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ive called these fairies since i was a little girl...they only look like bugs when you get close to them....of course if you were a tiny magical creature wouldnt you turn into a bug when some human was looking at you =)
Sharon (@sharritta) at 365Project.org challenge me this week to do a forced perspective shot.
I decided to combine that with a field trip to Victoria's Bug Zoo that I went on with an old friend.
I'm spending this week developing my professional web site (finally!), so I'm going to infill with some of the really groovy bug shots that I got on the weekend with my old friend LP.
This lady tarantula was quite tame. I even held her, which surprised me, as I'm quite terrified of spiders. Our guide put me at ease.
The Bug Zoo doesn't allow tripods, so lighting was definitely a challenge. I lost about 1/3 of my shots to camera shake and insufficient exposure. My macro lens opens up to f/2.8, but there's a lot going inside that lens that reduces its light output, so it's not a particulary fast f/2.8.
My VR macro lens has a 12" minimum focusing distance (close enough for me, thank you), which renders a wonderful 1:1 close up. However, as with any lens when you get this close, your DOF declines exponentially. Even at f/29, there's very little depth of field, and I couldn't get anywhere close to that, as it either forced an exposure too long to hand hold, or reduced my light to nothing when using the on-camera flash. I couldn't push it much past f/8.
Pushing the ISO to between 1600 and 2000 helped to shorten the shutter speed, but introduced a LOT of noise into the shot. Lightroom helped to mitigate that, but the adjustment brush liked to pick up the noise when Auto Masking while selecting each bug, making selection much more tedious.
I think next time I go, I'm going to rent a 70-200mm f/2.8 lens. That should give me additional working distance, and provide me a greater depth of field at the same framing. I've shot with it before, and it's a *very* fast lens.
Very freaky viewed large.
Taken handheld with my Nikon D600 for 1/60th of a second at f/9, ISO 1600 with my Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR macro lens, using on-camera flash.
The whole set of high-resolution images from the Bug Zoo is avavilable on my Flickr site:
I was trying to take a photo of my daylily when this wee bug dropped in. He said he made the shot better.
I wasn't going to touch it, but the mantis was reaching out for me. So I let it crawl on me as it wished.
Long-necked Seed Bug - Myodocha serripes (8-10 mm)
Found at a lighted window and captured for some studio photos. These things have such an odd form. They look predatory, but are said to just suck on plant juices.
Am loving being able to use a twin-head macro flash again.
Location: Durham, NC (USA)
I went outside to ride my bike,and i found this ant battle bug!!!
So,i decided to take pictures of it,and upload them to flickr!!!
This specimen had an ant driving it.
Zeugomantispa minuta
Once I climbed up and balanced precariously on the thin metal stair rail to get close enough to get macro shots, I was dazzled by just how cool this little creature was! It looked like a mantis, but so small, and the wings were transparent.
On my return, I described it to urtica as a cross between a mantis and a lacewing and she immediately identified it as a mantisfly. I took one look at the link she showed me and knew it was the same. Impressive ID skills! And surprising to me to discover that it actually IS in the lacewing family. Not so surprising once I saw the eyes on "film", though - lacewings have some of the most fascinating insect eyes I've seen, and these look the same.
I was thrilled just now, going through my photos, to find one this clear, especially considering my crazy balancing act, looking upwards.
A pair of mating Dock Bugs, Coreus marginatus. 21 July 2024. Ealing, London, England, UK.
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My grandson, Travis, found the lady bugs and called me out of the house to see them.
You can see the scabs from his encounter with the sidewalk. He was racing his dumptruck and fell and scraped his face.
A little sap-sucking bug, 2 - 3 mm across the shoulders. Six aqua legs, two dark antennae, and (front and centre) the proboscis inserted into a vein of the leaf.
100 mm macro lens, hand-held.
A favourite bug to photo; so many people feel friendly toward ladybirds, it's totally endearing :) their bright red colour makes them a great subject.
Couldn't resist snapping this cute seven spot at my parents' house last weekend. When they saw this photo yesterday they told me the ladybird is still there! Must really love artichokes!
This photo was edited in Adobe Lightroom. Wanted to alter the colours slightly so gently messed with Lightroom's camera calibration colour sliders. Lots of fun! :)
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