[Leica] IMG: Extension Tube Venture

[Jim Nichols]

I've heard them associated with maples and other plants, so it could be 
the same.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 9/16/2017 3:34 PM, RicCarter wrote:
> erminds me of the stuff that tried to take one of our gardenias down—thought it was a mold but it was an animal!
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> ric
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>> On Sep 16, 2017, at 4:31 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
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>> Thanks, Ric.  Do you recognize the little guy?
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>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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>> 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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