Mini Thingies

[TomMessenger:Photo]

:D Been in the garden with the camera all day today, and got these 4 keepers ^_^
Hide and seek
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/messy_da_legend/1234.jpg
In a hover
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/messy_da_legend/1234567.jpg
2 Spider sp.
Jumping Spider?
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/messy_da_legend/123456.jpg
Cant remember the name of this one
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/messy_da_legend/12345.jpg
Ta for looking ^_^

[LordV]

Excellent series :)
#1 I assume must be a hairy footed flower bee.
#3 Nursery web spider
#4 Wolf spider

[TomMessenger:Photo]

Thanks for the IDs Brian! It's really rewarding to get complements from someone as experienced as yourself. :-)

[racketman]

I wonder if the Hoverfly is Portevinia maculata? It is not common but occurs in Bentley Long Wood near you and is associated with Ransoms.

Lovely shot of the Wolf, good resolution at f16 and DOF of course.

[Sugarman]

Great shots. I love the rich color.

[TomMessenger:Photo]

Here's a 100% crop of the wolf
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/messy_da_legend/100cropwolf.jpg

The others won't blow up as well.

Do you think I'd be better off keeping my kit lens I'm using now (+close up filters), or would tubes with the 50mm 1.8 work better?

I was going to get the sigma 105mm macro but.... I'm a student!lol

[LordV]

You'll get sharper shots with the 50mm and ext tubes.
brian V.

[TomMessenger:Photo]

I wonder if the Hoverfly is Portevinia maculata? It is not common but occurs in Bentley Long Wood near you and is associated with Ransoms.


Looked it up on google and looks likely

[bandit 1]

Hiya Messy_da_legend,

Great shots, my favorite has gota be the Wolfie I love em, nice inflight shot of that Hover, ha I'm saying nothing on ID after my cock up from yesterday :lol: but here's good link

http://www.hoverfly.org.uk/album_cat.php?cat_id=1
Cheers for now
Mark

[dpastern]

Good shots, doing well :)

Dave

[LindaB]

Lovely set of shots.

With regard to #1, that could well be a solitary bee by the face markings, it looks almost identical to the one I shot recently, except mine had its proboscis out

here is the face shot of my solitary bee
http://www.pbase.com/lindabuckell/image/75556129.jpg

Linda

[TomMessenger:Photo]

Can they retract that proboscis then?

Just a quick sheildbug:
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/messy_da_legend/ResizeWizard-1-12.jpg

[dpastern]

Not so much retract as fold it under their bodies.

Dave

[Lawrie B]

Great series, I am mad about spiders and love Wolfie