This is my first macro photography gallery! Probably there will be more, as I'm still learning this challenging genre of photography.
I'm going to try to describe each image using the Wildlife of Britain guide. I cannot guarantee that every description is correct, sorry about that.
Nikon D300s, 105mm Macro.
I processed the images using Paint.NET.
But not just any fly. This is a blow fly. You can tell by the metallic green coloration. This one is
a lucilia caesar. It breeds on rotting carcasses and dung.ISO 800, 210mm, f/20.0, 1/200s.
I was sure it was a hornet, but apparently this is a wasp. It had no trouble posing for me mostly beause it was dead.
They are called vespula vulgaris (common wasp). They can reach 26mm in size which I find terrifying.
So here the \y are making love and I don't know if it's going to work because the one on the top is a
coccinella septempunctata, whereas the bottom one is a adalia bipunctata. But who cares!
Ew. This is a spider devouring an ant. I think it's a crab spider, but maybe not. They can change their colour, like a chameleon.
Photography-wise: the shadow shouldn't be there.
Rhagonycha fulva. In 18th and 19th century military units wore black and red, so possibly that explains
the name of this creature.ISO 800, 105mm, f/16.0, 1/160s.
