Tag: insects
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Strange Fairy-Like Sculptures Created With Body Parts Of Insects
Amsterdam-based artist Cedric Laquieze, previously featured for his animal skeleton sculptures decorated with flowers, has created a new body of work. He calls his little creations ‘Fairies’, they are constructed from the body parts of a myriad of insects, bones and seeds, sculpted into flamboyant quasi-bug creatures that look exotic and alluring. What do you…
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Eye of the Spider: Hypnotizing Macro Photos of Exotic Spiders Staring Directly into Your Mind
Lots of people don’t like spiders. Some people are even down-right scared of them. Whatever you think about the eight legged critters, hopefully the amazing macro photography of Jimmy Kong will make you appreciate the intimate moments of arthropods found in his native Malaysia. Like hairy aliens from another planet, these tiny spiders seem to stare with giant, all-knowing…
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Insects and Animals Made from Repurposed Objects by Edouard Martinet
It’s hard to believe that these perfectly assembled sculptures by French artist Edouard Martinet ever existed in any other form than they appear now. Yet every head, thorax, leg, wing, and eye from these assorted creatures was once part of a car, bicycle, typewriter, or other found objects. Reading through his material lists it becomes clear how…
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50 Perfectly Timed Animal Photos
Animal photography requires a great deal of time, patience, and some say luck… and this is where the debate starts. What part does luck play in photography? We rounded up 50 examples of perfectly timed animal photos which seem like pure luck. Most of these shots are so incredible that if you blinked you would have…
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Morning Dew on a Beautiful Lady Beetle
One of the most popular blogs we have ever posted featured macro photos of dew-covered insects by David Chambo which you can see HERE. It didn’t take much therefore to share this amazing dew-soaked photo of a lady beetle by German artist Jens Kolk. You can check more of their work out at WORDPRESS and via…
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Macro Photos of Dew-Covered Insects by David Chambo
Over the past few months photographer David Chambon has been working on a phenomenal series of macro photos featuring insects covered in tiny water droplets. The poor little insects covered in water and dew provide a truly magnificent subject which we haven’t seen before. These are a few of our favorites but you can see dozens more…