Goldenrod Soldier Beetle, Rough Meadows Wildlife Sanctury, Iscorama Anamorphic
Taken at Rough Meadows in Rowley, Massachusetts, here's another Soldier Beetle photographed using a stronger supplemental lens than the one used for an earlier Soldier Beetle Pic. On the day of our visit these beetles were everywhere, making up for the scarcity of spiders that I had hoped to shoot. They're fairly easy to work with because once on a blossom they go to work chewing the bits they dine on, with limited movement. Bees are tougher to work with because of the almost frenetic way they move about... often flying away just as you frame an image.
Taken with a Nikon D3500, Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8, an Iscorama anamorphic lens (1968 version), on the 85mm, and the objective from a junk Soligor 90-230mm zoom lens reverse mounted on the Isco.
Lighting was provided by a Nikon SB-20 speedlight flashed through a diffuser made from a plastic bowl that comes in a Healthy Choice frozen dinner.
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Goldenrod Soldier Beetle, Rough Meadows Wildlife Sanctury, Iscorama Anamorphic
Taken at Rough Meadows in Rowley, Massachusetts, here's another Soldier Beetle photographed using a stronger supplemental lens than the one used for an earlier Soldier Beetle Pic. On the day of our visit these beetles were everywhere, making up for the scarcity of spiders that I had hoped to shoot. They're fairly easy to work with because once on a blossom they go to work chewing the bits they dine on, with limited movement. Bees are tougher to work with because of the almost frenetic way they move about... often flying away just as you frame an image.
Taken with a Nikon D3500, Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8, an Iscorama anamorphic lens (1968 version), on the 85mm, and the objective from a junk Soligor 90-230mm zoom lens reverse mounted on the Isco.
Lighting was provided by a Nikon SB-20 speedlight flashed through a diffuser made from a plastic bowl that comes in a Healthy Choice frozen dinner.
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