Gun, What beautifull shots these are indeed. I hadn't seen the post if I wasn't strawling around the forum, but damn that looks good. I really love the velvet like glare she has all over her body, real feminine :wink: The green is also very nice I also did not know that ant queens could produce a we...

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My dearest condolances Tom. I am sorry that your father died, but it is good to know that he will be remembered and loved by his family.
And indeed, you look quite a lot like your dad.

All the best

Tom and Melanie Burger

Hey Tom,

My sincere condolances man. I agree with the story you wrote here.
Life is indeed to short, and it is never wrong to tell someone that you love them.

All the best my friend,

Tom B

http://www.photomacrography1.net/images/Paardenbloem.jpg A dandelion http://www.photomacrography1.net/images/goldbug.jpg A couple of beetles with nice metallic glance http://www.photomacrography1.net/images/Lindepijlstaart.jpg And an alien lifeform, haha. No this is a Lime hawk moth Mimas tiliae th...

yep that is theone,

Thanks for helping me with the ID m8.

All the best,

Tom B

Hey folks, Had an old time backyard outing yesterday :lol: Found these amazing little butterflies / moths with a wingspan of aprox. 1,5 to 2 cm. http://www.photomacrography1.net/images/minibuttfly.jpg And a nice little syrphid fly http://www.photomacrography1.net/images/syrphid.jpg And a curious lit...

Thank you Ken,

I wasn't sure about the sharpness on the face, but it gives such a high reflection that my camera allmost cannot handle it. Maybe gonna try a bit of polarization one day.. Like Tom W discribed a few months earlier

All the best,

Tom B

I think it is called Bleeding hart in English the latin name is Dicentra spectabilis, there is also a white spec. that is the Dicentra spectabilis alba

Thanks for the comment,

All the best,

Tom B

The egg casings are smooth in the beginning, but when they dry up, little hairs start to rise. According to some people this is to make sure they stick to the surface they fall on, other say it is to ware of predators...

Thank you for the comments folks,

All the best,

Tom B

Ok I know that this is the 4th image I posted.. but I am over excited. When I just looked at my terrarium, I saw that one of my males just shed his skin in the last couple of hours. Now these guys get right to buisnis if you know what I mean, barely reached adulthood and allready coupling up and mat...

Hey folks, These fellers where on our lillies last year to, but due to their highly reflective armour, my sony could not get them focussed right. Luckily my G600 can, so here it is. b.t.w. this is about 80% of the original, wasn't completely satisfied with the composition. http://www.photomacrograph...

Hey folks, Went out for a couple of flowershots yesterday. The first one is in plane daylight, The second one is taken at night with only a tabletop lamp from the side for a better release from the background http://www.photomacrography1.net/images/bluem-bg.jpg http://www.photomacrography1.net/image...

Maybe he is making that weird vocal sound that tim allen does in tool time... like uuhhhhhh?! :d Really like this shot, I have attempted this myself the last couple of days.. but wasn't succesfull.. they sit around the house a lot on really dark green plants like buxus and taxus and warm up in the s...

Thank you all forthe comments,

I myzelf like the bubbels on the ends of the larvae. Did you know thta worker ant's eat this and / or feed it to ther queen? It is a highly nutricional sugar solution i believe, somewhat like nectar.

All the best,

Tom B

Hey folks, Been busy this week fixing up the curbs and other tiling in our garden.. and guess what I found? It is no cropping http://www.photomacrography1.net/images/Red-ant.jpg And I found this guy to. Not great DOF but I liked the beheaviour.. guess he stepped in something he didn't like because h...