Macro Nature Photography

[stig]

I saw two in Schweiz last summer.
Neat creatures.
Imagine a Moth that hovers like a Hummingbird!

 

[BlackSmith]

I just got a picture of one the wife sent me Stig.

 

[stig]

Untill I read this today, I had no idea they were found outside Europe.
We had an invasion of them from Southern Europe last year, most likely due to the unusually hot and dry summer, but I ever saw one here.
So getting lucky in Schweiz was a treat.

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[BlackSmith]

Saw one last year and she just seen this one today. Don’t know if they’re rare or not, don’t see them often tho.

 

[Nutball]

It's just crazy how a bug can evolve to look and fly exactly like a humming BIRD, but with a moth head. Same tail, even appears to have feathers, same wings...

 

[stig]

Saw one last year and she just seen this one today. Don’t know if they’re rare or not, don’t see them often tho.

Bob, I just checked, and your's are a different species from the ones we have.

https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/pollinator-of-the-month/hummingbird_moth.shtml

 

[mdvaden]

Just bought my first macro lens a few weeks ago. An Irix 150mm for about $360. The depth of field at closest focus is almost too narrow for my shooting, and I don't focus stack. So I'll probably hold back a bit extra as I get accustomed to using this lens. The first day I got it, I tested it on a bird nest fern hanging in our home office.

 

[Nutball]

 

[BeerGeek]

Nutball, what is that last bug w/the funky design on it's back?

 

[MasterBlaster]

It's the Funky Bug!

 

[Nutball]

I don't know, some sort of plant vampire I think (one of many insects that suck plant juices out with a probe).

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Looks like a type of leaf hopper.

 

[gf beranek]

I concur

 

[Nutball]

Those things are hard to photograph. They are skittish, and when on a stem, they just crawl to the opposite side like a squirrel.

 

[Nutball]

 

[mdvaden]

NIce .. what's the plant in the first photo of those three? Looks familiar.

 

[Nutball]

I have no idea. Some kind of weed or grass type plant growing in the shady treeline edges of a field.

 

[Nutball]

 

[gf beranek]

Good macro-photography requires tons of patience, and never more than in the field. Love your work.

I gotta get cracking myself. Bloom is just starting.

 

[Bodean]

My backyard pear ready to pop...

 

[Nutball]

 

[Nutball]

 

[gf beranek]

That fly is excellent. You stack focusing now?

 

[Nutball]

No

 

[gf beranek]

Well, you sure got it right on that one. Great shot!