Lumenatorial: The Baby Ladybug

Lumenatorial: The Baby Ladybug

Today’s Lumenatorial covers how I captured the photo of that baby ladybug. The story begins when I drove my car through the car-wash. Back home I inspected the cleaning job and found the ladybug on the car’s roof (however it got there at temperatures...
Grasshopper evolution

Grasshopper evolution

One day it happened that a grasshopper appeared in our bathroom. Before gently complimenting the insect out into freedom again I mounted the macro lens on my D300s (still had it at that time), mounted a flash and took some images. In this post I want to share the...
More Insects

More Insects

  Last week I posted images of a caterpillar on an apple and once the macro lens is mounted my photographic trigger finger stays itchy. Therefore I strolled around on a playground while my daughter was playing and scrutinized twigs and leaves of the surrounding...
Caterpillar

Caterpillar

We stood together with our neighbors when suddenly he said: “Oh look, there’s a tiny caterpillar on your shirt !” Being the busy photographer I am instead of brushing the caterpillar off my shirt and into the next shrubbery I ran inside (caterpillar...
Announcing insect week

Announcing insect week

Spring is here and nature is buzzing with activity. In the last weeks I had the 105 mm macro lens mounted on one camera all the time and took the opportunity to photograph insects which I encountered outdoors. This week is thereby declared insect week. Within the next...