My preferred pictures of 2014

I have tried pictures with high magnification using several extensions tubes or lenses mounted in reverse.
I have also bought a sliding rail to perform some "photo stacking" in order to increase the depth of field of these high magnification pictures. The first results are not so bad.

Lackey Moth (Malacosoma neustria(Linnaeus, 1758)) - Saône-et-Loire, France - May 9th 2014

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Canon EOS 40D, EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens.
F/2.8, 1/100 s, 400 ASA. Focus distance: about 30cm.
The short depth of field with a precise focus on the head of this caterpillar gives an interesting result.
I can still make progress on photo composition.

(Evarcha arcuata(Clerck, 1757)) - Saône-et-Loire, France - May 9th 2014

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Canon EOS 40D, EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens with extension tubes.
F/5, 1/160 s, 400ASA. Focus distance: about 15cm.
I like this picture. You can see my silhouette in the eyes of the spider.
The beautiful green colour is got by the reflection of the close shrubs.

(Marpissa muscosa(Clerck, 1758)) - Yvelines, France - December 30th 2014

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Canon EOS 40D, Canon 24-85mm lenses on 24 mm mounted in reverse.
F/10, 1/100 s, 400ASA, flash. Focus distance: about 7cm.
I have found this jumping spider inside the house and I have been able to shoot 5 pictures from very close.
I have used the CombineZP software to merge these pictures and I have done some manual corrections to remove the artefacts due to the combination of flash reflexions in the eyes.
However this spider has not been patient enough and it walked away before I can shoot some sharp pictures of the two fore legs.

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André Bon November 2020