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Lycaena phlaeas (Little Copper)
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Lunch
in Colorful Restaurant
This small and cute butterfly is called "Beni-Shijimi". It had lunch
flying flower to flower in the sunny day. I place Sigma AF180mm F3.5 macro
lens in very low position to make background simple and colorful. |
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Ant Lion |
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Rest in White
He took a rest in a white tulip. I wanted to make a picture as simple
as possible to enhance his calmness. |
Grasshopper |
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Rest in the Sunset Orange
I went out to take photos of cosmos in the light of the sunset, and
found a grasshopper taking a rest on orange blossoms. I had to lie
sprawled to see his charming face because height of the blossoms was only
40 cm. |
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Rest in Green
A small grasshopper was taking a rest in green grass. I approached
to him very quietly and took the photo in front of him. |
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Bathe in the Sun
It was a clear summer morning, morning dew covered everything including
glass hoppers. He, got wet with dew, stood up, faced against the
sun and make his body warm. |
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On a Branch
I took red colored leaves on a tree and found a grasshopper there.
I thought he always stay on grass. |
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Niramekko (Staring-down
Game)
He did not get away even I put camera very close to him. He might
be bravery. His face, when look from right front, seems like horse. |
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Rest in Cosmos
I took a short rest after shooting cosmos and looked away, there was
a grasshopper on a Cosmos. |
Mantis
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On the Pink Stage
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A mantis taking a rest on the colorful leaf ... |
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On the Pink Stage
2
When a sunbeam lit the mantis up, he suddenly stood up, turned to me
and posed for a photo. I thought he should have a personality like
a movie star. |
Dragonfly
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A Flying Dragonfly
A dragonfly flying on a lotus pond I took with manual focusing. |
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Rest of a Dragonfly
Another dragonfly had a rest in the evening sunshine. |
Ant
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A Symbiotic Relationship
It was for the first time to me to see symbiotic relationship between
an ant and plant louses. The ant was licking tail of a plant louse
where sweet honey is secreted. |
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Ant's Comb
I was pursuing an ant on a branch of wisteria, the ant suddenly stopped
walking around and began combing his tacticles. |
Bee
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Final Approach to a Rape
Blossom
Though I don't know the name of the bee, this is one of my favorite
subject because the bee has quite big charming eyes. I took this
photo with paying attention to composition of the rape blossoms and violet
color of azalea behind. |
Others
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A bug in the Autumn
Sunlight
I don't know the name of the bug, but he is an important actor in the
scene. He had kept himself still, and I could get a good composition. |