A First Attempt.

Inspired by all the wonderful shots of insects here on 365 I decided to give it a go myself. I’m the first to admit this isn’t great. I shot his butt instead of his head. In my defence he was moving very fast and this was my first attempt at shooting a macro of a live insect. I was pleased with the focus, which I did manually, and also the exposure. I was shooting in manual with a diffused camera mounted flash. Next time I will concentrate on shooting the right end of the bug.

[Corinne C]

What a macro, I love it!

[Walks @ 7]

Bugs do move quickly, I'm impressed with the focus.

[summerfield]

this is great, chris. it is, indeed, impressive. aces!

[Joanne Diochon]

Good luck, in my experience they always seem to be moving away from me. Still, this is a nice shot with lots of detail in the stem and the insect.

[Larry Steager]

Nice composition.

[Christina]

Great shot

[Shutterbug]

The details and lighting are so well done that I didn’t even think of it being backwards. Beautiful shot!

[Diana]

Amazing macro with wonderful details, your focus is spot on!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

super detail!

[Casablanca]

That is an excellent macro

[LManning (Laura)]

The focus is impressive. And the great thing about bugs is they have interesting bits all over!

[Mags]

Outstanding macro!

[Bucktree]

Nice focus.

[Pam]

The focus is amazing!

[amyK]

Great focus…and yes, bug butts seem to be the norm for me!

[Kate]

But you captured such great detail in the butt!

[Boxplayer]

Looks pretty good to me.