Springtails

Just two species of the most common bugs in the garden at the moment.
All 5Dmk2/MPE-65/430Ex flash, 4 or 5:1
Brian v.

Animation of the shot slices used in the above focus stack

Pharted version of above shot

White blind springtail on a windfall apple - these actually have no spring.

Excellent stack! I was never any good at 'handheld' stacking - far too slow for most bugs and with focus points all over the place but usually not where I need them to be I usually manage a few shots but not enough for a clean stack. You truly are a master

Nice, getting creative on #5. I think I finally seen one of those yesterday, but it was so small and by the time I change the magnification it was gone.

Great shots Brian. That pharted version is really cool

Thanks for the comments all
Kurt the Phart is just a glowing edges filter in PS with some levels correction

macroshooter - once you get familiar with how small these things are, you start seeing them all over the place

Brian v.

awesome series Brian!

great series, love the blind sprig tail shots

Thanks Bryce and Craig for the comments
Brian V.

where I can found springtail? doing macro almost 2 years. never find this one
nice series brian...

susanto wrote in post #11590537
where I can found springtail? doing macro almost 2 years. never find this one
nice series brian...

Most likely place is to find them on the underside of damp fallen leaves but you can find them almost anywhere once you realise how small they are. They also seem to like damp wood.
Brian v.

They are great How is it possible for bugs to be so cute (yes I'm a girl )

I love how the bodies on 2 and 4 look metallic! Those are great shots, I imagine that these photos require some serious technique.

Do you usually use a tripod?

These are so good they made me a bit scared XD Especially the animated one *shudders* Im not crazy about critters as these but man do you make them look good XD

THanks for the comments
Screaming Swifts - don't think there are many cute looking bugs around but these globular springtails are one of them, but all bugs are interesting

bzollinger - No I don't use a tripod but for most high mag shots I do, I'm resting the camera lens on something (often the same surface the bug is on). Main difficulty with these tiny bugs is getting low angle shots of them but shooting them on a curved surface helps.

Brian V.

very nice set Brian