I haven't posted here much (truth be told, I find this forum a bit intimidating) but just wanted to give credit where credit is due. I ordered a Wemacro rail on October 16, 2018 and as of today it still hadn't arrived here in Tasmania, nor did I get a tracking number as promised. So I emailed them a...

...on a Tasmanian huntsman my wife discovered on the wheelie bin, while taking out the trash. Normally an arachnophobe, she is warming up to them now she gets to see macro shots of them. Note the ant body parts; not sure if the spider was responsible or just picked up some bits while on the move. Ta...

Very good pictures! That is certainly a reasonable possible ID, but shield bugs, a.k.a. stink bugs, belong to the family Pentatomidae. This critter belongs to the closely related family known as the assassin bugs (family Reduviidae). Pentatomids include predatory species (although not all of them a...

Four of a series I shot yesterday, out on the back deck creeper, which is proving to be a mine of interesting beasties as summer progresses. Possibly a shield bug, genus cermatulus ? I have yet to properly identify it. It's covered in the wax "hairs" of Leafhopper nymphs, which it preys on. Micro Ni...

Photographing a tiny spider when you are an arachnophobe.

It moves... "Aaaarrrrrgggh!!!'

*Throws camera to ground and runs away.*

Superb shots! Something to aspire to.

Thanks for sharing.

Thought I might add a group portrait, taken with the same lens at 1:2 with a hefty crop. I was just trying out a flash diffuser. Handheld, no focus stacking. Fascinating little guys, I love the way light diffracts on some of the wax "hairs". :) Still loving this lens. I got the second one yesterday ...

Well I just received the first of two 55mm F2.8 AF-S Micro Nikkors I bought on eBay for my D7200. This one is #37****, which makes it what, somewhere in the late '70s early '80s? I have another one coming that is mid 4*****. Both were very cheap. Whatever, this one is in mint condition with very cl...

Phil, welcome to image posting! The images look great. I think your subject is not a true aphid, but one of the (many) related plant hoppers. I don't know your fauna well enough to get closer. The long fibers will be wax, extruded from the cuticle of the insect mostly for defensive purposes. --Rik ...

Congrats, Phil, you've got yourself a brilliant lens, and it obviously works! 40 years on, and you won't beat it easily or by much. Get a cheap reverse adapter for it and you can use it for somewhat closer than 1:1, too. It'll fill your senor's pixels well enough to make a very impressive big print...

Well I just received the first of two 55mm F2.8 AF-S Micro Nikkors I bought on eBay for my D7200. This one is #37****, which makes it what, somewhere in the late '70s early '80s? I have another one coming that is mid 4*****. Both were very cheap. Whatever, this one is in mint condition with very cle...

Re lighting. What about illumination through or around the objective? Or fibre optics?

Things have moved on tremendously since I last did any photomicroscopy, so I'm curious to know how newer techniques can be applied at this range of magnification.

Nice find, thanks for posting this. I'm looking for an adaptor for Nikon cameras and this looks good enough to get me going, for a reasonable price.

Welcome to the forum Phil. Sure is a lot of great people here. I have learned a lot from these guys. Looking forward to see your work. Wish you Happy Holidays from Norway Thanks Harald. I'm doing as much reading on here as I can, regarding technique and equipment. The wealth of information from exp...

The raspberry camera module features an 8MP Sony IMX219 sensor. Available for $25, from something I read recently. The reason I know is that it is the same camera module on my new Ulefone Tiger smart phone. The image quality is quite good, although a little soft at one edge on mine. Here it is on eB...