Insecta

[piticu]

Calopteryx splendens, male



Enallagma cyathigerum


Gomphus flavipes, female

[poilu]

wow! that's great, superb captures
you forgot to tell us lens used

[piticu]

thanks! asahi smc takumar-bellows 100mm f4 coupled with a kopil bellows and a sb600 flash with a rayflash circular ring. i forgot to sharpen the images to compensate for aa filter, i apologize.
those two are properly processed:

[rawhead]

Beautiful!!! And sharp!!

I haven't really gotten into insect macro yet, but do you take these handheld? Or do you set up a tripod and patiently wait for them to come into the frame??

[piticu]

Handheld only. Speed mostly around 1/125s

Vanessa cardui