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This red admiral landed on a paddling pool - maybe it mistook the flower design for being a real flower!

Yellow and orange. A tiny aphid on the end of a flower petal. Taken with the new R7 and RF100 macro lens which are not in the system yet.

Archibald wrote in post #19418833
Yellow and orange. A tiny aphid on the end of a flower petal. Taken with the new R7 and RF100 macro lens which are not in the system yet.

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Fantastic shot!

sogs wrote in post #19418834
Fantastic shot!

Thanks, sogs!

Archibald wrote in post #19412763
Red Dragonfly.

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Very nice, Archie.

realairlight wrote in post #19411747
Tiger Beetle
Meet them again!

I wonder, you, a beetle, to make up so colorful for what?

Such fabulous colours! Love it!

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What is the black and red one? You captured great detail in both shots, (as always )

realairlight wrote in post #19412785
I risked my life to take close-up photos of this killer hornet.

Just kidding, no risk at all. It's a fly. A Dronefly - Monoceromyia javana
Check out the Y shape antennae.

Wonderful images. You certainly make that 100-500mm sing!

A June bug with its prominent stripes. Nice shot.

Finsnapper wrote in post #19418963
Very nice, Archie.

Finsnapper wrote in post #19418964
Such fabulous colours! Love it!

Finsnapper wrote in post #19418974
Wonderful images. You certainly make that 100-500mm sing!

Finsnapper wrote in post #19418974
Wonderful images. You certainly make that 100-500mm sing!

Thank you, Sir!

Red weaver ant mimicking micropezid fly

Photo from realairlight's gallery.

sri.narayan wrote in post #19413523
Definitely a cicada exoskelton. Last year in June and July the tree trunks in MD had so many of them as the 17 year brood emerged in the millions. Fascinating. Here is one emerging before leaving the exoskeleton behind.

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It’s fascinating to see this. Great capture.

Issid planthopper (Thionia simplex)

so I finally found an effective way to use the RF100 without the struggle of AF. Turns out I had to turn off focus start at half-press of the shutter button in order to get manual focus to work, and still have the ability to AF with the back button. I'm still playing with a few settings, but my experience improved significantly.

jcothron wrote in post #19419306
Issid planthopper (Thionia simplex)

so I finally found an effective way to use the RF100 without the struggle of AF. Turns out I had to turn off focus start at half-press of the shutter button in order to get manual focus to work, and still have the ability to AF with the back button. I'm still playing with a few settings, but my experience improved significantly.

What a cute bug! It is a nice pic of it.

I'm also still experimenting with the RF100, and I too have turned off focus at half-press of the shutter button. There are those who say backbutton focus isn't needed any more with mirrorless, but I can't figure that out, so am still using it, successfully I think!

I have the * button programmed to switch to eye AF for times when I switch to birds or other large critters. Sometimes it even works for bugs.