https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/tags/macrophotos/ Recent content in Macrophotos on The Singemonkey Hugo en-us Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:43:56 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2025-04-17-and-here-she-is-the/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:43:56 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2025-04-17-and-here-she-is-the/ <p>And here she is: the African Honey Bee. Known in the USA as the African Killer Bee (they’re a lot more venomous than European or American honey bees. You do not want to piss off a swarm of them). I came so close to nailing focus on this one. Insect photography is hard.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2025-04-17-i-think-this-is-a/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:40:32 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2025-04-17-i-think-this-is-a/ <p>I think this is a bee of some kind. I’m not sure how many South Africans realise we have many different kinds of bees besides honey bees.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2025-04-17-doing-a-bit-of-close-up/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:38:16 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2025-04-17-doing-a-bit-of-close-up/ <p>Doing a bit of close-up photography with flash for the first time really. I had more ambitious plans which fell apart but this on-camera flash with a tiny soft box was actually a great introduction. ISO and aperture darkened the ambient light so that the flash did most of the work isolating these flowers against darkness. Kirstenbosch naturally an ideal place to experiment.</p>