My new drosera Hercules

Tonight’s subject is a fly trapped in the grasp of my new Drosera hercules. 🪰🌱

Watching carnivorous plants work up close is almost alien. Every red tentacle is covered in sticky mucilage droplets that look beautiful… right until something lands.

These were all shot handheld, single-shot, manual focus — no focus stacking. Still teaching myself macro photography just bought my first camera and lens around February, honestly pretty proud of how these turned out. 🙏🙂🖤

Gear & settings:
Sony A7R III 📸
Laowa 90mm Ultra 2.0 lens
Neewer Z2 pro flash + AK diffuser
1:1 magnification
f/8 | ISO 160 | 1/250
Manual focus

“Life has a way of dressing up sticky situations to look beautiful before you realize you’re trapped in them.”