Forest - colors of Autumn

All photos taken in a forest near where I live:







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Scorpionfly during a break

Today three flying insects during a break...

Whole universe in one eye



Scorpionfly (Panorpa Communis, Male)



The Colors

Snail and grass

Today only two photos: a very small snail that took off after the rain and some grass.

Zuiko 70-300mm and Raynox DCR-250

Some technical information about using Zuiko 70-300mm with Raynox DCR-250. Skip if you want only photos. :)

All tests on manual focus. Smallest focus distance: 110-130 mm from the Raynox. Should suffice. Largest object that could be photographed: 30 mm. Magnifications and maximum object sizes:

1. Focus at infinity

focal lenght	frame width	magnification
70mm	30 mm	0,57x
100mm	20 mm	0,8x
150mm	15 mm	1,1x
200mm	10 mm	1,7x
300mm	7 mm	2,4x

2. Closest focus

focal lenght	frame width	magnification
70mm	20 mm	0,8x
100mm	15 mm	1,1x
150mm	10 mm	1,7x
200mm	7 mm	2,4x
300mm	5 mm	3,4x

DOF at 200-300 is very, very, very small even at f22.

One of the first acceptable photos I took with it (ISO400, cropped):

Meadow and dandelions

Today the weather was great, so I took some photos in my neighborhood.

Meadow. It's converted from ORF (Olympus RAW file) in Raw Therapee.



A church very, very far away. Zuiko 30-700mm lens are quite handy. You could see the waving of the air - it's VERY hot today.



Dandelions almost in sepia...

First test with new camera

Harnet eye, flower and cross-spider. First photos I took with Olympus E-520. The DOF (depth of field) is much smaller than on my old Fuji, so I need to close the aperture and it's harder to light the insect properly. So those are only test. All photos were taken with ZD 30-700mm and Raynox DCR-250.

Darkness is coming

Yesterday I took some photos during a thunderstorm. 100 photos and only two thunders. But it was worth a try.





All comments are welcome.

Eyes and dinner

Today interesting eyes of some flying insect:



Spider dinner:



And grasshoper:

Death in the fetters

New photos of insects. Last week I took photos of some very small grasshoppers, one of them is below, cute little bugs.

Death in the fetters


Young grasshopper


Red eyes reduction: off


Shining


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Azalea flowers

Three photos of Azalea flowers.
The first two were taken with Raynox macro converter and a flash light.







All comments are appreciated.

New wave of Insects

There was a lot of good weather several days ago, so I took my camera on a little trip into the... grass. Some of the insects I found are below.
Right know I consider buying Olympus E-520 but am still not sure. DSLR and the glass for it costs much and sometimes I think Fuji s6500fd (known also as s6000fd) and Raynox DCR-250 is enough for me. But... you know. Sometimes I have to fight the noise with Neat Image (by the way - it works just fine on Linux) or Greycstoration (GIMP plugin) even at ISO 100 and it's time consuming. With E-520 the quality of the photos would - I bet - greately improve.
Well, but - here are the photos.

Red on green


Ant on top


Very small bee, don't know the species


Wasp 1


Wasp 2


Strange green bug


Small moth during sleep


Spider: Going down


Spider: Looking at you


And a flower at the end:


Awaiting comments. ;)

A view of the mountains and some experiments

Photos from Beskidy - small mountains in Poland - I took last month.

Colorful wood


And some experiments. Post processed in GIMP:

Magical forest


There is something in the woods...


Darkness is coming


Panorama view of Beskidy


Same place, different photo


Bird was not at home


At the river


Feel free to comment.

Bumblebee, ant and their friends

Well, the temperature is rising and there is more and more insects on the loose. Below are some of the first bug pictures I took this year.

Bumblebee in colors


Testing the flower


Hiding in the darkness, waiting for prey...


Strange little something


I'm shining, do you see?


Still waiting for some comments, you know...