Category Archives: Macro Photography

Macro [micro] Photography – Spider

Since the unhappy theft of my camera and laptop, I’ve been relatively silent on the blog as there’s not a whole lot of photo/video action to write about. But I’m still enjoying the digital microscope I got recently from the … Continue reading

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Macro Photography: Weird Big Bug

There are so many insect species out there that it’s almost impossible to identify the ones you come across.  This one flies and lives in Namibia, and has odd hind legs, almost like a bee laden with honey.  It’s fun … Continue reading

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Macro Photography: Grasshopper After Rainstorm

Check out these macro photos of a grasshopper (or, as my daughter felt was more appropriate, “locust” – it was a good 3 inches long!) that was perched outside out front door.  If you look close, you can see little … Continue reading

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Spider: 3 Views

I happened to catch this interesting spider on a glass door, and snapped a couple of different photos.  I believe it’s Selenopidae, or the wall crab spider.  Because it’s so flat, depth of field/focus issues are not as much a … Continue reading

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Wildlife through a Loupe – Micro goes Macro

For my latest video, I noticed I had gradually been collecting random footage of “micro-wildlife” I have come across while working in my new garden here in Windhoek.  One of the creatures I had been continually running across is the … Continue reading

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