Wednesday 14 November 2012

Not the Lynx you were expecting?

Another one of my favourite macro shots - this is an Australian Lynx spider (possibly Oxyopes elegans ?)



This guy (girl?) was posing nicely on a stalk of parsley in the garden and again is tiny.  I love the markings on the body;  perhaps that's the reason for the name 'Lynx'?
 

Friday 9 November 2012

Snail's pace

This is one of my favourite macro images - a  small snail (or more likely, just the shell) on a blade of grass, with the sun shining through it.  (For a sense of scale, the shell is probably the size of the fingernail on your pinky/little finger)


I love the soft, almost dream-like, look of this image, and the fine details visible in the shell.