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I shoot insects and bugs sometimes daily, but it's only once a year that I get to shoot Volkswagen "Bugs" :-) This is a great little car show with great cars, friendly people and a very chill vibe. Some really nice VW's show up at this one. Makes me want to get back in the garage and get back to work on my Karmann Ghia! Had Fun!! Shot all of these with a Fuji X-E3 with a 7Artisans 35mm f/1.2 lens. Acros "Ye" color profile, and I think the regular Monochrome setting for a few shots at the end. Only shot a couple photos in color. They're included in this album. So far fairly impressed with this little setup.
I shoot insects and bugs sometimes daily, but it's only once a year that I get to shoot Volkswagen "Bugs" :-) This is a great little car show with great cars, friendly people and a very chill vibe. Some really nice VW's show up at this one. Makes me want to get back in the garage and get back to work on my Karmann Ghia! Had Fun!! Shot all of these with a Fuji X-E3 with a 7Artisans 35mm f/1.2 lens. Acros "Ye" color profile, and I think the regular Monochrome setting for a few shots at the end. Only shot a couple photos in color. They're included in this album. So far fairly impressed with this little setup.
Although this picture is not really sharp I nevertheless like it.
I'm afraid I will be IMacless for a while... as this memory card doesn't want to get out of the CD slot...
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Bugger .. look at the camber on those back wheels .
A fine pair of VW Bugs , and there were more ..
Cooly Rocks On
Coolangatta . Gold Coast
Assassin bug sculpture by David Rogers at Cape Fear Botanical Gardens in Fayetteville, North Carolina
Froghopper bug X2 without the cuckoo spit (they do sometimes move to another position). Focus stacked using zerene
Grey Fan-tail enjoying a feast of flying bugs.... Seen at Bodalla in New South Wales.... Short-listed by the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of The Year Competition 2022. This photo appeared in their exhibition and the book of the exhibition yet it has drawn few likes on Flicker or on Instagram... Curious isn't it?
He was climbing around on my blinds. Only about an inch long but moving very slowly like a stick bug (if that is even a correct term) so I thought he might just be a youngster. Anyway, he is still in the house somewhere. I guess I should have captured him and released him outside.
Hand held macro
Many of you know about the ambush bug. I love this shot because it shows the legs and how they are adapted for holding prey (front) and anchoring while capturing prey (hind legs.) I also like this shot because it shows the groove the antenna fit into for protection during combat. Note too the poisonous beak tucked in behind the face plate. Also admire the serrated crab like claws used for grasping prey. All in all it is a worthy opponent.
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Detail of one of the two outer zipped pockets in the Arkel Bug. The zip in this one is water resistant. The pocket does not have any special inside diveder/pocket/mesh
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A much anticipated comparison between two pannier/rucksac products from two of the leading brands (a pity Ortlieb hasn’t come out with a good solution yet).
So I got the Arkel Bug a couple of years ago, and was extremely disappointed with the result. The fitting hooks did not fit my Zefal rack (one of the most widely available brands in France and Spain), so I had to replace the rack. Then I discovered that the aluminium hooks were so sharp that they literally destroyed the metal part of the rack on the contact point.
As a rucksack is not very comfortable either, the metal hook that attaches the bag to the bottom part of the bike rack is always on the way (that’s on your back); you got two clunky bits of aluminium up your neck (the bag is really tall), there’s no chest strap, and to make things worse, the bottom of the bag is shaped as a wedge, so the bag is never ever going to stand, it just falls (ok for a pannier that you are not going to be putting anywhere but on your bike rack…but not very clever for a rucksack that you are to take with you anywhere, librarly, class, office, sports centre, etc).
On the fabric/material side comes the only plus of the bag. The entire product oozes quality (at 179 $ / 100 GBP is the least you can get); for the ridiculously high price you don’t even get a rain cover. Result: I haven’t used the bag for 2 years. The inside of the bag is “Spartan” to say the least. The back is not padded and there is no pocket/keyring/pen holder of any kind.
Same goes for the outer pocket (there is an extra hidden pocket that is supposed to house the raincover). So it seems that they took a pannier and tried to double it as a rucksack adding some features; a complete fail (since it simply doesn’t work), obviously in my opinion.
So last month I bought a Vaude Cycle 25, another pannier/rucksack combo I had been looking at for years (after wasting a lot of cash on the Arkel Bug, I didn’t exactly felt like spending more on another bag, so I stuck to my Ortlieb panniers until now). So I got the Vaude. What a nice surprise.
The bag is almost 400 gram lighter that it’s Canadian counterpart (which is nearly 50% of its weight). The bag comes with plastic hooks that fit into my Tubus rack AND it comes with an extra pair of hooks for thicker tubed racks (say a Zefal or a German/Dutch bike). The fitting on the bike is fast with a black adjustable rubber band. The fabric not the Vaude is not as sturdy as the Arkel’s Cordura, but it’s tons lighter AND comes with a raincover, that it’s neatly stowed on a lower compartment. This same compartment houses the “pannier system” ; you simply undo the zip, and the pannier hooks disappear of sight under the bag leaving you with a proper rucksack (way more comfortable than the Arkel), a bag that no one would actually suspects is a pannier.
The inside of the bag looks also like a proper rucksack, there is a padded compartment for a laptop/books, a keyring hanger, and the outer pocket has lots of little pockets for coins, mobile phone, etc.
The Vaude comes with an extra flexible attachment to carry a helmet. All in all, a really well made bag, light, comfortable and nice. But most of all, a product that delivers (at a reasonable price, you could actually buy more than 2 Vaude for the price of the Arkel).
Arkel Bug: 1365 gr (3 Lb): 179 $ (100 GBP)
Vaude Cycle 25: 980 gr (2 Lb 2 Oz): 45 GBP
A review of someone who likes the Arkel Bug: EcoVelo
A review of someone who does not like the Arkel Bug: Why I hate my Arkel Bug
Novelty bug cupcakes custom made to order for a 3rd birthday party. Featuring snails, caterpillars, dragonflies, ladybirds and bumble bees.
Technical information:
astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2010/07/ngc-6302-bug-nebula.html
An animated 3D:
astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2010/07/ngc-6302-bug-nebula-as-...
3D-studies in different formats:
Thanks to the magic of www.busselecta.com/bugselecta/ (via Lloydy). A black oval window bug with polished volvo wheels and suspension level 3 of course! Must be able to feel all those miniature holes in the road...
Briolette Bug - 4-5 November, 2009
I was looking at this orange tourmaline briolette in my collection, trying to think of what to make with it, and decided on a bug. I thought it would look perfect as the abdomen peeking through lacy wire wings. Here's the result. :D
A Bug shot from my hike up the Volcano of Fire in magnificent Colima, México.
Una toma de mi experiencia subiendo el Volcan de Fuego cerca de la hermosa cuidad de Colima, México.
Here is the Ambush Bug that is trying to hide in Iron Weed. Usually they pick a flower that more closely matches their colors. Goldenrod seems to be their favorite.
Note the raptorial claw, the clavate antenna which can be folded back into the hard mantle for protection, and the beak (rostrum) which is folded under the face plate. All in all these tiny predators pack a wallop and are very successful hunters. Note my finger nail on the third image which is shown for perspective. I always am very cautious around bugs both to avoid injuring them and in the case of the Ambush Bug because I have read that they can inflict a painful sting which takes a long time to heal.
Finally if you would like to read my little illustrated poem called Ode to the Ambush Bug click on this link: www.flickr.com/photos/drphotomoto/8955566992/in/photolist...
This is my first attempt at interval shooting of lightning bugs. An earlier attempt of mine was simply long exposure.
The green lights are the male bugs. I used a stack of layers in PhotoShop for time lapse photography. The purple light is the residue of the sun that set at least half an hour earlier.
I wish this photo were better.
I struggled with the interval settings of my camera for a long time in the dark. My camera's buttons are illuminated as its back LCD, so I could navigate the settings reasonably well in the dark. I thought I had set up the camera correctly during the day hours but here in the field at night it just wouldn't go on. Finally, I realized I had turned on my timer to photo the dim scenery at twilight and that the interval program could not be activated while the timer was on. Whew! Problem solved. But I think I knocked the focus of my lens slightly off in the process of fixing the interval shooting.
By my third attempt, I was better with my camera and its nighttime stack/interval settings but unfortunately the lightning bugs had faded out. I think for the season. They also were collecting in the trees, where they weren't moving much. The field I used on my first attempt was much better since the lightning bugs were on the move.
My first attempt above may be the lightning bugs' last big shindig this season. I see them still out but they just aren't in the numbers that they were. I also have a scenic location picked out, but apparently, the lightning bugs do not consider my location such a perfect place.
I'm posting this as a benchmark for myself. I know the perfect background that I want for a lightning bug shooting. Now if only the lightning bugs and my camera will cooperate.