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Macro Shots of Bugs in Dew

Posted on October 1, 2014October 17, 2022 by David Barker

I picked up a new macro lens, a 100mm Canon f2.8 whatever, and spent each sunrise last week on the paths behind the Toronto Evergreen Brickworks. It was ideal for catching small creatures. No wind. Lots of dew. And a beautiful light rising over the hill and dispersing the mist. Technically, the first photo isn’t of a bug, but close enough …

Snail on Queen Anne's lace.
Snail on Queen Anne’s lace.
Spider dangling by a thread
Bee on scotch thistle
Bee on scotch thistle
Banded Garden Spider
Grasshopper asleep in goldenrod
Grasshopper asleep in goldenrod
Damselfly covered in dew
Damselfly covered in dew

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