Empis opaca
Olympus EM-1, Printing Nikkor 105mm, twin flash, hand held.
P7073301 Empis opaca Printing Topaz 1024b Crosseye 1600.jpg
Empis opaca
Olympus EM-1, Printing Nikkor 105mm, twin flash, hand held.
P7073301 Empis opaca Printing Topaz 1024b Crosseye 1600.jpg
EM-1, probably Kiron 105mm. (2016).
Images cropped
P8043331_DxO Tachinid Crosseye 1600.jpg
Olympus EM-1, Kiron 105mm, twin flash, hand held.
P8203003 Large Midge Currant Kiron Topaz Crosseye 1600.jpg
Thanks.
Mostly, they move. If they remain in place, or if I can follow them around, I just keep shooting until they don't move between shots. I have been known to digitally amputate limbs!![]()
A bigger problem is light (WB) changing, sometimes due to moving clouds or maybe shadows of moving branches.
Some insects may not move but remain looking away from the camera.
The skill is to see these things happening.
EM-1, Printing Nikkor 150mm, probably at f11.
P9170372_DxO Fly Printing 150mm Crosseye 1600..jpg
Olympus EM-1, Kiron 105mm at f16, twin flash, hand held.
P6253296 Large Snipe Stereo Topaz Crosseye Crop 1200.jpg
This slime mold is the first (still no mushrooms) after months of drought.
Olympus EM-1, Olympus m4/3 30mm macro at f11.
The fuzzy surface is due to fine surface, spore-bearing structures. The ghostly, larger, transparent blobs are undifferentiated plasmodium.
Photographed in bright, cloudy daylight, hand held.
Update: As is often the case with this species, the following day I found the colony shriveled and it will not recover.
FOV 20mm wide then crop.
_9045538_DxO Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa Crosseye 1600.jpg
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Geändert von Manualman (06.09.2025 um 10:27 Uhr) Grund: Update
My recent post showed a chaotic, rather disorganized colony. Although the shapes are never regular, these images show a more typical assortment.
Sony A7r3, about 200mm extension, Printing Nikkor 105mm at f8 or f11, sunlight, hand held. FOV ca 30mm.
The images have been cropped.
DSC06038 Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa Printing 150mm Crop Crosseye 1600.jpg
DSC06021 Ceratiomyxa Crop Crosseye 1600.jpg
Geändert von Manualman (07.09.2025 um 06:10 Uhr)
This is the tree rather than the popular C. horizontalis .
Sony A7r3, Tamron Adaptall-2 35-80mm ay f5.6 on matched x2 TC.
The comment here suggested that I should try this combination.
https://web.archive.org/web/20081006...enses/01A.html
I am a bit disappointed, although the first images are pleasing.
I was mainly interested in the leaf and berry colors. I'm sure it can do more with fine detail.
DSC06087 Cotoneaster hybrid Pendulus A7r3 Tamron SP 35 to 80mm f 5.6 Crossseye 1600.jpg
DSC06091 Cotoneaster hybrid Pendulus A7r3 Tamron SP 35 to 80mm f 5.6 Crosseye 1600.jpg
DSC06093 Cotoneaster hybrid Pendulus A7r3 Tamron SP 35 to 80mm f 5.6 Crosseye 1600.jpg
DSC06099 Cotoneaster hybrid Pendulus A7r3 Tamron SP 35 to 80mm f 5.6 Crosseye 1600.jpg