Oh yes, its a brave bug that enters my flat - they better be wearing sunnies & SPF 40

The whole issue of sharpness and DOF took me a long time to get my head around, its a sliding scale that moves in every direction - limited by: lens quality, aperture, D.O.F, stability of camera AND subject, shutter speed, flash duration, mirror slap, film grain / noise & probably some other stuff t...

Well I like the idea for sure, but I think the lack of contrast between the dark head & the darkish corner of the shot draws attention away from the natural focus a little. A click of the fingers or a wiggling meal worm might get an upturned eye and an absolutely killer shot. All in all well worth t...

Nice observation - you could easily assume they were some kind of fungus, even on closer inspection. Never ceases to amaze me what is creeping around in peoples gardens

Great shots!

Well spotted biawak - shot in Bali so they are probably the same as yours about 8-9mm long shot at around 4-5x mag

Thanks guys! Ants are certainly a little hit & miss - my rejects folder is running at about 15gb

Nice website Sue, i like your page design (and photos..)

Hi all Taken last summer - The ant nest wasnt its usual hive of industry & seemed to be engaged in open warefare with, well itself really... I am guessing that somthing was messing with them chemically, like an extra queen or nest intruder? http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/9525/ant0100nh.jpg It was ...

But i think it kinda looks like one?? Its actually a 4cm long Balinese gecko - those hairy things are hairs on my arm (eeew I know) http://img321.imageshack.us/img321/543/crw2903resize6wk.jpg One more in high key fashion photo styles: http://img310.imageshack.us/img310/7303/gecko13je.jpg Both with 1...

How did you get the penguin to stay in the scanner? (i guess loads of gaffer tape would be the ethical solution)

Believe it or not - here's a reply from someone in London who has sat at that same SEM desk at Otago! We were measuring structural plasticity in bee brains (no it never got me a job - i have now found inner peace as a motorcycle courier...) Small world eh? apparently not small enough to find Speight...

Wow - 4 years of Zoology and these things still creep me out. Sci-fi horrors have nothing on nature. How about "crikey thats ugly" week?

Thanks to all who viewed & replied to my earlier post!

10D MPE65 420Ex 4x mag

This fly was kind enough to pose on my lightbox for a full frontal - uncropped MPE65 + 420Ex + jessops lightbox!! Ocelli shamelessly displayed

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