take a guess…

And for a little change, a shot of a mystery insect – can you guess what it is? Taken with Canon’s MP-E 65mm 1-5x lens with a 2x convertor @ 5x

housekeeping

Just a quick heads up – I will be moving a large number of my posts from cicindela over to this blog – apologies for the mess. I will also contact any bloggers who have linked to… Read More →

Insect Photography 101: Part 2, DSLR cameras

In the first part of this series I covered point and shoot (P&S) digital cameras and their suitability for insect photography - now for the heavy hitters – digital SLR cameras. Not to mince words,… Read More →

got bugs?

A friend sent me  this neat ad featuring (mostly) accurate and well animated insects – the Dynastes is particularly amusing

I want one!

on second thought, I’ll stick with normal sized bugs – even I’d hate to come face-to-face with a dog sized ant! from X-Men #24 published in September 1966.