macro lenses

[daannzzz]

 

[We-Luv-Disney]

A fly on a poppy

A hover fly hovering

 

[dcg0317]

A hover fly hovering

Excellent capture We-Luv-Disney

 

[dcg0317]

A bee on a cucumber blossom.

Cabbage White butterfly

 

[daannzzz]

 

[We-Luv-Disney]

Cabbage White butterfly

Very nice work!

 

[Chattyaholic]

I just today learned how to resize/post pictures!! I'm so excited!! So, I wanted to share my butterfly picture with you. It was taken in January at the butterfly house in Cypress Gardens.

 

[jann1033]

oopppsssss

 

[daannzzz]

 

[Virgo10]

I just took these. We've got heavy cloud cover and it's not currently raining... a rare event. Wanted to see what that type of lighting would do.

 

[daannzzz]

 

[daannzzz]

 

[makinorlando]

Here's my spider.. (I moved him from the pics avg tourists might not take thread)

I found this "guy" at the 16th hole at Fantasia Gardens yesterday. "He" was very big - I would say 2-3 inches.... I find him very SCARY looking, but I also find the center of the web - the zipper effect to be interesting! I guess the "little" guy is a baby? DD is not afraid of much, but very phobic of spiders... I am a bit too - but this was just too good of a photo op to miss!

 

[dcg0317]

Nice shot makinorlando ,what a beautiful looking spider.

 

[makinorlando]

Nice shot makinorlando ,what a beautiful looking spider.

Thank you! Every time I see a dragonfly I think of your photos... there are a "bazillion" of them around right now - but they never seem to land. We were in the pool yesterday watching them fly over, they were almost as big as birds (well not really - but there were some quite large ones, flying in group!!!)

I identified "my" spider... I will now probably have nightmares for looking at them on line.... isnt' "Google" a wonderful thing... I typed Black, Yellow, FL Spider and found it right away!

It's a Black & Yellow Argiope. They websites I have seen say the body length is about 3/4 - 1 1/8" - so I guess with the legs, my guesstimate might not be too far off. The little spider in the background is probably the male... they are much smaller, and on one site it mentioned that he builds the zig zag part of the web. They are not poisonous (isn't being SCARY enough!!!) They say the zig zag might be to keep birds, etc from flying through it or to attract bugs... both sound good to me!

So there's your lesson in arachnids this evening.
Yesterday Sand cranes.... today spiders!

 

[We-Luv-Disney]

My painted lady butterfly.

 

[Shelby5514]

I took this while playing around with my Canon S2 IS. I have no idea what function I used.

 

[MarkBarbieri]

 

[makinorlando]

great photos. can I ask what camera you use?
is the top photo dew on a spider web or something????

 

[jann1033]

Thank you! Every time I see a dragonfly I think of your photos... there are a "bazillion" of them around right now - but they never seem to land. We were in the pool yesterday watching them fly over, they were almost as big as birds (well not really - but there were some quite large ones, flying in group!!!)

I identified "my" spider... I will now probably have nightmares for looking at them on line.... isnt' "Google" a wonderful thing... I typed Black, Yellow, FL Spider and found it right away!

It's a Black & Yellow Argiope. They websites I have seen say the body length is about 3/4 - 1 1/8" - so I guess with the legs, my guesstimate might not be too far off. The little spider in the background is probably the male... they are much smaller, and on one site it mentioned that he builds the zig zag part of the web. They are not poisonous (isn't being SCARY enough!!!) They say the zig zag might be to keep birds, etc from flying through it or to attract bugs... both sound good to me!

So there's your lesson in arachnids this evening.
Yesterday Sand cranes.... today spiders!

i used to get those in my garden...they always chose to make their webs on the tomatoes and would run out when i tried to pick them which meant blood curdling screams everytime i picked tomatoes at least they were colorful
i just got a macro lens today but it was pouring so maybe tomorrow i can get some macro shots