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...
Garden work

Garden work

No deep story today, just two shots I like. I did some garden work and noticed the ladybug (yes, another one after this one and this one). The other picture is a … what’s it’s called again… never mind, pretty plant which sprouted on the patio....
Another ladybug post

Another ladybug post

With the insects coming out in spring the temptation to shoot bugs of all sorts is high. Especially ladybugs are crawling around a lot these days as you might have realized from my previous post. Today I got the opportunity to shoot another ladybug. Both images were...
Ladybug and Duplos

Ladybug and Duplos

Spring has finally reached us and last Sunday I could spend the first afternoon on the terrace. While my daughter was playing with her Duplo bricks a ladybug crawled around. I grabbed my D300s with the 105 mm macro lens and was able to take some shots of this insect....