<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:59:11 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/insectphotography/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Meet Gary 🐌 — My First Focus Stacking Macro Attempt]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday I spent almost six hours photographing a snail. Not because I love snails that much — but because I finally decided to try something I had wanted to do for a long time: real macro photography.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@russia-btc/meet-gary-my-first-focus-stacking-macro-attempt</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194913/@russia-btc/meet-gary-my-first-focus-stacking-macro-attempt</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[russia-btc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:13:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLJJFtmkq5mCbWzXaNbEFMJ6hgXtRk5ubqGqGBvLikTvU4Po9TLC56W4wmmTiyungsAKP26H9XfVAoZvBgkeSz9MsgNJZ6mSqbMqVurzSQnticYmqSpmk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hummingbird hawk-moth at my mothers lavender]]></title><description><![CDATA[My mother has some nice lavender growing in her garden and in Summer there are a lot of insects and bees visiting the lavender. The hummingbird hawk-moth is one of the regular visitors that feeds of the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-101587/@florian-glechner/hummingbird-hawk-moth-at-my-mothers-lavender</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-101587/@florian-glechner/hummingbird-hawk-moth-at-my-mothers-lavender</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-101587]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[florian-glechner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:22:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4bEjbgCbFMvAGbwxD9CJfJUznpDy21P1gb5kciUwoKrnYbGbNVgJCYqePpa9dn5zdcNkAMiAJAXU145LvTnmc6DknUyeV91yuDsH3s7XPsxeWnGjMLPM5gwpjWF9J9Jo5jb8MTRcfsjW3fJPVWPqT7J8pQMMxWNNExuKCQnF7tk6AFkwpJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moths in the House... XD]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since living in the countryside, seeing a variety of insects around has been a normal occurrence. Not only do we spot them outside, but also inside the house. 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I was visiting my brother for the weekend and helped him with something when we found this beautiful]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-101587/@florian-glechner/european-mantis-t3013i</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-101587/@florian-glechner/european-mantis-t3013i</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-101587]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[florian-glechner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:43:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4bEjbgCbFMvAGbwxD9CJfJUznpDy21P1gb5kciUwoKrnYbGbNVgJCYqePpa9dn5zdcNkAMiAJAXU145LvUWjNHjfFeFVVyHEwVqoU7wmz56g1a1kREyt5RJ7Xdec4vFA1QzZvcoFrVxaCvkPG8wKmuoxN7ozGBp87f2kHAbBGjRKJpqpQ6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bumblebee visiting my sunflower]]></title><description><![CDATA[I took some pictures of a beautiful Bumblebee visiting my sunflower some days ago. 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There are so many different species and they have so many differen beautiful colors and patterns. Most of them simply unique. 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