What, the guy on the verge of catching a bird the size of a door? 
Went out with the older camera (D300s, instead of the regular Z50II) to change things up a bit (didnât want to haul the Tamron around, but wanted to shoot longer than the primes I have). Shooting small stuff with a DSLR is different from a system camera, thatâs for sure, I somewhat missed my cheat mode âzoom 100% and turn on focus peekâ), but after a bit of getting used to it, itâs not all bad.
At some point the battery ran out, so I popped in a fresh one. Camera kept coming up with âErrâ⊠turns out a DSLR can shutdown mid-picture, and keep the mirror up â it doesnât know what to do with that when it switches back on.
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This is from a place called âThe Old Townâ in Aarhus, Denmark. It is a sort of open-air museum where you can enter homes from different eras. I am posting these here because I really like the vibe of them.
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Oh, that is a lovely vibe.
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The low perspective from which you captured the first image is fascinating - and indeed makes the image. Did you do a fair bit of perspective correction to that one?
Thar be dragons! A tiny ambush bug nymph that I found in my neighborhood park yesterday. I didnât even know the spider was there until I opened the images.
42 shot handheld stack with the OM1 Mk2 and M. Zuiko 90mm f/3.5 macro, using the Godox V450 flash and AK diffuser. Focus merged using Shine Stacker and edited on Darktable.
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No. Nothing besides the lens correction module and some crop. Thanks for mentioning the perspective, it is a point that I didnât notice myself.
Our local park in Rugby, UK was looking good so took my camera. Can never resist taking pictures of the bristly cones of Echinacea flowers. Pictures taken with Fuji xt 20, 18-55, using darktable 5.6 Tone equaliser, AgX. Find that AgX is great for refining flowers in bright sunlight which can always be tricky.
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Beautiful shots and great midcentury Danish design. I loved my vintage Stouby sofas. Had to sell them because my wife doesnât like black leather furniture. 
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@Dave22152 Is the nymph biting one of the spiderâs legs? It looks like a mouth with sharp pointy teethâŠbut I cant make out what anatomical parts are what on that bug (my ignoranceâŠnot a capture problem lol)!
Thanks, that was my first try at a deep focus bracket, and I was pretty pleased with attempt.
Iâm not sure what was going on there, but it looks like the spider was resting alongside against the bugâs claw. Normally an ambush bug waits until the prey comes within grasp and the bug stabs the prey with its mouth. Maybe they were out to dinner together⊠
As beautiful as nature can be, Iâm always reminded that something is always out there to eat something else.
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Went out with the oldest, for a change, who wanted to check out a little woodlandy area near Groningen. On the map, it didnât look all that impressive, but we wandered around and it was certainly pleasant enough.
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