A successful day at the ponds
After going almost a month without taking any macro shots, it was time to gather up my MP-E 65 and MT-24EX and see what I could find. The location was the ponds by my building at work, to which I organize a group of us to meet every week.
It took me awhile to find anything truly interesting. I dug around in the soil for a bit but gave up on that as I was more in the mood of catching something on a leaf. While there are quite a few interesting creatures that live in the soil, due to the background it can be difficult to get the artistic edge in shots.
After about 45 minutes of searching through bushes, I found an interesting one between two small ponds. There I found what at first looked like white midges flying around. I have plenty of midge shots but decided to take some shots anyway and I am very pleased with the shot above. I always fear when I get an insect in a good location that it will take off before I get a chance but this one stayed for a number of frames. Of the frames I think I like the one above the best.
The following is a better look at the midge itself.
Of course, I am not absolutely sure that this is a midge. I could not find it in any of my books but other than the coloring it looks similar to midges I have seen around my house.
All in all it turned out to be a successful day!
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