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...
Photographing minerals

Photographing minerals

The son of our neighbors next doors is seven years old and collects minerals (“treasures of the soil” as he calls them). When we visited them a while ago I suggested to photograph his treasures along with some of his Lego figurines. The idea was very...
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...