Monomad: Insect Portraiture

This is my entry for the #monomad challenge.

Brimstone Butterfly

Thank God its Friday... it's been a long week, but no worries as it is now the Weeekend, and time to relax and have some fun. I often write about my Insect Portrait Project, the aim of which is to showcase the fascinating wildlife lurking in the grass beneath our feet.

These are usually in colour as many insects are bright and colorful, but some times I like to have a bit of fun and turn them into to 'proper' mono portraits

Jumping Spider

So here we go.

I went through some of my images, and plonked them into photoshop to re-edit them... I de-saturated them and adjusted the highlights and the contrast and voila!

I did do a post similar to this nearly two years ago, so I thought it was high time I had another go at it.

Common Earwig

Nomad Bee

Scarlet Lily Beetle

Some of these work better than others, a case in point is this Scarlet Lily Beetle which, as its name suggest, is a bright red colour. As an image for its own sake, I still think its interesting (...I am definitely biased haha!)

I'm off to go and enjoy my weekend. Not sure what I'm doing yet, but the weather seems reasonable so will probably head out for a wander in the sunshine. I'll take my camera too, so if I spot something interesting you'll be the first to know ;-)

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