[Leica] IMG: Extension Tube Venture

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Ric.  Do you recognize the little guy?

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 9/16/2017 3:29 PM, RicCarter wrote:
> nice pair
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> ric
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>> On Sep 16, 2017, at 4:10 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
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>> Tired of lugging the 250mm, I slipped an 11mm extension tube on the 135 this afternoon and walked outside.  There was not a butterfly to be seen, but the Buddleia was covered with large bees.  Handicapped by a lens-to-subject distance of 2-3 ft., I snapped a few bee photos.
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>> I also noted what appeared to be tiny balls of white lint floating around.  When I saw one settle on a leaf, I looked closer, and it appeared to have wings.  This puzzled me, so I snapped a few shots, hoping to get something useful.  The total size seemed to be about 2mm.
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>> Bee by extension tube:
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170916-DSCF5141.JPG.html
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>> Possibly a Woolly Aphid, though not sure:
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170916-DSCF5143.JPG.html
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>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
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>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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