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16-JUN-2011

Flowers and Bugs

Took a picture of these little white flowers since I had gotten a set of macro tubes,
never noticed until I opened it up in Photoshop that they were covered with tiny, tiny bugs.
So small they were almost transparent. The diameter of the flowers is probably around an 1-1 1/2 inches or so.
Have no idea what these little guys are, they look as if they have the sprouts of wings.
First thought it was kind of creepy, then thought it was kind of neat.
I only had my shortest tube on, or could have gotten in closer.

Olympus E-PL1 ,Minolta 50mm f/1.7 MC Rokkor-X PF ,12mm extension tube
1/250s f/5.6 iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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dang 24-Jun-2011 04:24
Chuckle... I've done that many times, not just with macro. I think they might be aphids, but the body seems a bit elongated compared to those here, but it's still a good guess. You could go back every couple of days and see as they mature. The little black winged one at top-right appears to be a mature.
Fun stuff, eh. ;-)