[Leica] Where's the Insect?

[Don Dory]

Well disguised indeed.  Our lizards are pretty well camouflaged but with
all the birds and cats they duck out of sight very quickly


Don
don.dory at gmail.com

On Mon, Aug 10, 2026, 12:13 PM Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Well camouflaged ant-lion.
>
> Antlion-1007164.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/55455660230/in/photostream/lightbox/
> >
>
> This little guy has been hanging around our clothesline for quite a
> while.  Blends in quite well, don't you think?  Funny thing. Last year
> we had one doing the same thing.  One would like to think this is some
> super insect that lives a long time, but their lifespan is measured in
> weeks not months.
>
> So, here is a close up shot with the Nikon/macro lens but it was windy
> so hard to get the whole thing in focus.
>
> Antlion-2057.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/55454281222/in/photostream/lightbox/
> >
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> But I was impressed with the 1:1 crop on the Q3.  More DOF with the 28mm
> and longer distance to camera????
>
> Antlion-1007162.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24330215@N06/55455267011/in/photostream/lightbox/
> >
>
> You lesson in disguise for the day.
>
> Aram
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