Insect Portraits
Here are additional macro photos of insects, a continuation of my "insect portrait" gallery.

These prints of insects - some showing the unusual details of their facial features - will almost certainly appeal to a far smaller audience than many of my photos. However, for me - the photographer - there is a pleasure in capturing a crisp, sharp image of something I cannot see clearly with my own bare eyes. And there is, to my way of thinking, a kind of beauty in the details revealed about these small creatures that seem so alien to us.

If you're interested in macro photography and would like to try this type of photography, I've written a Beginner's Guide to Macro Photography. If you have any questions after reading this, please feel free to contact me - Robert Stephens at TheWorldinLight Photographic Gallery at 586-884-0040.

I've also written an article about the insects seen in my Michigan garden, incorporating several of the photos seen on this page. If interested, please read A Macro View of My Garden. I hope you enjoy my photos and websites.


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this is a teen-age cicada, buzzing with hormones and looking for a date.
Cicada #8727b



a close-up photo of a jumping spider - almost looking cuddly.
Jumping Spider #9088



a close-up photo of a cute and curious praying mantis.
Praying Mantis #8673



Yum....cricket. My favorite!
Praying Mantis Eating #8378a



photo of a praying mantis eating a cricket.
Praying Mantis Eating #8380



close-up photo of a bumblebee.
Bee #8347



the tiny wings on this praying mantis is evidence that he or she is not fully mature and will undergo another molt before reaching adulthood
Young PM #8644



This is a photo of a hummingbird moth.
Hummingbird Moth #8335



a close-up photo of a jumping spider.
Jumping Spider



photo of a katydid poking its head from a shrub.
Katydid #8249a



close-up photo of a praying mantis
Praying Mantis #8559a



photo of a batch of praying mantises right after hatching
The Day of the Praying Mantis (eerie music: Da-dum, da-dum...)



I believe this is a robber fly - a carnivorous insect of the genus Lasiopogon
It's a Jungle Out There



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