Not ants

[GardenersHelper]

These were captured during the same session as the ants in this post . As with the ants, they were captured hand-held using a Laowa 2X 100mm macro lens with a pair of 2X Kenko teleconverters on a Sony A7sii, with a Yongnuo YN24EX twin flash firing backwards to reflect off of a 12" plastic bowl lined with a layer of printer paper on top of a layer of aluminium foil, with the reflected light diffused on exit from the bowl with a layer of artificial silk.

The raw files were processed using DXO PhotoLab, Adobe Lightroom and Topaz DeNoise AI.

There are 1300 pixel high versions of these images in this album at Flickr.

#1 Click Beetle?

2032 31 2022_05_21 DSC06211_PLab5 LR 1300h DNAIc by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#2

2032 33 2022_05_21 DSC06222_PLab5 LR 1300h DNAIc by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#3

2032 36 2022_05_21 DSC06249_PLab5 LR 1300h DNAIc by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#4

2032 38 2022_05_21 DSC06262_PLab5 LR 1300h DNAIc by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#5 Woolly aphid?

2032 47 2022_05_21 DSC06327_PLab5 LR 1300h DNAIc by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#6

2032 49 2022_05_21 DSC06366_PLab5 LR 1300h DNAIc by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#7

2032 50 2022_05_21 DSC06373_PLab5 LR 1300h DNAIc by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#8

2032 51 2022_05_21 DSC06376_PLab5 LR 1300h DNAIc by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

 

[Petrochemist]

Great shots & I can confirm they are definitely not ants

 

[scoober]

Great set well done

 

[Cobra]

That's a cracking set Nick, and well worth clicking through to Flickr !

 

[RyanB]

Amazing work all round!