Show me your insect shots

[Sharlene Wilson]

I have seem some amazing insect shots around and thought it cant be that hard so I ventured out to do it too. Well I actually that IS hard, you gotta have the right settings the patience to sit there and get the best photos.

So this morning while outside in the sunshine with my kids playing, I noticed a bee and went to take its photo and he flew away, so I waited and he came back...and landed on the grass in front of me, PREFECT so i gave it a go, i changed my settings alot to get the right photo.

Here is my final shot that Im very happy with, what do you think?

And what are you best insect shots please

[Sheri]

Here is my latest..

[hueymilunz]

I haven't done much insect or bird shot I find it very hard too.

[Sarah]

[Jill]

[Sarah]

Ive only done two.. keep meaning to buy a reverse ring so i can try some reverse macro as i cant afford a macro lens

[Jill]

[Mischell]

[Sarah]

@jillmstruss i wish we had awesome insects like that where we lived!

[Penny Milner]

[Mischell]

[Robert Velten]

My latest.

[Anne ❀]

[Chelsea Porter]

[Chris Perley]

Not only did I get this shot, but he walked on my hand for a bit. Very cool!

[Mike]

[Sarah]

@pschtyckque @mikehamm is that the same species of butterfly?

[Tracy]

[eyeseeu (deb)]

I'll add mine here:

[Ann H. LeFevre]

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Here's the top view.

[Sheila]

[Linda]

My latest.

[Sharlene Wilson]

WOW some amazing photos of insects

[Mike Gifford]

[Livia]

These spiders are very tiny! They are active hunters and do not spin webs. (I do realize spiders are not insects. XD)

[Sharlene Wilson]

@myautofocuslife lol but we will let them slide in

[Livia]

Here are some insects. I visit the parks or mangrove forest to look for them. It's better to look for insects in the early morning when they are less active. (As the sun warms them up, they become more active.) Sometimes, I would just squat and wait, and look out for tiny movements on the grass or leaves that I otherwise would not be able to see if I was standing or walking around. I hope these tips help. 8)

[Sharlene Wilson]

@myautofocuslife good tips thanks :) and lovely photos

[Mike McCarty]

[k.elizabeth]

i have a love affair with the dragonfly, these are some in macro...





but personally i prefer these ones...

[Julie]

The best advise someone gave me was to use a monopod

[Rachel Hope]

[Meagan]

[Karen H]

[Chris Perley]

@sarahricho very close. @mikehamm's is a Tiger Swallowtail. Mine is a Pale Swallowtail. Cousins.

[lorihiro]

I posted this one today:

[lorihiro]

I posted this one earlier this month & it's one of my favorites:

[Michael Witt]

Looks like @mikehamm and I got the same bee!

[Sharlene Wilson]

These are amazing photos...i am really enjoying looking at them

[Laura Latham]

[Kathrin]

I want a macro lens!!

[Sharlene Wilson]

cant believe some of these photos they are just amazing, i dont know how you get awesome photos like that

[Kellie]

[Joanna Payne]

[Sharon]

[Marie]

[Al Perry]

[Richard R Tuckey]

[Dana]

I think my best are my profile picture and this one:

[Jenn]

I loooove doing bug macro!! With reverse macro you can't breathe and you get a bit lightheaded but it's totally worth it!

[Cassandra Hoffmann]

This is my most recent one...from last week. Haven't done many for a while... I think they're all hibernating around here lol.

[Elke W.]

Well... he's lunch...

[MaryBeth Dailey]

Well, a spider's not an insect but....

[MaryBeth Dailey]

Thirsty ant..

[MaryBeth Dailey]

assassin bug....

[MaryBeth Dailey]

Same guy above, from the front...

[MaryBeth Dailey]

[Mike]

@mikew - Wow, Michael. I must have been so intent on taking the pic I didn't see you standing next to me. LOL.

[Michelle Blackford]

@hollandcrew Wow!! Those are amazing! Going to look at your posts now...would love to know what lens you used!!

[Kelly Gareau]

I love looking at all of these wonderful macro shots... but man they are making me itchy...

[Kelly Gareau]

[Disha Parekh]

[Disha Parekh]

[Janine]

[Janine]

[Al Perry]

@tryeveryday Most of my macro shots were shot with the Canon 100mm f/2.8.

[Adrian Greenhalgh]

A Spider and Fly

[Mek]

[Michelle Blackford]

@hollandcrew I figured you were going to say that! It's on my wish list!! Your shots are amazing.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

[Louise]

Very apt as it's national insect week in the UK!
http://www.nationalinsectweek.co.uk/

I haven't uploaded any proper insect photos but I do have these two





and dragonflies made at school today!

[Shez]

[☮Lee Gordon☮]

[Darren]

Patience by the bucket load can help (:

[m9f9l]

I only have one insect shot, which I like because it's on my grandson at five days old:


This one is NOT an insect shot, but not a spider either :-)

[MaryBeth Dailey]

@m9f9l I'm glad it was the ladybug on your newborn grandson and not the tick! Hee hee What is a tick then?

[m9f9l]

@espyetta it's an arachnid. All spiders are arachnids, but not all arachnids are spiders! LOL

[MaryBeth Dailey]

@m9f9l ah....I did not realize that. Now I remember hearing it, but forgot that long ago!

[Dorrena Ortega]

[Julia]

[Darren Burch]

[Nicole Smith]

[Shirley Jess]

BUMBBLED

ITSY BITSY SPIDER

MAUI FLUTERBY

[Mike]

One from today.
Mourning Cloak.

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

[Laura]

I find insects very difficult to photograph. Here are the best shots I have taken.

[Rich Hubbard]

[Wendy Delena]

@kiwigirl04 That's a great shot! Bees can be tough to capture because they fly from spot to spot quickly! Here are a few of my fave insect shots I have done.

[Nicole Carr]

[Aaron]

Here're a couple of bugs :)

[summerfield]

my bug shots are of the subtle kind:
a ladybug

a bee

an ant

well, except for this one:

[Deb Sulzberger]

[Deb Sulzberger]

[Rachel Holbrook]

[Rachel Holbrook]

[Rachel Holbrook]

[Rachel Holbrook]

[Rosie White-Hlouveraki]

[Kit Marsden]

[Julian]

[Jan Hall]

[Mary]

[Mary]

[Mary]

[Lorraine]

Insect or beast, you decide! : )

[Cathy Donohoue]

[Cathy Donohoue]

[Helen]

Eeeek....

[Lee Maycock]

[Photography and Philosophy]

[Jane Pittenger]

@kiwigirl04

[Sharlene Wilson]

@jgpittenger thats cool, i dont have a clue how people get these great moving insect shots

[David Ellson]

[Richard R Tuckey]

Yes real bugs they are here every year, last about a week then gone. There are many clouds of bugs like this.

[Bugik]

Awesome photos, everyone.

Here's mine, my all-time fave I took last year, the bubble blower.

[Alison]

I only have 4

[Mark Fioretto]

[Heather]

[Caylie]

[Debbie]

[Debbie]