Thread: Post your close encounters

Thanks VladTepes much appreciated also. As for the plant the critter is on (called a Picasso Bug!) I don't know the plant but below a picture showing more of it:

Ichneumonid wasp - the "sting" is an ovipositor!

not up to the standard of others but a toadstool never the less

cheers
blaze

Nice image and composition Blaze, keep posting mate

Originally Posted by bblaze

[B]not up to the standard of others

I know the feeling mate

There always will be there with better equipment or knowledge than us, the main thing it is persevering with what we have and have an aim to which level we like to go.
The images here are not macro, not even close to it they are close up shots which can be improved by using extention tubes in our standard lens.
If some one like to read about macro and appreciate some images HERE and HERE are some good info by Syrus and others.

Our work it is not in the same league, but then again with our gear we do not pretend to clasify our photos as Macro and I doubt that the photographers in the links could do better than us with our gear.

Keep shooting and posting, it is the only way to "climb" to next level.

Evening Brown Butterfly - Melanitis leda bankia
Family Hymphalidae
Two images from the last 2 days in my garden




Iacchus Skipper - Trapezites iacchus
Family Hesperiidae