Macro

Springtails and a couple of ants

I decided to make a change to my diffusion flash set up as I thought insufficient light was striking the foreground. This entailed cutting a piece of card with a hole for the lens to point through and shaped to fit within the P Cokin filter holder. I then covered the card with tinfoil to reflect the light forwards.

The subjects for the latest experiment springtails and a couple of ants at Ramsdown nature reserve.

Over the hill
Over the hill

Globular Springtail (Order Symphypleona). Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Zuiko Olympus 38mm Macro F2.8 lens at F11.

Smiler
Smiler

Globular Springtail (Order Symphypleona). Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Zuiko Olympus 38mm Macro F2.8 lens at F11.

In the middle
In the middle

Globular Springtail (Order Symphypleona). Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Zuiko Olympus 38mm Macro F2.8 lens at F11.

A Linear Springtail
A Linear Springtail

Linear Springtail (Order Entomobryomorpha). Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Zuiko Olympus 38mm Macro F2.8 lens at F11.

Black Ant side on
Black Ant side on

Black Ant. Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Zuiko Olympus 38mm Macro F2.8 lens at F11.

I have gone to town with this shot to emphasize the aggression.

Grrr!!
Grrr!!

Black Ant. Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Zuiko Olympus 38mm Macro F2.8 lens at F11.

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Pete

I have been shooting nature with Olympus digital & Olympus OM camera gear on film since 2004

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