📷 Ants & Caterpillars - Super Macro Photography

[shieha]

Artistic Portraits of Tiny Critters

Today I'd like to share some macro photography work I shot with my Canon 450D DSLR camera. For these shots I used a 100mm f/2.8 macro lens coupled with a reversed 50mm f/1.8 lens. I also used a flash with a diffuser. The whole setup looks quite ridiculously large, like so:

The setup is quite weighty and cumbersome to use out in the field, but here's what I captured with this setup.

Close-up of an ant, too bad I missed the focus on the eye.

A profile shot of the same ant.

A caterpillar with a red head greeted my lens :)

Details of the body section of the above caterpillar.

A different species of caterpillar, missed focus again but hey look at the water droplet :)

It looked up curiously at my lens, as it is probably about less than 1 cm away from it :) I like the dreamy portrait of this critter.

Hope you enjoyed this post! I strive hard to provide quality content :)

Critiques and comments are welcomed!

Questions on technique employed or gear are also welcomed!

Comments

[knight-angel]

excellent capture of the little friends

[shieha]

Thank you :)

[homeartpictures]

great macro shots....good work!! up an resteemed*

[shieha]

Thanks again for the kind words and resteem!

[homeartpictures]

welcome

[pickoum]

magnifique :)

[shieha]

Thank you, oops I mean merci beaucoup :)

[ocrdu]

Nice! Also good to see your huge set-up doesn't scare the critters away 8-).

[shieha]

Thank you! Haha I'm sure they were thinking what that big black thing was :)

[sunscape]

Fabulous captures, I love the last one the most!

[shieha]

Thank you, me too!

[karenmckersie]

Very cool and awesome photos ! But I hate bugs ! Lol !😉👍

[shieha]

Thanks for the kind words! LOL

[hilarski]

[shieha]

Thank you!

[getonthetrain]

The world of tiny creatures is amazing when a skilled photographer brings it to our level. Great stuff @shieha!

[shieha]

Thank you for the kind words!

[sulev]

:D awesome

[shieha]

Thanks!