The past couple of the days have been very warm here in Holland +31 degrees, resulting in insects and humans looking for a cool spot inside .
And so not being able to be as active as i used to be with photography , because of the heat , but i was able to make some nice Macro photos after all , just not as many as i usual make in one day.
The stranger behind the camera, it took me a couple of attempts but i would say it's a nice selfie at 2.5 magnification.
Sony A7II + Laowa Venus 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5x Ultra Macro
Then the 1st morning i spotted this male ant with wings it sat in the windowsill, i only managed to get one decent photo before it flew away
Sony A7II + Laowa Venus 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5x Ultra Macro
The next morning i spotted this Crane fly in the shower , Nephrotoma analis / spijkertijger , so i closed the bathroom door grabt the camera went back to the bathroom closed the door again not hust to avoid it to fly away , but also making sure the cat wouln't kill my model.
Sony A7II + Laowa Venus 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5x Ultra Macro
Just look at the amazing wing structure , after the phoitoshoot i opend the bathroom window and closed the door so that it could find it's way outside again.
Sony A7II + Laowa Venus 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5x Ultra Macro
Yesterday afternoon i noticed that the cat was way to excited about something , she loves to play with insects.
Sony A7II + Laowa Venus 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5x Ultra Macro
So i locked the cat in the living room grabbed a piece of paper and my camera , to make nice pictures of this Amphimallon solstitiale / June beetle / Juni Kever . you might think that it is dead but ...
Sony A7II + Laowa Venus 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5x Ultra Macro
I can assure you it's very much alive
Sony A7II + Laowa Venus 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5x Ultra Macro
trying to roll over on the piece of paper
Sony A7II + Laowa Venus 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5x Ultra Macro
and once it was standing on it's legs again i put it out side back in the garden again.
Sony A7II + Laowa Venus 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5x Ultra Macro
And this morning i spotted this fly on the window of that garden door probably another abandoined toy of the cat since it' was busy cleaning it's wings
Sony A7II + Laowa Venus 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5x Ultra Macro
so after this picture i just opened the garden door and let it fly away .
I know most people would just kill it , but there are already so little amount of insects left due to pesticides being used way to often, so i try to save them as much as possible.
Sony A7II + Laowa Venus 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5x Ultra Macro
All images are created by me with my Sony A7II + Laowa Venus 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5x Ultra Macro with 2.5 - 5x magnification + Godox tt685s flashunit and Pringlers diffuser + Laowa LED ring
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