Four more small animals

[GardenersHelper]

I captured these in our garden yesterday in the same session as the wandering aphid and barkfly nymph. I used a Sony A7ii with 2X and 1.4X teleconverters on a Laowa 2X macro lens, and a Venus Optics KX800 twin flash. The effective apertures for these were probably around the range of f/90 to f/128.

The raw files were converted using a preset in PhotoLab, followed by image-specific adjustments in Lightroom and output sharpening and noise reduction in DeNoise AI.

These images are taken from this album at Flickr, which contains 1300 pixel high versions of the images.

#1

1813 25 2020_10_31 DSC06302_PLab4 LR 1300h DNAIcAUTO by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#2

1813 26 2020_10_31 DSC06310_PLab4 LR 1300h DNAIcAUTO by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#3

1813 36 2020_10_31 DSC06479_PLab4 LR 1300h DNAIcAUTO by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#4

1813 37 2020_10_31 DSC06483_PLab4 LR 1300h DNAIcAUTO by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#5

1813 38 2020_10_31 DSC06491_PLab4 LR 1300h DNAIcAUTO by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#6

1813 41 2020_10_31 DSC06530_PLab4 LR 1300h DNAIcAUTO by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#7

1813 42 2020_10_31 DSC06527_PLab4 LR 1300h DNAIcAUTO by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#8

1813 30 2020_10_31 DSC06330_PLab4 LR 1300h DNAIcAUTO by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

 

[Cobra]

Another excellent set Nick

 

[Graham]

No. 4 & 5 look like some type of wasp, stunning shots all of them.

 

[GardenersHelper]

Another excellent set Nick

Thanks Chris.

 

[GardenersHelper]

No. 4 & 5 look like some type of wasp, stunning shots all of them.

Thanks Graham. I was wondering what that one was.

 

[alfbranch]

Very nice set Nick
The wasp is my fave

 

[GardenersHelper]

Very nice set Nick
The wasp is my fave

Thanks Alf. I think you are a fan of wasps.

 

[alfbranch]

Thanks Alf. I think you are a fan of wasps.

Correct nick they are fascinating

 

[MK1 Photography]

The ant is excellent great work

 

[GardenersHelper]

The ant is excellent great work

Thanks Mark. It turns out that #4/#5 is a wasp. I didn't know what it was - my first thought was that perhaps it was an ant, but apparently not.

 

[Graham]

Hi Nick,
If you want I can post the shots of the (I think wasp) and try get a ID ?
If you let me copy them?

 

[dordeduca]

I think it would be better if you did not choose the same color of the subject with the background

 

[GardenersHelper]

Hi Nick,
If you want I can post the shots of the (I think wasp) and try get a ID ?
If you let me copy them?

Of course Graham. Feel free, any time. Thanks.

 

[GardenersHelper]

I think it would be better if you did not choose the same color of the subject with the background

I didn't get to choose the background or the background colour. Shooting in the field without disturbing the subjects you get what you get, subject only to the angles of attack that are available, and they are subject to DOF and compositional considerations.

 

[TheBigYin]

I think it would be better if you did not choose the same color of the subject with the background

Pretty sure that it was the little critters that chose the backgrounds - as often happens, they chose to be on things that save them being an obvious target for bigger critters

 

[Deleted member 34016]

Once again you never fail to deliver- excellent set Nick

Les

 

[GardenersHelper]

Once again you never fail to deliver- excellent set Nick

Les

Thanks Les.

 

[Graham]

Of course Graham. Feel free, any time. Thanks.

Hi Nick,
Not a name I have heard of before but its a
Basalys sp. male. (Male because of the No. of segments on the antennae)

 

[GardenersHelper]

Hi Nick,
Not a name I have heard of before but its a
Basalys sp. male. (Male because of the No. of segments on the antennae)

Thanks Graham. Goodness me, this identification stuff is specialised. I just looked at (read? No, glanced at. The identification stuff is much too technical for me to understand) this book from the Royal Entomological Society.