Iris Bug III
Another in my mini-series showing the iris dwellers and users. Here we see some tiny bug on the petal of a dewy Iris. I don’t know what kind of insect this is, but it sure is small. I like how the bug makes the petal seem vast, even though one can see some of the petal’s cellular structure.
I think this picture compliments yesterday’s shot very nicely, in the depiction of scale.
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Canon EOS 5D MkII, Canon EF 100mm/f2.8 macro lens, ISO100, f-2.8, 1/800th second, hand-held. Original shot at about 1:1 with a resolution of 5616 x 3744 pixels, cropped to 2548 x 1699. Processed with Lightroom 4 and Topaz Clarity.
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burnt embers 
I love this. I thought it was an insect on a decorative glass vase until I read your words. Very nice!
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Thank you Meanderer. I think decorative glass must often emulate petals of flowers, so it seems a reasonable confusion.
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Oh, that’s wonderful!
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Thank you Ashley.
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This is fantastic!
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Thank you Lisa – I am really enjoying your enthusiasm:)
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The petal by itself is gorgeous but the bug just makes it more interesting. Nice one.
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Thanks Ken! I thought the petal might stand on it’s own, but like the dark silhouette of the bug. I have not tried to calculate the length of the critter, but I am thinking less than 2mm, maybe quite a bit less.
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Love that iris petal, especially the bits of light in the less-focussed part at the top!
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Hi Linda, thanks, the dew came out well.
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