bugs

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Going out of the city means going into the wilderness meaning you get more bugs bugging you.
I shot a good number of bees in the past months, and they get boring at some point (yeah, they do). But I still shot a few more, just because they were s o o o o o  s l o w. They were just sitting there. And they were still sitting there in exactly the same spot the next day. And no, they weren’t dead.

Bumblebee

D800, ISO400, 1/500 sec @ f/4,5, Tamron 90mm macro

Bumblebee

D800, ISO400, 1/500 sec @ f/4,5, Tamron 90mm macro

But now that we’re a bit further into the summer… Or actually, now that summer’s pretty much on its end and we’re going into fall, some other bugs have come out that I -for some reason- haven’t seen around so much during summer.

Crane fly

D800, ISO100, 1/125 sec @ f/4.5, Tamron 90mm

And this weird creature:

Heteroptera

D800, ISO400, 1/125 sec @ f/5.3, Tamron 90mm

Interesting stuff going on!

Ringlet butterfly resting on a leaf

D800, ISO100, 1/250 sec @ f/3.8, Tamron 90mm

Bumblebee on a fireweed collecting honey

D800, ISO1600, 1/2000 sec @ f/4, Tamron 90mm

Two bumblebees sitting on a water hemlock collecting honey

D800, ISO100, 1/320 sec @ f/11, Tamron 90mm, on-camera flash

Hoverflies flying around a thistle

D800, ISO1600, 1/8000 sec @ f/3.8, Tamron 90mm

Hoverflies flying around a thistle

D800, ISO1600, 1/8000 sec @ f/3.8, Tamron 90mm

And one where I was simply too slow 😀

Grass against a blue sky

D800, ISO100, 1/320 sec @ f/8, Tamron 90mm, on-camera flash

 

Went to friends yesterday to shoot some flowers, because they have such a nice garden… You never know what you end up shooting 🙂

Snail

D700, ISO800, 1/320 sec @ f/8, Tamron 90mm macro, on-camera flash

Centipede

D700, ISO800, 1/320 sec @ f/8, Tamron 90mm macro, on-camera flash