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Troels

Does anyone know the actual working distance for this lens at 2x or 3x magnification?
I mean from the front edge of the barrel, not from the recessed lens.

Thanks for sharing more of your wonderful pictures and stories

Thanks to all for commenting! Dalantech, Yes, a well diffused flash can be an effective solution in bad light, especially when the background is close to the subject. In my actual case the background would have gone black with a flash. To avoid that I would have to arrange some kind of unsharp backg...

It definitely looks like som kind of parasitic wasp (Parazitická vosička) and #4 an #5 are so similar except from the abdomen, that I would suspect they are male and female of the same species. But further identification is a matter for specialists. There are litteraly thousand of species. If we are...

Very nice macroscapes!

Awsome pictures and fascinating explanations.
The undistorted and symmetrical pictures from the latest series are so much nicer.

Great composition and technique.

Nice pictures. Thanks for sharing.

Nice catch. Well done.

Excellent immage. Well done.

Very nice capture.

An other beautifull creature!
It looks as if the long 'sting' really is the hind legs held tightly together?
Such behavior is well known among some spiders as camuoflage. But I am not aware of its use among moths or butterflies.
Could anybody comment on this?

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I appreciate it.

Beautiful!