More sub 4mm bugs and a large woodlouse

[mjmountain]

These were all really tiny:

Minuscule fly drinking - included as I love the in focus image in the water drop.
DSC06513 by mike mountain, on Flickr

springtails
DSC06477 by mike mountain, on Flickr

DSC06556 by mike mountain, on Flickr

Red spider mite
DSC06604 by mike mountain, on Flickr

tiny flies
DSC06599 by mike mountain, on Flickr

DSC06572 by mike mountain, on Flickr

Rather large woodlouse
DSC06624 by mike mountain, on Flickr

DSC06617 by mike mountain, on Flickr

 

[alfbranch]

Very nice set Mike.
The fly is blowing bubbles as they do. 2 & 5 are barkflies

 

[mjmountain]

Very nice set Mike.
The fly is blowing bubbles as they do. 2 & 5 are barkflies

Thanks Alf.

 

[Dave A]

Enjoyed viewing this set. The spider mite and fly blowing a bubble really nice.

Dave

 

[ChrisA]

Some nice shots in here. However a couple of them, esp the first fly seem really noisy for ISO320. Is it a big crop ?

 

[mjmountain]

Some nice shots in here. However a couple of them, esp the first fly seem really noisy for ISO320. Is it a big crop ?

Iirc it was underexposed. Wouldn't normally include it but I liked the image in the droplet so I lifted the shadows up.

 

[GardenersHelper]

You are getting into some difficult sized subjects Mike, especially the mite. Well done capturing these.

They all look a bit dark overall to me. You might want to try what I just tried - raising the exposure by a stop for all of them (and then pull the highlights down by various amounts).

 

[mjmountain]

Thanks. All were taken in very low light. But I'll have a play.