It was difficult to get these young spiders sharp, little depth of field and a lot of wind, but there was no point in waiting..., fifteen minutes later they were all gone !
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A follow-on from a photo I posted to the "Show Flowers" thread Nature - Show "Flowers". This time I used the matched extension tube and these two were taken at maximum magnification (lifesize).
Blossoms fully open:
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Ready to open soon:
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And the positive side effect is that the squash and other vegetables are being naturally pollinated at a record pace, I usually have to hand pollinate. Not this year!
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A Black Swallowtail caterpillar decided on a brick of our house to create its chrysalis. Now we have to wait a week or so to see it emerge (I hope!). It seems as if it picked this spot to maximize its camouflage!
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The lens was at near the closest focus without the matched extender, so this is about 1/2 life size. The aperture was f/8. This is an image stack of 4 images created using the StackReg and Extended Depth of Field plugins in Fiji/ImageJ2. The image is not cropped or otherwise processed.
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