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Folded just in time for holloween.
See scary video (not realy) of this box opening.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0_EYa77kYU
Just one sheet of paper 6 inches by 24 inches includeing the bug and the box.
Look for the "bug_in_the_box BASE"
at:
home.comcast.net/~firstfold/index.htm
10/18/07 Comcast is updating it's websites, it may take a few weeks for the folding instructions to be available.
Orange moustache geocaching. This is a "travel bug" used in geocaching (see geocaching dot com). You take a photo of yourself with the moustache then post it with your log of the find.
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:
Spotted: MBK, Bangkok, Thailand
Gist: “The café with a buzz!”
Oddity: Gnocchi Gingko Nut in Chili Sauce
Origin: Thailand
Locations: Two in Thailand
Bug is a precious girl from the butterfly forest ... you can read her story here!
All sizes is large for better close-up viewing!
The green shield bug (Palomena prasina) is a shield bug of the family Pentatomidae. It may also be referred to as a green stink bug, particularly outside of Britain, although the name green stink bug more appropriately belongs to the larger North American stink bug, Acrosternum hilare. The adult green shield bug ranges in the colour of their backs from bright green to bronze, without any substantial markings. Green shield bugs are a very common shield bug throughout Europe, including the British Isles, and are found in a large variety of habitats, including gardens. They have been found as far north as 63° N latitude.
Another picture for the contest.
Graphosoma lineatum on Hydrangea leaves.
I tried to work with the repetition of leaves shape in the background.
Being bugged by bed bugs and losing precious sleep over it is a common occurrence which most people would have experienced at some time or the other. is.gd/HcYjz5