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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.

Dandelion
(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)

Mirrored
(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

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

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 🙂

ice forms
Some ice formations at the base of a grass seed-head.
Helios 44 with extension tubes and Marumi achromat.

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

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

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

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

Окрестности деревни Кусимово, ромашка на полянке в лесу, выглянуло солнышко.
+ макролинза 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 😉 )

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

Margined Leatherwing Beetle
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Pieris napi - mylnárik repkový
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Common Wasp - Vespula vulgaris
With Marumi Achromat

Lycaena dispar (female) - Large copper - ohniváčik veľký
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Незабудки
Окрестности деревни Кусимова, полевые цветы на полянке среди леса, выглянуло солнышко.
+ макролинза 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)

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

Берег озера Банное, весна, вечер. Цветок сон-травы в последних лучиках солнца.
+ Marumi DHG Achromat Macro 330 (+3)

Цвет
Берег озера Банное, весна, вечер.
Кустик сон-травы на закате.
+ Marumi DHG Achromat Macro 330 (+3)

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

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)

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

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

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)

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

Frühling
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Schnee zum Frühlingsanfang
Hätte ich jetzt nicht mehr gebraucht

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.

Цветок
Берег озера Банное, весна, утро.
+ 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)

Ich freue mich so
Endlich blüht es wieder im Garten

Gentiana clusii - horec Clusiov
One more gentian

Mushrooms
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Stack mit Marumi Achromat +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)

Rosalia alpina - Alpine longhorn - fuzáč alpský
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green grain
More experimenting with very shallow depth-of-field macro with the Revuenon 55mm f/1.2 and Marumi achromat.

the courage to open up
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Time
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Cypripedium calceolus - Lady's Slipper - črievičník papučkový
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Carpocoris pudicus - shieldbug - bzdocha menivá
To be honest, I cannot be sure if it is Carpocoris purpureipennis instead. I will appreciate expert opinions.

New life
Lying on the ground of the cemetery I took a photo of a new life emerging from the old one 🙂 I admit it was a little odd when people were passing by, but it was worth it 🙂
(Nikon 70-200mm f/4,0 AF-S ED VR + Marumi DHG ACHROMAT MACRO 330 +3)

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 🙂

Didysmachus picipes (mating) - robberfly - muchárka
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Trypocopris vernalis - lajniak hladký
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Da bin ich wieder...
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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 🙂

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

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

Campanula trachelium - Nettle-leaved Bellflower - zvonček pŕhľavolistý
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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).

Elasmucha grisea - Parent bug
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Platycnemis pennipes (fresh male) - šidielko ploskonohé - Blue featherleg
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Orchis militaris - Military orchid - vstavač vojenský
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Silene dioica - Red Campion - silenka (knotovka) červená
syn. Meladrium rubrum

Limodorum abortivum - Violet limodore - modruška pošvatá
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Schneeglöckchen
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Зверобой (Hypericum)
гора Машак, лето, полевые цветы.
+ Marumi DHG Achromat Macro 330 (+3)

Libellula fulva (male) - Scarce chaser - vážka
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knitting needles
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Flower Power
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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.

Вечером (In the evening)
гора Машак, лето, вечер.
Прошёл дождь и выглянуло солнышко.
+ 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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Thecla betulae - Brown hairstreak - ostrôžkár brezový
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Lasiommata maera (male) - Large Wall Brown
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Droplet Galaxy
Sigma 105 F/2.8 with Marumi Achromat +5

Epipactis helleborine - Broad.leaved helleborine - kruštík širokolistý
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Wandering through town - flowers
(Nikon 70-200mm f/4,0 AF-S ED VR + Marumi DHG ACHROMAT MACRO 330 +3)

Aphantopus hyperantus - Ringlet - očkáň obyčajný
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Cephalanthera longifolia - Sword-leaved helleborine
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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.

Brachypalpus chrysites (male) - a Thick-thighed Forest Fly
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.

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

Pasque Flower
with Marumi Achromat

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

Orchis purpurea - Lady Orchid - vstavač purpurový
This one was not very purple

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.

Blütentraum
HBW

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

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

Dactylorhiza sambucina - vstavočovec bazový
A yellow form, even without darker spots.

Carabus intricatus - blue ground beetle - bystruška vráskavá
I found this beetle under bark of the fir log and managed to stop it on the piece of the bark held in my hand.

Acer platanoides (flowers) - Norway maple - javor mliečny
Flowers of Norway maple appears immediately after bud break, before leaves are developed (in sycamore it is different). They are greenish, often mistaken with the developing leaves.
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