Here are a few recent favorites of mine:
This jumper got startled by the flash every time, although it couldn't have minded that much, because it stayed in a similar spot for quite a while:
Same jumper but as a profile:
I have not seen this species of jumper in my yard before (red and black stripes--IDs appreciated). It was very difficult to even get this shot, because the jumper was really tiny (this is cropped from 3:1), the spines made it impossible to get closer than this, and the spines seemed to be constantly covering at least one part of the subject.
Green Lacewing:
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Desert butterfly from Joshua Tree National Park. This was a bit tricky, because this butterfly would not stop opening and closing its wings. I had to time the shutter as well as I could to catch them when they were all the way open. This is the closest I got:
Green Leafhopper:
Lavender Star stack:
Desaturated single exposure of California Poppy with 180L on tripod:
