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Photographer Captures The Small Worlds Of Insects That You Might Never See That Closely (53 Pics)
There are many small worlds that are not visible to the naked eye. One of those worlds is the world of insects that, if you look closely through the macro lens, may seem extremely alien to us. Award-winning photographer Mofeed Abu Shalwa from Saudi Arabia captures this alien world of insects and shows us the undiscovered beauty of these creatures.
Shalwa has traveled around the world and to more than seven forests, including Austrian forests, Amazon forests, and forests in Malaysia just to photograph these creatures. It was not a simple task as he had to study their presence and then search for them. Most of them are threatened with extinction. The photographer uses a focus-stacking technology to get sufficient depth of field and capture the stunning faces of these small creatures.
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Spider
Gale Vester 5 years ago
Very well-groomed, with just a touch of dippity-do to get his hairs to stick straight up! :-) (joke, of course!)
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Macro Spider
What’s really interesting is that his love for macro photography started with his phobia of insects. To overcome this, he started to photograph them, and later on, this became his passion. “I actually started photography since 2010, and before that date, I used to photograph travel trips with my family since childhood. I have tried all genres of photography... but I stopped at photographing macro due to a very funny story, which is my fear of insects in my childhood. This fear grew because my colleagues at school came with these insects, and they knew that I suffered from an insect phobia. They used to throw them at me for fun until the idea of extreme fear developed throughout those years and the experiment was repeated many times,” explained the artist to Bored Panda.
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Spotted Weevils Family
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Damselfly
“When I acquired the photographic equipment later, I experimented with photographing people’s lives, photographing travel, photographing nature, etc... I knew that there was an axis for macro photography that focuses on accurately photographing insects. I have a great blog of my works on the global website youpic. The number of observations of my works has reached more than 10 million views. I’ve also received 147 international awards in the field of photography.”
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Long-Legged Fly
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Butterfly
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Scoliidae
Zakary Johnson 5 years ago
this makes me think of a bull and a bison and sometimes me when i am fighting in a game.
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Wolf Spider
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Stag Beetle
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Blue Longhorn Beetle
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Hoverfly
May Day 5 years ago
I love hoverflies, or flower flies. They are beautiful and funny. If you hold your hand still under them while they are hovering, sometimes they will land on it. I once tried to save one that had fallen into a plate of mashed potatoes at a camping site. I lifted it out and put it on a tree trunk, and then I tried to carefully remove some of the potato stuff from its back and wings. It then whimpered ruefully, sounding like a small puppy!
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Mammoth Wasp
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Cyphochilus
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Goliathus Orientalis
Marek Yanchurak 5 years ago
Wow, it's a beetle that can grow up to 4 inches, not counting the legs!
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Plexippus Paykulli
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Damselfly
Marek Yanchurak 5 years ago
They belong to the same Order (the rank above Species/Genus/Family).
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Dragonfly
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Crab Spider
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Robber Fly
Alan Mindy 5 years ago
I can see a few things in the facial area, one being a skull with long teeth on top and a painted eye!
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Rhynchophorus Ferrugineus
isabelle lester 5 years ago
It looks like he's stuck in the backend of something else and only has his legs sticking out!
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Locusts
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Dragonfly
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Wasp
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Date Palm Stem Borer
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Phaedimus
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The Butterfly Face
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Butterfly Moth Yellow
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Dicranocephalus Wallichi
Marek Yanchurak 5 years ago
It's a Long Arm Scarab Beetle. Scarab beetles are a Super Family within which Staghorn Beetles are a Family.
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Mantis
Debbie Timberlake 5 years ago
Must be a male, sadly the femailes are a bit of a nightmare in looks and habits !! XXX
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Ladybug
Zakary Johnson 5 years ago
One day in my time i ops stepped on a ladybug and i did not know it was there on the stepp
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Jewel Beetle
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Eupholus
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Cyclommatus Metallifer
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Orange Cicada
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Orange Cicada
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Coilodera Kalimantanica
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Hoverfly
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Aphids
Deborah Orr 5 years ago (edited)
You are so right about that!!! Lady buds eat them... You can buy them and put them on your rose bushes and other plants and they will clean up your aphid problem!
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Dicranocephalus Wallichii
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Butterfly
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Dragonfly
The Random Merp 5 years ago
They ALWAYS seem to look at you, but they're really just seeing you and everything else too, with those HUGE eyes!
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Green Lacewing
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Wasp
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Hoverfly
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Dragonfly
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Black Wasp
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Fly
Roadkill The Brave 5 years ago
All the other flies - beautiful, graceful looking even up close. Regular Fly - Looks like a nervous salesman.
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Green Stag Beetle
Debbie Timberlake 5 years ago
Is it actually green? If not what else differentiates it from other stag beetles?
Marek Yanchurak 5 years ago
Well, there are 1200 Stag Beetle species, so...
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Homoneura Fly
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Hoverfly
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Carabus Rutilans Beetle
Marek Yanchurak 5 years ago
Mostly mouth parts with an antenna and an eye.
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Chris DiFonso 5 years ago
Perfect. Just perfect. This photographer has transferred his phobia to me! Thanks SO MUCH! On a serious note, great photos.
Roadkill The Brave 5 years ago
I love this, I love close up photography and Photomicroscopy, its fascinating.
Tacio Sansonovski 5 years ago
Take a look at these more amazing photos from Brazil
http://www.macrofotografia.com.br/fotografias-empilhamento macrofotog...725a2d.jpg 
Chris DiFonso 5 years ago
Perfect. Just perfect. This photographer has transferred his phobia to me! Thanks SO MUCH! On a serious note, great photos.
Roadkill The Brave 5 years ago
I love this, I love close up photography and Photomicroscopy, its fascinating.
Tacio Sansonovski 5 years ago
Take a look at these more amazing photos from Brazil
http://www.macrofotografia.com.br/fotografias-empilhamento macrofotog...725a2d.jpg
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