Top 100! 📸 This photo of mating harvestmen (Dicranopalpus ramosus) made it to the top 100 of 'Close-up Photographer of the Year' @cupoty.bsky.social - the annual top international #macrophotography awards. Grateful to the judges to be selected, and to be among amazing finalists! #opiliones

2024 had promise but it wasn't it.

A select few highlights. If want further info on any, feel free to ask.

#macrophotography #birds #opiliones #weevils #bees #moths #wildflowers

Nominated by @majailiczg.bsky.social (thank you!) on German Bluesky to share a hexapod for #HexapoDezember (forgot to do it 27th, sorry!) 🇩🇪

Went for a walk today, not a lot about but did find a Juniper Shieldbug (Cyphostethus tristriatus)

For 29th December I nominate @microwildhq.bsky.social

Two non-invertebrate portraits

Bohemian Waxwing with head like a whip of ice cream or Terk from animated Tarzan. January 2024, east Belfast

Irish Hare with the tiny ears. Antrim Hills, November 2021

#wildlifephotography #irishwildlife #birds #mammals #bohemianwaxwing #irishhare #animalportraits

Some people might say I am obsessed with harvestmen. But I don't know what they're talking about.

Dicranopalpus ramosus
Platybunus pinetorum
Nemastoma bimaculatum
Megabunus diadema

#opiliones #ouropiliones #harvestmen #irishwildlife #wildlifephotography #irishbiodiversity

Hi, I'm Josh - ecologist/conservationist/photographer from & based in Belfast.

Here's a small series of photographs covering a few things

🦋🌃 Red Admiral

🐝 Nomada rufipes resting

🪻Broad-leaved Helleborine

🐦 White-throated Dipper

#irishwildlife #wildlifephotography #entomology #botany #birds