I’ve recently started doing a bit more small scale photography, however, I have yet to get all of the required ducks in a row. I still need to work out a softer light source but don’t really want to invest in a macro ring flash at this early stage. Here are a few of the images I have taken of little creatures, some quite pretty but some, downright disgusting. It’s quite an addictive type of photography so expect to see plenty more of this in the future.

a lily beetle larvae – quite the most disgusting thing I’ve photographed so far – apparently they cover themselves in their own excrement to deter predators from eating them… nasty!

bit tricky this one, but I think it’s Chloromyia formosa, a soldier fly, again, found down the alottment