Insects, the macro world

in Wildlife Photography by Jamie HIBBERT — July 21, 2008 at 11:47 am | 1 comment

Insect on Daisy

This little critter was taken on a recent coastal walk from the red river on the North Cornish coast.

Capturing the image

It is important to look at many different levels if you are just going for a walk to take images. Details and opportunities can be easily missed if you are not careful.

These bright red insects were all over clumps of daisies and the striking contrast of thier red bodies against the yellow and whites of the flower were amazing.

Sadly I was not fully prepared and did not have a macro lens, or tripod to take full advantage of this situation. The wind was very strong also making the flower move around a lot, so I worked on the numbers theory – shoot loads of images and 1 or 2 will be usable.

Tiny blue butterfly

Macro images

Now I had gotten my head into this macro world it became alive with images and offered me new ideas to work on in the future. This little guy to the pictured to the right then appeared. Having followed it, finally it settled. I had been monitoring my camera so I was ready as soon as the chance arose to capture it, and I did.

Sadly the butterfly is not pin sharp, but the grass head it landed on gives you an idea how tiny this butterfly really is.

I am not very good with insects and my book about them is not with me currently. If you know what type of insect these are then please let me know by commenting on this post.

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