Wonderful day at Waikato museum @tewharetaonga.nz seeing the excellent display of images by @levonbiss
These images are truly stunning. It is fantastic to have this exhibition on display in New Zealand, giving people the opportunity to see the incredible texture, detail, and structure found in invertebrates from around the world. A truly immersive experience, and well worth seeing if you are interested in photography, nature, macro work, or simply seeing the natural world in a completely different way.
#macrophotography
#microsculpture #insectsoftheworld
Male Colaranea viriditas
Seems to be a fairly high number of Colaranea viriditas out at the moment, dispite the cold.
Photographed with a Canon R5 Mkii, Canon RF100mm macro lens, Canon EL-1 speedlite with a home made diffuser.
#macrophotography #spidersofnewzealand #spiderphotography #canonanz
Colors of the rainbow are slowly starting to put up on the forest floor.
Photographed with a Canon R5 Mkii, Canon RF100mm macro lens. Natural light, focus bracketed in camera and focus stacked with Helicon focus.
#macrophotography #fungiphotography #fungiseason #newzealandbiodiversity #canonanz
Beautiful little Werewere-kokako (Entoloma hochstetteri) coming up through moss.
Photographed with a Canon R5 Mkii, Canon RF100mm macro, natural light, with bounce card, focus bracketed in camera and focus stacked with @helicon_focus
#canonr5markll #fungiphotography #fungiseason #macrophotography #mushroomphotos
Small series of a female South African praying mantis (Miomantis caffra) feeding a male Asian paper wasp (Polistes chinensis)
Male Polistes chinensis do not sting, easy way to recognise males is there bright yellow face and orange antanni.
For those who are coming to Rotorua for PSNZ conference in May, you may get to meet this lovely lady.
Photographed with A Canon R5 Mkii, Canon RF100mm macro lens, Canon EL-1 speedlite with a home made diffuser.
A mix of single and focus bracketed images.
#canonanz #insectmacrophotography #macrophotography #newzealandinsects
My image of a large female Porrhothele antipodiana on the front cover of New Zealand entomologist.
Great work by Dr Phil Sirvid, Shaun Thompson and many others.
Always nice to see my images published, and even more so when they are used to support science and education.
I took this photo of a female Porrhothele antipodiana, with @craigmckenzienz & @c.helliwell in Wellington, 2019 after leading a small macro walk for the PSNZ (Photographic Society of New Zealand) conference.
#macrophotography #spidersoftheworld #canonanz
Female Dolomedes minor - waiting for prey.
@tonywhytednz spotted this female, which was just above another small Dolomedes minor I was photographing.
Photographed with A Canon R5 Mkii, Canon RF100mm macro lens, Canon EL-1 speedlite with a home made diffuser.
#spidersofnewzealand #canonanz #spidersoftheworld #macrophotography #insectmacrophotography
Auckland tree Weta moulting at night.
Most invertebrates moult under the cover of darkness, here in New Zealand I often find a lot of species don't start moulting until around 10pm.
Photographed with a Canon R5 Mkii, Canon RF100mm macro lens, Canon EL-1 speedlite with a home made diffuser.
#macrophotography #rotoruacanopytours #canonanz #insectphotography #newzealandinsects
