Post your favorite Macro Photos taken in 2008

[John_B]

We are coming to the end of 2008 so I figured I start this thread up for all you macro photographers to post your personal favorite macro photos taken in 2008. :D

Please keep it to 3 photos max! ;)

Here are my favorite top three Macro photos (to my eyes).

This photo was hard because these things are constantly moving real fast ;)

Micro Red
http://johnbdigital.com/macro/micro_red.jpg
click for specs (http://johnbdigital.com/macro/micro_red.htm)

I really thought these looked like lips ;)

Pistil Lips
http://johnbdigital.com/flowers/pistil_lips.jpg
click for specs (http://johnbdigital.com/flowers/pistil_lips.htm)

First time I caught a baby aphid connected to its mom. :cool:

Aphid Birth
http://johnbdigital.com/macro/aphid_birth.jpg
click for specs (http://johnbdigital.com/macro/aphid_birth.htm)

[racketman]

very good mite shot - hard to get that much detail even when stationary for 0.5sec.

[LindaB]

I have a couple:

A weevil nymph
http://www.pbase.com/lindabuckell/image/96236573.jpg

DF in my garden
http://www.pbase.com/lindabuckell/image/101468483.jpg

Emerald damsel
http://www.pbase.com/lindabuckell/image/100813683.jpg

Droplets
http://www.pbase.com/lindabuckell/image/99195827.jpg

Linda

[John_B]

very good mite shot - had to get that much detail even when stationary for 0.5sec.racketman,
Thanks, I did feel lucky with that one and they are so small ;)

[John_B]

LindaB,
Your DF in my garden is my favorite ;)

[LindaB]

LindaB,
Your DF in my garden is my favorite ;)

Thanks John - apologies for two things :rolleyes: firstly for posting 4 pics (I must have missed that sentence in your original post) and for not commenting on yours (fuzzy head due to one of the many colds circulating lol).

So without further a-do, I think your aphid birth is fantastic - these arent easy shots to take.

Linda

[John_B]

Thanks John - apologies for two things firstly for posting 4 pics (I must have missed that sentence in your original post) and for not commenting on yours (fuzzy head due to one of the many colds circulating lol).

So without further a-do, I think your aphid birth is fantastic - these arent easy shots to take.
LindaB,
:lol: no problem, and thanks glad you liked the aphid birth :)

[lcpete]

Fantastic shots :D
Heres a couple of mine
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/lcpete/LargeRedeyedDamselflyErythrommanaja.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/lcpete/commonbluesat1s5.jpg

Pete

[Androctonus]

Here is mine.

Centruroides bani (6mm long) :
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp124/skorpionfarmen/Centruroides%20bani/Centruroidesbanismall.jpg

Ghost mantis:
http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp124/skorpionfarmen/Mantids/IMG_4135.jpg

humm, thats it i think.

[icon134]

This is probably one of my favorites of 2008... of a Daisy in my front yard taken with my Tamron 90mm.

http://scottgunshell.smugmug.com/photos/445042328_KEPcM-L.jpg

[macro junkie]

great shots..il have to dig through my gallery.i have taken alot of good shots this year..its going to be hard o choose.

[macro junkie]

I have a couple:

A weevil nymph
http://www.pbase.com/lindabuckell/image/96236573.jpg

DF in my garden


Droplets

Linda

tjhat is weird..never seen any thing like that before..looks ike A shedded skin..Good find linda/ :)

[LindaB]

tjhat is weird..never seen any thing like that before..looks ike A shedded skin..Good find linda/ :)

Thanks - yeah, I wasnt sure myself at first. Its not a shed skin, it was alive - I found it in the bottom of a hanging basket. I have seen their eggs before, but never this stage.

Here's a link to another view of it upside down, where you can see the snout shape more easily
http://www.pbase.com/lindabuckell/image/96236534

Linda


PS: Some great pics being posted on here now :) - nice to see you around again Pete :)

[macro junkie]

john..that 1st image..5X life size at f/16..wow.looks so sharp..im wondering if it looks that sharp at a bigger image size?

[John_B]

lcpete,
Your second photo is beautiful :)

Androctonus,
Your Ghost Mantis look incredible :)

icon134,
A beautiful Daisey :)

macro junkie,
With some USM it came out great on a 11 x 14" print ;)

[Tendy]

Heres my 3
http://fc67.deviantart.com/fs37/f/2008/245/6/8/Burnt_by_Stumm47.jpg

http://fc18.deviantart.com/fs36/f/2008/270/9/4/Translucence_by_Stumm47.jpg

http://fc28.deviantart.com/fs39/i/2008/347/3/3/Watch_This_Space_I_by_Stumm47.jpg

[John_B]

Tendy,
I like your back lit green leaf, what kind of plant is it?

[Tendy]

Tendy,
I like your back lit green leaf, what kind of plant is it?

Thanks! Its a christmas cactus,same plant as the third pic. Its backlit using a cell phone as the light source
(You can just see it,out of focus in the background)

[macro junkie]

1.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/2846981169_97bd584b8a_o.jpg

2.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3219/3022146746_8f059dbd26_o.jpg

3.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3176/2566559135_b2067aea7d_o.jpg

[Tendy]

Very nice fly shots there,especially the last one!

[John_B]

macro junkie,
Your 1st photo is great!!
and my favorite of the bunch you posted!

[tomhooper]

Here are my three.
#1. Rare 7 legged variety of a Lynx Spider.
http://thomashooper.com/greenspider.jpg
2# Magnolia seed emerging from the pod.
http://thomashooper.com/magnoliaseedinside.jpg
3# Ladybug.
http://thomashooper.com/ladybug.jpg

[tomhooper]

Oh and by the way. All of the shots are excellent. Linda I really like your water droplets. I just never have been able to get them to come out right, but I keep trying.