I have to admit, I am really tired. I have been in long meetings for the past 3 days. It has meant leaving home very early in the morning and getting home late at night. Then for each of the past couple of nights I have stayed up late working on my blog. I think that tonight I am just going to post a few pictures and not take the time do write much about them. Tomorrow, once I have had a little sleep, I’ll maybe write a little more.
Tonight’s theme is shrimp. Below are 3 photos of some of the different freshwater shrimp I have kept in my aquarium. Although I have a few fish, I am really much more interested in keeping invertebrates.
Picture #1 is a close-up photo of a Flower shrimp (Atyopsis moluccensis). These shrimp are also called bamboo shrimp, wood shrimp, and Asian fan shrimp—talk about an identity crisis! They are widely distributed in the Indo Pacific and Asia.
Picture #2 is a macro photo of a Pinocchio shrimp (Caridina gracilirostris)—named (obviously) for their very long rostrums (the long spine-like structure that juts forward from its face). As you can see, these shrimp are nearly transparent with a few splashes of colour. They are native to India.
Picture #3 is a macro photo of a cherry red shrimp (Neocaridina heteropoda). Wild specimens of these shrimp (native to China) are a green-brown colour. But in captivity they have been bred to display a brilliant, beautiful red. This particular specimen is eating a bloodworm—the larva of a non-biting midge (Family Chironomidae).
The technical stuff:
Camera: Olympus E-620 digital SLR
Lens: Zuiko 35mm macro
Settings: manual exposure (F14 @ 1/125 sec)
Lighting: on-camera flash set to maximum power
macrocritters 
One of these days i’ll be having my macro lens. I’ll be taking same subjects and other interesting ones and post it on my blog. These picture are really great!! I envy you! Keep on posting those beautiful shots!
Thank you very much for your comment! You have some fascinating photos on your blog!
I’m trying my best. Thank you!! But yours are still the best. 🙂
Awww…thanks so much!
Great! i like macro shots! I’ll coming back soon to see more!
Eric
Thank you so much! My blog is only a week old…but blogs like yours are what inspire me. Hopefully I will one day have as many likes, comments and followers as you! Take care…
Thanks … you’re welcome as often as you want to see our new pictures of murals, graffiti, street art in Belgium and our special beautiful trains collection … in few minutes a great repost, an other great mural from Louvain-La-Neuve … keep in touch
Btw, thinking of you for a blog award … don’t know if you agree to accept it? (sorry for my approximate english, i’m from the french-speaking part of Belgium 😉
You have a very nice blog and I like critters. Beautiful macro shots ! I like your work so I will “follow”. Keep up the good work 🙂
Thank you so much! I will look forward to seeing more beautiful photos on your blog! Take care…
Fascinating subjects and love the exotic names of these shrimps! And your photos have wonderful detail. Will visit again…..
Thank you very much! I’d love to get back to S Africa with my gear…the opportunities for macro photos must be incredible!
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