#macrophotograhy

[deebeeus]

More #MacroMonday madness! This time a tuner on @perkins28’s #NashGuitars #Gibson #ES335 makeover. If you’re wondering how I take a shot like this, it was done with a 60mm macro lens (so close up it was almost touching the tuner) in full sunlight and at high ISO (it was 800 or possibly even 2000...can’t figure out how to see exif data in my phone or I would be more specific) so I could stop the lens down to something like f40. Even at an aperture this small the depth of field is still not incredibly deep! But at least the whole face of the tuner is pretty much in focus except for the very far edge...this would not happen at a wider aperture in a macro situation. At f5.6 the word “Grover” might be in focus but the word “Deluxe” would be all fuzzy! Anyhoo: makes you think don’t it? 😆 #macro #macrophotograhy #guitarmacro #ianperkins #thegaslightanthem #thehorriblecrowes #guitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #gibsoncustom #customshop #reissue #gibsonguitars #tone #guitargear #guitarsdaily #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #guitargear #vintagegear #guitarsdaily #gibsonsofinstagram #guitarphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/BuUJcL_BbBH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vq4g1jtym57p

[elfaquer]

#photoelfaquer #nature #photonature #naturephotography #picturetokeep_rural #pictures#picture #photooftheday #macrophotograhy #macro #macros #macronutrients #proxiphoto #proxiphotographie #proxi #proxiphoto #macrophotography https://www.instagram.com/p/ByxWMBFI7i8/?igshid=4qz0uh3n1dk4

[hrosev]

Lord of the bracelet. Macro mood. . . . . . #Lord of the #bracelet#earrings #gold #stone #biuteria #metal #silver #macro #macrophotograhy #mobiledit #movie #creation #abaut1321art https://www.instagram.com/p/CT6gJkSMtag/?utm_medium=tumblr

[sean-virgo]

The noisy cicada. #bugs #insects #allnaturelovers #naturelovers #naturalbeauty #nature #cicada #picoftheday #photooftheday #instagood #instaphotographer #instadaily #pentaxiansstandup #pentaxagram #pentaxiansunite #pentax #snapshots #seanvirgo #wildlife #macrophotograhy

[soggymuppets-thoughts]

Amazilla getting closer...

[fotoannika]

#bumblebee #macrophoto_world #macrophotographie #macrophotographyfan #macrophotographyuniverse #macrophotography #macrophotocollection #macrophotographers #macrophotomagazine #macrophotographylove #macrophoto #macrophotoaward #macrophotogrophy #macrophotoawards #macrophotoweek #macrophotograph #macrophotographyforus #macrophotograpy #macrophotographyworld #macrophotographer #macrophotographyphone #macrophotographies #macrophotographylover #macrophotographylovers #macrophotograhy #macrophotographer_club #macrophotografy #macrophotos #followforfollowersalways #followforfollowersback #followforfollowbacks #followforfollowme #followforfollowkpop #followforfollowbac #followforfollowо #followforfollowfor #followforfollowe #followforfollowback #followforfollowl4l #followforfollowyou #prilaga #followforfollowph #followforfollowdogs #followforfollowing #followforfollowsback #followforfollowalways #followforfolloww #followforfollowers #followforfollow #followforfollower #followforfollowbackfast #followforfollowbackalways #followforfollows #followforfollowteam #followforfollowbackandlike #followforfollowanime https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqsdck2g5Xn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jrhmlrnq5ax2

[excalibur-summers]

Close Flower by Excalibur Summer-Blade © 2017

[elfaquer]

#photoelfaquer #macro #macros #proxiphoto #proxiphotographie #proxi #proxiphoto #macrophotography #nature #macrophotograhy #naturephotography #plant #plante #plantes #insecte #insects #insectes https://www.instagram.com/p/ByxcKubIqgZ/?igshid=pbluqvjo3bix

[sean-virgo]

Black & White Yellow Jacket. #macrophotograhy #bee #hornet #wasp #nature #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhiteisworththefight #naturelovers #naturalbeauty #all_shots #allnaturelovers #bug #instagood #instaphotographer #instadaily #pentaxiansstandup #pentaxagram #pentaxiansunite #pentax #snapshots #seanvirgo #insect #macro https://www.instagram.com/p/ByBRUB5Aiv5/?igshid=ayfbjmqssl43

[bugonthumb]

BugShot, Belize, 2013

Amblypygid, Belmopan, Belize, 2013

Last fall, I offered up five-years-worth of future Christmas and birthday presents (not to mention the Indiana Jones-style sidecar-motorcycle for which I pined) to the Master-of-the-Universe in return for a chance to attend what has to be the most glorious gathering of insect and nature nerds in the Western Hemisphere: BugShot, an invertebrate macro-photography workshop taught by four of the field's greats: Alex Wild, John Abbott, Thomas Shahan, and the incomparable Piotr Naskrecki. 

I found out about the workshop by chance, or fate. The latter seems more likely considering that, for some time, the adorably sinister tailless whip-spider (or amblypygid) has grinned smugly at me from its perch atop my Arthropod Life List, seemingly unreachable, despite my extensive bug-focused travels.

Indeed, I've had some banner insect years of late. This past spring, along foggy, petal-strewn paths in Taiwan, I was able to enjoy the Seussian-strangeness of #'s 16 and 13 on my list, a scorpionfly (Genus Panorpa) and stalk-eyed fly (family Diopsidae), respectively. A few months later, in a meadow in the Dolomites, I happened upon a coven of gilt-winged fairy moths (# 22) as they played about the clover. And in 2012, I made a triumphant--if tearful and snot-garbled--call to my husband to report my sighting of #3, a perfect, penny-sized bolas spider, tucked into itself on a leaf; its bulbous abdomen a slick of white and brown rilled yellow at its margins: the most convincing imitation of bird shit that I had ever seen. 

In Thailand, some years ago, I got as close to an amblypygid as I had ever come. At an insect hotel in the tangled jungles of Phrae, a staff-member brought me one of the amplypygid's relatives, a terribly handsome uropgygid (or vinegaroon)-- #27--that he'd found in his bathroom. 

Though each of these encounters meant the world to me, I've always longed most for my gorgeous and grotesque #1.  

Enter BugShot, Belize, and its promise to take its participants into a cave to seek out and photograph the creatures within, including cave crickets, predacious fungus gnat larvae, and, to my shrieking delight, amblypygids.

Cave cricket, Belmopan, Belize, 2013

Master-of-the-Universe (a.k.a, my ever-so-patient and obliging husband) agreed that BugShot, with its inclusion of my hero Piotr Naskrecki--katydid specialist, defender of cockroaches, and a man whom I consider to be the entomological Indiana Jones--was indeed a rare opportunity and signed me up. On one condition. That I abandon my plans to purchase a Mao-era sidecar-motorcycle, a vehicle that I fiercely desired for its ability to convey me and my be-goggled pomeranian to the grocery store with the same adventurous flair that Indiana used to flee the Nazis. 

But with amblypygids on the line, I chose wisely.

To Belize!

Though many of these photos are "studio" shots and some are digitally manipulated for artistic effect, the creatures pictured are nonetheless all ones that we found, often at night and in spite of red-ants in our pants, on the trails and in the gardens of Ian Anderson's stunning Caves Branch Lodge in Belmopan, Belize.

I dedicate these photos to MOTU, my amazing fellow work-shoppers (the nicest group of buggers you could ever meet) and our fantastic instructors. It truly was an adventure of a lifetime. 

[elfaquer]

#photoelfaquer #flowers #fleur #fleurs #nature #photonature #naturephotography #fowers #flower #fleurs #fleur #pictures #picture #shoot #parc #macrophotograhy #macro #macros #macronutrients #proxiphoto #proxiphotographie #proxi #proxiphoto #macrophotography #plantes https://www.instagram.com/p/ByxXrh4IlUI/?igshid=evbfint9fc9m

[fapjesus2-blog]

[sean-virgo]

Macrophotography Hover. #insects #bugs #allnaturelovers #naturalbeauty #bees #macro #naturelovers #nature #wildlife #macrophotograhy #flowers #nyc #picoftheday #photooftheday #instagood #instaphotographer #instadaily #pentaxiansstandup #pentaxagram #pentaxiansunite #pentax #snapshots #seanvirgo #all_shots #instaphoto https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwn2_aBAah5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13rasnggr5e67

[elfaquer]

#photoelfaquer #macrophotograhy #photooftheday #macro #macros #proxiphoto #proxiphotographie #proxi #proxiphoto #macrophotography #nature #macrophotograhy #naturephotography #plant #plante #plantes https://www.instagram.com/p/ByxVwy4o2A7/?igshid=u48qcqbca32m

[elfaquer]

#photoelfaquer #macro #macros #proxiphoto #proxiphotographie #proxi #proxiphoto #macrophotography #nature #macrophotograhy https://www.instagram.com/p/Byw_wD_oh7Q/?igshid=zd02wb2teryz