Greenbottle Stalker, Bluebottle and Newly emerged Leaf hopper.

[IanClark]

On a different leaf

FROG HOPPER even!
Newly emerged by the looks of it. Spot the spider lurking in the top left

 

[GardenersHelper]

Nice. Very much like the last one. A terrific capture.

 

[Paul Iddon]

Cool shots Ian - the hopper is great m8.

Paul.

 

[IanClark]

Cheers guys

 

[G.K.Jnr.]

Really nice set of images Ian, with some great detail. #3, #5, would be my fav's.

George.

 

[IanClark]

Thanks George.

 

[Neil Burnell]

Nice shots Ian, 5 stands out in this set imo.

 

[Tintin124]

Excellent set .. #1 looks a little poop though

Great molting leaf hopper

 

[IanClark]

Thanks again guys. Yeah the frog hopper is my favourite too

 

[iwols]

superb shots ian whats your setup please

 

[IanClark]

superb shots ian whats your setup please

Thank you.

Canon EOS 7D with Canon 100mm F2.8L series Macro lens. Occasionally with a 20mm or 36mm extension tube on.
Flash is a Speedlite 430 EXII with a large 20x20cm Lastolite ezybox diffuser.

Generally, I shoot at F/10 to F/11, ISO 250 and 1/250th. Flash is adjused as per ambient lighting. It's not perfect light but it's not too bad

 

[ChrisA]

Love your hopper shots - very nice. The first shot has something quite yukky in it.

 

[hoftwi]

The froghopper shots are brilliant Ian

 

[IanClark]

Cheers Chris, Hoftwi.

Yeah I actually saw it do that mess on the leaf lol.