Small World

<font size="3"><span style="">it's a small world after all--


after seeing so many beautiful bugs  in various photo forums and under people's names, I thought that it was time to create a group only  to  display the small life.

If you have pictures of  attractive small life or macros of  snails, butterflies,  spiders, grasshoppers, moths--things of the buggy sort  that  can be loosely associated to insect life,  please consider submitting your pics here


sorry, no frogs, salamanders, snakes,  chameleons. although they are definitely of the smaller type and  belong with the lowlife they are definitely more amphibian and repitilian in nature.


please no slugs, unless it happens to be  abnormally photogenic. am not into slugs and worms--


if you know the name of the insect or can identify it, please do so-- and if you wish, write a description  of it and submit it as an article because we can all benefit  through the recognition of different species and habitats

you needn't tell us that it was a  spider you caught in your bathtub-- unless you've got a good story to go along with it, but  short  scientific descriptions are more than welcome.

if you wax poetic, then let us enjoy your creativity.

and acceptance is purely arbitrary based on attractiveness and beauty of the presentation-- so no carbon images or blurry smudges or things presented in a dusky coal haze. the intent is to  display beautiful photography of the small life so that we can go to a specific group to enjoy it.


the link for small world is here--

Small World
http://smallworld.gather.com/


Also welcome  will be tips for  photo contests regarding macro photography and  other places to exhibit work. Just remember to  include a beautiful picture with each article.



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pair of silver-washed fritillaries



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bee's behind





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mating whites at Cercany






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