I’m applying for a student fee waiver for this summer’s BugShot Insect Photography Workshop, and spent today putting together my image portfolio. After some ruthless culling and extra time spent with edits, I’ve arrived at 10 photos which I feel best represent my insect photography. Going through my photo library was an enlightening experience, and I’m quite happy with the progress I’ve made since my first attempts at macrophotography 5 years ago. Of course there’s still plenty of room for improvement (hence my hopeful application to learn from the masters), and there are a number of different techniques and ideas I want to play around with, so I don’t see myself running out of subjects or projects anytime soon!
Click the images to view at a larger size (650px long edge).
-
- Long-legged fly (Dolichipodidae) from Ontario
-
- Treehopper (Membracidae) from Ontario
-
- Clusia lateralis, a druid fly (Clusiidae) from Ontario
-
- Dance fly (Empididae) from Ontario
-
- Halictid bee from Ontario
-
- Formica sp. (Formicidae) with aphids from Ontario
-
- Rainieria sp. stilt-legged fly (Micropezidae) from Costa Rica
-
- Spider illuminated from beneath in Ontario
-
- Urophora affinis fruit fly (Tephritidae) from Ontario
-
- Wandering spider (Ctenidae) from Costa Rica
Stunning photography, Morgan! They’re all great but I especially like the long-legged fly.
Thanks Emily, that photo is one of my new favourites as well.
These are great – I think the Empidid is my favorite, and the spider is an interesting shot
Thanks Brian!
Lovely work! I like the illuminated spider, the halictid and the ants the best. Good luck with your application!!! 😀
Thanks Geek, hopefully I’ll lucky enough to be down there with all you cool kids.
I’m a treehopper fan, so I’ll go with that one (genus Archasia, btw). Nice work!
Thanks for the ID and the compliment Ted!
Stunning photographs! I won’t be surprised if BugShot is held in Canada with you as an expert teacher!
Thanks Ani, you’re too kind!