#macrophotography

psychmesu@diaspora.glasswings.com

https://mastodonapp.uk/@BjornIdle/111705843766893976 BjornIdle@mastodonapp.uk - A Red Damselfly (Xanthocnemis zealandica) clings onto the tip of a reed shaft.

I'd love to say I deliberately chose a reed that had the same colours on it as the damselfly, but this is just where this one happened to land. And to be honest, I've only just noticed it myself... 🤔

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mkwadee@diasp.eu

Today's model is a #Bumblebee on #Allium #Flowers. The flowers are attracting a steady stream of #Pollinators

This cropped image is not at full resolution as that would be bigger than my screen but it's nice to get a sharp image of the subject.
Bumblebee on allium

Moments later it flew onto another plant and I got this nice shot of it. Once again, the image is cropped.
Bumblebee on allium

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mkwadee@diasp.eu

The #spider I photographed a few days ago in the conservatory is still around but today is resting on the other side of its #web so I've got a good view of its underside. Just be aware that it is tiny, it's body is about 3 to 4 mm in length but the #Macrolens does its job in making it look huge! I've imported and then exported it through #Gimp which enhances the colours somewhat but there's no other image manipulation.

Marking it as #NSFW in case you are a bit arachnophobic, like me.

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mkwadee@diasp.eu

Today's #flower in the #garden is a star of Behtlehem. At least it looks like one of the many #species of #plants that go by that common name and I'm not a botanist and won't try to be more specific. It has six #petals which struck me as odd (no, not odd, you know what I mean). The number of petals is often a number from the #FibonacciSequence and so what might happen here during development is that each of the three petals split into two. I'm just speculating and I'm sure there are many more knowledgeable people who could give the right answer.
Close up of star of Bethlehem flower

This second image is a cropped version of the one above. You can see the #stamens covered in yellow #pollen well. Instead of putting the centre of the flower in the centre of the image, I've used the #RuleOfThirds to try to make it a bit more interesting, which has the added benefit of being able to fit an entire petal into the frame.
Cropped image of start of Bethlehem flower

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