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rots ooievaarsbek
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Flower for a euro .....
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Blumenkastenblümchen
erster Versuchg mit dem Marumi-Achromaten +5

crocus king
..taken after a rainy afternoon..

Details of Bergenie / Bergenia
Canon GX5 Mark II + Marumi DHG Achromat (achromatic close-up lens) +3 diopters
This combination is very light and ideal for hiking, cycling, etc.
Canon GX5 Mark II + Marumi DHG Achromat (achromatische Nahlinse) +3 Dioptrien
Diese Kombination ist sehr leicht und ideal für Wandern, Fahrradtouren etc.

Mirrored
(Nikon 70-200mm f/4,0 AF-S ED VR + Marumi DHG ACHROMAT MACRO 330 +3)

Nature's dry bouquet
I know that background is not so great, it´s a mixture of warm sunset colors with blue color of swimming pool. Next time I´ll try to be more carefull with framing 🙂
(Nikon 70-200mm f/4,0 AF-S ED VR + Marumi DHG ACHROMAT MACRO 330 +3)

I just like them 🙂
(Nikon 70-200mm f/4,0 AF-S ED VR + Marumi DHG ACHROMAT MACRO 330 +3)

suspended
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sleepy fly
..taken in the early morning

Rainy Day Azalea - Looking Close...on Friday
75mm APO-Summicron + Marumi Achromat Macro 200 (+5) diopter

get close
Grosszerlang, Germany, 2017
Instead of buying an expansive macro lens, I got myself an achromatic +5 Diopter front lens, which you screw on just like a filter. Opens up a whole new world for me 🙂

Red rose closeup (Birthday Flower )
(Nikon 70-200mm f/4,0 AF-S ED VR + Marumi DHG ACHROMAT MACRO 330 +3)

Young Lubber
A young Eastern Lubber grasshopper hangs tight as the sun gets low.

Wild plant in sunset
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Spring is still far away...
Trying out my new toy...
(Marumi DHG ACHROMAT MACRO 330 +3)

Panorpa communis - Scorpion Fly
A handheld shot from 2018 taken with an Olympus E-PM-1, Sigma 105mm Macro EX DG and Marumi DHG Achromat Macro 330 (+3) lens

Life Is Everywhere
Cemetery wall - moss closeup.
(Nikon 70-200mm f/4,0 AF-S ED VR + Marumi DHG ACHROMAT MACRO 330 +3)

Looking Close...on Friday - Bag
75mm APO-Summicron + Marumi Achromat Macro 200 (+5) diopter

Green and yellow
(Nikon 70-200mm f/4,0 AF-S ED VR + Marumi DHG ACHROMAT MACRO 330 +3)

Сон-трава
Цветок сон-травы в сумерках, на берегу озера Банное, весна, вечер.
+ Marumi DHG Achromat Macro 330 (+3)

zebra does blowball
Another shot with my old and slightly yellowed 1960's 'zebra' Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 50mm f/1.8. A dandelion clock in front of a willow 'hurdle' fence, shot wide open on extension tubes and with my trusty Marumi DHG200 achromat screwed on the front.
There's a lot of dandelion photos this week but I like the shot so make no apologies for adding another one!
Hope you like it too. HMBT to all (even if you don't like it 😉 )

Margined Leatherwing Beetle
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Hingabe
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single malt
Experimenting with very shallow depth-of-field macro with the Revuenon 55mm f/1.2 and Marumi achromat.

Незабудки
Окрестности деревни Кусимова, полевые цветы на полянке среди леса, выглянуло солнышко.
+ макролинза Marumi DHG Achromat Macro 330 (+3)

Common Wasp - Vespula vulgaris
With Marumi Achromat

Саранка (Lilium martagon)
Окрестности деревни Кусимово, полянка с цветами в лесу после дождя, выглянуло солнышко.
+ макролинза Marumi DHG Achromat Macro 330 (+3)

Flower
(Nikon 70-200mm f/4,0 AF-S ED VR + Marumi DHG ACHROMAT MACRO 330 +3)

Winter plant detail
Trying out my new toy...
(Marumi DHG ACHROMAT MACRO 330 +3)

Синий (Королевская лилия)
Склон холма на берегу озера Банное, весна, вечер.
Последние цветки сон-травы в этом сезоне.
+ макролинза Marumi DHG Achromat Macro 330 (+3)

Endlich Frühling
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Can't get enough
Ich liebe Frühblüher und kann nicht genug von ihnen kriegen.

Glowing
Just some random plant from my yesterday walk in the woods.
(Nikon 70-200mm f/4,0 AF-S ED VR + Marumi DHG ACHROMAT MACRO 330 +3)

Берег озера Банное, весна, утро.
Сон-трава здесь уже отцвела, но за камнями, с северной стороны, еще можно найти редкие цветки (кто ищет, тот всегда найдёт 🙂
+ Marumi DHG Achromat Macro 330 (+3)

Spider web
South Moravia (Palava hills, Pálava Nature Reserve)
(Nikon 70-200mm f/4,0 AF-S ED VR + Marumi DHG ACHROMAT MACRO 330 +3)

Ich freue mich so
Endlich blüht es wieder im Garten

Gentiana clusii - horec Clusiov
One more gentian

on the edge
A small beetle on the edge of a Cornus leaf.
This particular lens doesn't have a very close minimum focus distance (60cm) but a Marumi achromat works very nicely with it. The achromat still doesn't make it anything like a real macro lens; this shot is already cropped! Must try it with some extension tubes because it seems to resolve fine detail rather well.

Rosalia alpina - Alpine longhorn - fuzáč alpský
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Mushrooms
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Stack mit Marumi Achromat +3

green grain
More experimenting with very shallow depth-of-field macro with the Revuenon 55mm f/1.2 and Marumi achromat.

Water drops details
Water drops details, Sony 100-400 lens with Marumi achromat macro, 3 flashes with color gels from behind. Water from top, xantam gum in bottom reservoir

the courage to open up
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organic velcro
Sticky Weed (or Sticky Willy if you prefer!) shot with a thoriated early 'zebra' Zeiss Jena Pancolar on extension tubes and with a Marumi +5 achromat.
HMBT to all 🙂

Lamium maculatum - Spotted dead nettle - hluchavka škvrnitá
A common flower of forest edges

Didysmachus picipes (mating) - robberfly - muchárka
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Вечером (In the evening)
гора Машак, лето, вечер.
Прошёл дождь и выглянуло солнышко.
+ Marumi DHG Achromat Macro 330 (+3)

Da bin ich wieder...
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Libellula fulva (male) - Scarce chaser - vážka
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Pasque Flower
with Marumi Achromat

Platycnemis pennipes (fresh male) - šidielko ploskonohé - Blue featherleg
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Cordulegaster bidentata - Sombre Goldenring Dragonfly - pásikavec
The backslope of the forest road, this large species can be often observed far from water in forests and mountains.

Cephalanthera longifolia - Sword-leaved helleborine
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Campanula trachelium - Nettle-leaved Bellflower - zvonček pŕhľavolistý
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hey there
Not sure if this is a fly or a beetle - probably a pollen-eating beetle of some kind but it didn't have any wing casings. Seemed quite compliant about having it's picture taken though and it's face has some character...
Helios 44 on an M42 macro-focussing helicoid (finally found one that fits the A7II) which didn't get me quite close enough so attached the Marumi achromat too. Cropped it a bit as well 🙂

Schneeglöckchen
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Trypocopris vernalis - lajniak hladký
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Зверобой (Hypericum)
гора Машак, лето, полевые цветы.
+ Marumi DHG Achromat Macro 330 (+3)

Common garden spider
First trial of Marumi achromat 200 (+5), hand held in hazy sunshine

Lacon lepidopterus - a click beetle
A rare beetle found on the roadside landing, logs of dead trees

Poppy head
(Nikon 70-200mm f/4,0 AF-S ED VR + Marumi DHG ACHROMAT MACRO 330 +3)

Dioctria linearis (female)
A Dioctria with almost compltelly yellow front and middle legs.

knitting needles
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Chrysotoxum cautum (female) - Large Spearhorn
Slovakia, Banská Bystrica, a typical spring species
Antennae: 3rd segment almost as long as 1sr and 2nd segments together. Yellow strips on the abdomen continue to the margin creating a distinctive pattern (front strips reach the rear strips instead of margin).

Pollination
(Nikon 70-200mm f/4,0 AF-S ED VR + Marumi DHG ACHROMAT MACRO 330 +3)

Product Photography @ PCR - Small Necklace Watch
Product Photography @ Photo-Club Rumelange
Small Necklace Watch
Ledstrip illuminated Lightbox
Marumi Close-up Filter DHG 330(+3) Achromat Macro
15 captures, focus-stacked in Photoshop.
Processed in Photoshop and Lightroom Classic.
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Brachypalpus chrysites (male) - a hoverfly
I found this rare species the fifth year in a row under the same tree.
The most distinctive of the three Brachypalpus species occurring in Slovakia, unmistakable thanks to its fury-golden abdomen.

Wandering through town - flowers
(Nikon 70-200mm f/4,0 AF-S ED VR + Marumi DHG ACHROMAT MACRO 330 +3)

Frauenmantel
D90 mit 18-200 VR, Bl. 7.1, Marumi Achromat 5dpt; DSC_0455af-R

Droplet Galaxy
Sigma 105 F/2.8 with Marumi Achromat +5

Blütentraum
HBW

Xanthogramma citrofasciatum (female) - Barred Ant-hill Hoverfly
A Xanthogramma species with narrow yellow spots (paler than in other species) on the tergite 2 and entirely orange legs. Wings are darkened around stigma.

Snowdrops
(Nikon 70-200mm f/4,0 AF-S ED VR + Marumi DHG ACHROMAT MACRO 330 +3)

Texture
(Nikon 70-200mm f/4,0 AF-S ED VR + Marumi DHG ACHROMAT MACRO 330 +3)

Thecla betulae - Brown hairstreak - ostrôžkár brezový
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Limodorum abortivum - Violet limodore - modruška pošvatá
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Aphantopus hyperantus - Ringlet - očkáň obyčajný
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Moos im Makro
Bei dieser Aufnahme habe ich meine neue Marumi Makro Achromat Linse ausprobiert (+5 Dioptrien)

Gentiana clusii - horec Clusiov
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Red Damselfly close up
With Marumi Achromat at Kingswells, Aberdeen

Caliprobola speciosa (mating) - Green Forest Hoverfly
The male was occupying the tree cavity at the base of an oak, probably the one suitable for oviposition. Apparently, he was awaiting more than one female. Mating itself took place on the soil surface and lasted maybe 5-10 minutes. After an hour I observed the second mating in the same place, probably the same male and a new female. I don't know if a female deposit her eggs immediately after the mating, however, it is probable.
Unfortunately, the place was not ideal for photographing. The best quality pictures I managed were from above and thus, the female is almost invisible. The position of the male was with front legs on the head of a female, the middle legs in the air and the hind legs around the female's wings. I have pictures from other angles, but of the insufficient quality. I will try to postprocess some of them.
The photo replaced by the one I have indented to upload. The names were similar.

Viola lutea ssp. sudetica - Mountain pansy - fialka žltá sudetská
A mountain species growing above the tree line. Despite the name, it is commoner in the Carpathians than in the Sudetes.

Limenitis camilla - White Admiral - bielopásovec zemolezový
Taken with Marumi Achromat Macro 330 I had on my leses, however, I would manage very similar photo (cannot decide if better) without.

...small packages
Cotinus flowers

the remains of the daisy
Sun-dried daisy in a heatwave garnished with thistle seeds.
The first time I've tried the Canon FD 85/1.8 with a Marumi +5 achromat (macro attachment).

very close
Best viewed large.
To achieve this magnification I've used the macros lens (1:1) in combination with a +5 achromatic lens.

Ophrys insectifera - Fly orchid - hmyzovník muchovitý
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Biene
Nikkor 70-200 f/4 - Marumi Achromat +3

Berberis vulgaris - dráč obyčajný
in the forest light, no effects applied

Eristalis pertinax (female) - Tapered Dronefly
One of the most frequent drone flies, identifiable by the orange/yellow front and mid tarsi. Contrary to males, females have a standard shape of the abdomen.
An early photo of the possibly overwintering specimen (there seems to be no proof of overwintering adults).

Golden star
(Nikon 70-200mm f/4,0 AF-S ED VR + Marumi DHG ACHROMAT MACRO 330 +3)

Onobrychis viciifolia - common sainfoin - vičenec vikolistý
With Araniella cucurbitina (juvenile) and its cobweb. The flower typically lives outside forest, this one is quite exceptional.

small copper, pink thistle
Another shot from a recent walk with a Canon LTM Serenar 50mm f/1.8. It's a very nice lens dating from around 1960 but without accessories it only focusses down to one metre; I wasn't expecting to see any butterflies or I would've taken a different lens!
This was taken with the lens on a helicoid adapter with a Marumi achromat attached to the front and the shot cropped a little.

P O I N T S d o f
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Petals
Sel55210mm + Marumi Achromat macro 200+5 filter
Many thanks to everyone who chooses to leave a comment or who adds one of my images to their favorites, its much appreciated. Regards Craig

Argiope bruennichi - Wasp spider - križiak pásavý
natural light in the erosion rill in the field road

Belanglo
I finally got to see Andrei Tarkovsky's film Mirror a few months ago when Criterion released it, & the early scenes around the forest, with the way it was photographed, reminded me of some shots I took of Belanglo using the Daguerreotype lens which had the soft focus, slightly hazy look.
I wanted to get more shots of Belanglo with the Daguerreotype lens with Tarkovsky's film in mind.
Used a Marumi Bluehancer filter.
Nikon F4. Vision 3 250D 35mm Motion Picture Film.

Lasiommata maera (male) - Large Wall Brown
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