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Water Drops, Daisies and Bumblebees

"The photo above provides a wonderful demonstration of the physics of light in water drops as well as the attraction of water molecules to plant molecules and to one another. In this case, the liquid drops result from rain and fog. A drop of liquid behaves like a simple lens – just like a camera. Therefore, the refracted image is upside-down when viewed through the drop. Somehow, bees, such as this bumblebee, figure out this hall of mirrors and are able to get to the daisies’ nectar. "

 

Sleeping insects covered in early morning dew

   

"Dragonflies, flies and beetles take on an unearthly quality as water droplets form on them.  

These remarkable photographs were taken by physiotherapist Miroslaw Swietek at around 3am in the forest next to his home. Using a torch, the 37-year-old amateur photographer hunts out the motionless bugs in the darkness before setting up his camera and flash just millimetres from them."

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Dew-Covered Dragonfly

Photographer Miroslaw Swietek

"One of the first pictures of dragonflies in drops of dew I did. The beginning of my adventure with photography."

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Macro Photography By Andrew Osokin

Amazing work from the Russian photographer Andrew Osokin.