Little people are all around us !

[John Robinson]

Mosquito larvae.
My little friends - until they bite you
Taken on Ektachrome in 1970,s
Pentax Spotmatic. Metz 402 twin head baffled- third flash in background through white sheet
Ecktachrome 100 asa.
Composite in D7100 Copied drainpipe set up amd macro.
JohnR

[Ron Conlon]

Looks like the basis for a children's animated series.

[John Robinson]

Ron - Exactly.! What worries me is we think of a;iens as being wierd with several eyes and two heads etc. Why sould Mosquito larvae have two eyes a mouth, a nose and ears !???
Wierd !
John

[Steve Maxson]

A nice series of shots showing different angles and all with good sharpness. I'm wondering where the colors are coming from - the lighting? -film colors changing over time?

[John Robinson]

Hi
Steve
No idea to be honest- probably they were that colour ! I forgot to mention but apart from the colour its a heck of a magnification- would hate to think what it is !The pic was put on for a bit of fun more than anything- but you know how it is.
John

[Diane Miller]

I think it's great fun, but also technically serious. I love the faces and the idea of doing the composite.

[Arthur Morris]

Wow. This is pretty darned neat. Is it one capture or four images combined? The two on the right crack me up.

[John Robinson]

Thanks Arthur
Like I said in the description - its a compo.
John

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks John. I did miss that :)

While I love it I think that it could use more room all around.

Please confirm that the individual larvae are pretty much as they came out of camera.

[John Robinson]

Hi Arthur
Yes they are as they were- there were dozens more too. The colours may be slightly different in some as I experimanted a bit with lighting. There is no manipulating of the features etc at all. If you catch some and look at them with a macro the features are amazing.
John

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks John. Amazing is the right word. I'd love to see a wider version of the original post :)