We have big Trumpet vines growing out back. We have both native and non-native. The native are much smaller though. I don’t know what type the other vines are, but at this point they have been growing in the Lowcountry for a long time and we see them out in the swamps.
These vines grow dense and if you stop and just look around for a moment you can see a whole tiny world in there. I don’t think I could het in the tangles with a long macro lens but a telephoto seem OK for what I want.
The first thing that comes to mind here is an ant. And we have plenty of them, from little red ones to the nasty Fire Ants. I’m not calling this by any name because the insect world has just too many species.
I wonder if there’s something like Merlin, but for insects.
Specs; OM-1 (1), OM 12-100, Lightroom, DxO Color Efex.
Flawless focus and superb depth of field! The details on the ant against the petal’s texture are extraordinary. 🐜🔍
Thanks so much 🙏🏼. As close as I will get to true macro photography. We even have a superb 90mm macro lens. Not flexible enough to stand on my head, or lay on the ground, to shoot little things.😝.
Good luck with the 90mm macro lens! I don’t know much about photography gear, but I guess it’s a good thing. 😎
Thanks. I find using a bigger zoom lens to be better for me. Too old to crawling around to get close. 😊😊
I see you use the 12-100 for this kind of work too, and I completely understand why. I have both the 30mm macro, which I find a bit too short for this kind of thing, and the 60mm macro, which is better in that respect but pretty much only useful for macro. Unless you specifically go out with macro photography in mind, I sometimes wonder how much use those dedicated macro lenses actually get. That’s just my way of looking at it, of course.
From my perspective not much. We have an OM 90mm, in the closet somewhere.
My 30mm and 60mm macro lenses are also sitting in the cupboard 🙂
You caught it well. I’ve been using telephoto and prime lenses a lot for close-up photography.
Thanks. 😊 When shooting Canon I had a collection of primes. The basics that you read about being essential. One I gave to friend, the others just gone now.
Since moving to OM we had to build two complete kits from scratch. It was fun because now after all these years we actually know what we use, and don’t. Not a single prime made the cut. Zoom lenses now are just as good and you don’t really need all the ‘other stuff’.
Heh. Your title reminds me that I have a book waiting in my to read list: “You Look Like a Thing and I Love You”, about AI. Perfect identification!
Great title !