick]

Weevil


Zebra Jumper


Goldenrod Crab Spider - Female




Eastern Forktail Damselflies - Males



Jumper - No ID


Flies... lol - No ID

[troutinCO]

As usual love the pics!

[Fly Fishing Rick]

As usual love the pics!

Thank you very much! More to come, I'm sure.

[aicolainen]

Great pictures as usual!

Also great service providing names for all the species. Inspiring thread.

Second day of summer is coming to an end here and we're still waiting for spring. I did actually notice a couple of small flies when walking the dog this evening, so something is brewing, but with temps barely making it into the lower 40s in the middle of the day nature moves at glacial speeds.
I'll shoot my insects eventually :)

[Fly Fishing Rick]

Great pictures as usual!

Also great service providing names for all the species. Inspiring thread.

Second day of summer is coming to an end here and we're still waiting for spring. I did actually notice a couple of small flies when walking the dog this evening, so something is brewing, but with temps barely making it into the lower 40s in the middle of the day nature moves at glacial speeds.
I'll shoot my insects eventually :)

Thanks! and I can't wait to see your photos! We had an unusually cold start to the year here too... it was awful lol.

[Fly Fishing Rick]

Dot-tailed Whiteface Dragonfly


Marsh Fly

[Fly Fishing Rick]

Damselfly


Goldenrod Crab Spider - They have the unique ability to change from white to yellow to better blend into their surroundings.


Dolichopus Fly


Crane Fly