Raindrops keep falling on my head

Many people hate the sight of creepy crawlies, but one photographer saw the beauty in the insect world, taking a series of incredible photographs.

The stunning set of pictures show insects with tiny water droplets balancing on their heads and dotted around their feet in amazingly sharp detail.

A fly with a water droplet on its head. One of the series of incredible up close and personal pictures of bugs that Dimitriy took 

Dmitriy positioned the water droplets carefully before taking the perfect shot. He spent hours waiting for the conditions to be perfect

The shots were taken at an incredibly close distance creating a hyper detailed depiction of the insects

Photographer, Dmitriy Reinshtein, 26, from Moldova in Kishinev, spent hours waiting for that one special shot and admitted it was no easy task.

 

Dmitriy said: 'Patience is one of the most important ingredients in macro photography and I believe that if I send the creatures some positive energy they will stay still long enough for me to get the perfect shot. That and holding my breath.'

The snapper plants the droplets using a tiny pipette, small sticks and pieces of paper and came up with the idea after spotting a tiny spider sheltering from the rain.

The photographer was inspired when he spotted a tiny spider sheltering from the rain one day

He said that he had been fascinated by creepy crawlies, including spiders, from a very young age

Dmitriy has managed to capture every detail of the spider, including the fur on its body and a close up of the eyes

Dmitriy uses bright clashing colours to create a surreal quality in the photographs

The photographer spent his childhood looking for bugs and insects while on holiday with his family in Turkmenistan

Dmitriy’s love for creepy crawlies began when he was a child when he spent his days looking for insects while on holiday with his family in Turkmenistan.

He said: 'When I was on vacation I fell in love with bugs and nature.
'Now bugs are my most successful subjects. I wanted to show how beautiful and complicated they are.

By using mirrored reflections and a high contrast he creates an unusual effect on the surface of the water droplets

Dmitriy waited hours for the perfect shots. He says that patience is needed when undertaking a work like this

Even an expert like Dmitriy only has about a 30 per cent success rate when capturing the shots

'The process I use to capture the bugs is always changing and I have about a 30 per cent success rate with each picture I take.'

Dmitriy used a Canon 5d mark II camera, as well as a Nikon d300 camera with a Tamron 90mm lense to capture the critters on camera.