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This is my Minotaur. All metallic parts are painted non-metallic metal. It was also the first time I painted shadow in the recesses of the skin by blending Imperial Primer to Bugman's Glow. It has ventured upon a Bretonnian farmland and is being shot at. I hope you like it, all comments are welcome!
This is my Minotaur. All metallic parts are painted non-metallic metal. It was also the first time I painted shadow in the recesses of the skin by blending Imperial Primer to Bugman's Glow. It has ventured upon a Bretonnian farmland and is being shot at. I hope you like it, all comments are welcome!
(Not today) This was a month ago now. (where does the time go?)
Anyway, the Otters, Bitterns and Kingfishers played a part as to why I haven't posted these before now.
I am very pleased with these. With the sun full on in my face, I had a challenge. I had a great subject. A Little Egret in a tree, full of expressions.
Well, I got more than I bargained for, as I managed to capture some sort of flying bug too lol.
I have so many archive shots to share. Well, I like to look at sunshine on a rainy day, I hope you do too :)
I have to also mention, that with my newish Tamron lens, I am more impressed with the lack of chromatic abberation. That's the blueish fringe. The DOF and accompanying BOKEH is a little strange with this lens, but it's not so bad sometimes. TBC on that subject ;)
As I'm sure many of you in Nottingham are aware, last night was Light Night in the city, and having missed the event two years running I was keen to investigate. I met up with fellow Flickr Friend Eddie The Bugman for a strole around the city centre and had a great evening (if not a touch on the cold side). We spent much of our time up at the Castle, and then moved down in to Market Sqaure. There were some interesting light installations around the castle grounds, and I thought this illuminated tree was just gorgeous.
Even a Common Froghopper, Philaenus spumarius, becomes a beautiful bejewelled wonder, actually I think they are quite amazing without the dew, but that's just me, look at the droplet on it's eye :)
Who's ready for a Damselfly onslaught LOL :)
At last I get to see a live Bedbug muha ha ha!! However it was dead when photographed. The story; I was out doing my usual thing when I was approached by a young couple. They asked if I was the "Bugman", on my reply being a yes they asked if I could help them ID an infestation they had in their bedroom. The young man then exposed his torso showing so many bites I immediately said Bedbugs. Cutting a long story short I asked them to bring me a live specimen, which they did, a mistake. A mistake as I was not aware of the speed these bugs could move at. After many failed attempts at trying to get a live shot, and few desperate seconds later it was recaptured and put in the freezer. Come the following morning some reasonable shots were made the results are as can be seen.
I hasten to add that my living room and hall way were fumigated immediately after the couple had left.
Found this beauty on a fence below a coniferous tree, it looks like a Pine Sawfly, but I'm not brave enough to put a species to it, any help or confirmation appreciated :)
I found this guy on a rather ugly metal fence, I'm not sure of exact species, thought i might be Curculio sp, but I think the rostrum is too short for a nut Weevil, any help appreciated :)
Sminthurus viridis (Sminthuridae)
ID cred. Eddie Nurcombe
This time I went out to try my new Schneider lens.
It's getting more difficult to find the bugs but they are not completely gone yet, and if you look really close there are a lot to be found - I even got bitten by two ticks! I would have guessed that they would be gone by now.
Anyway, I finally found myself a springtal! These guys are really cute and I have admired the many excellent shots from people like Eddie The Bugman, who does a superb job of portraying these lovely little critters.
This one was rather lively so I only managed a short, incomplete stack of 8 frames. The shot is probably not going to win any prizes, but my main goal was to learn the new lens so I keep it anyway.
8 natural light exposures stacked in Zerene Stacker, mostly DMAP.
f/4, 1/10 sec, ISO200, 2.2:1
Olympus OM-D E-M5, Apo-Componon HM 2.8/40
Finally, a day that was dry enough to get out with my camera. Just a record shot of what I think is interesting. On turning over this log I found a sheet of silk (I think). I couldn't see anything in it, apart from what looked like a worm moving at one end (see short blue arrow in marked photo below)... but having taken the photo and viewed it on the PC, I can see the outline of what I think is an orange spider (see longer blue line in marked photo below, pointing to what I think is the end of the abdomen).
Mission statement, to try and keep the macro going for the next 5 months, I reckon I can do this, I just have to start looking for the smaller subjects, this is when macro becomes a real challenge LOL :)
This is Tomecerus minor, a largish Springtail at about 4.5mm, this was found under an old lump of wood, these guys have wonderful bluish scales and I was pleased to see these clearly in this shot.
Springtails (Collembola) form the largest of the three lineages of modern hexapods that are no longer considered insects (the other two are the Protura and Diplura). Though the three orders are sometimes grouped together in a class called Entognatha because they have internal mouthparts, they do not appear to be more closely related to one another than they all are to insects, which have external mouthparts.
Some DNA sequence studies suggest that Collembola represent a separate evolutionary line from the other Hexapoda, but others disagree; this seems to be caused by widely divergent patterns of molecular evolution among the arthropods. The adjustments of traditional taxonomic rank for springtails reflects the incompatibility of traditional groupings with modern cladistics: when they were included with the insects, they were ranked as an order; as part of the Entognatha, they are ranked as a subclass. If they are considered a basal lineage of Hexapoda, they are elevated to full class status.
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Thanks to Moneycue and Eddie the Bugman for help with the ID!
Taken with a Canon 100mm USM f2.8 Macro Lens and a DIY flash diffuser.
ISO160 f/18 1/80sec
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I managed a few focus stacks of these guys, so thought I'd upload the results. The main image is an 8 image handheld stack at F/5, I was only at x7 magnification, next time I will try a higher magnification stack. It seems these guys will happily stay put for a stack every so often, other times they are constantly on the move.
I have noticed that with the individuals I find that they have a large amount of red pigmentation on the tail end of the abdomen above the white band. The ones my friend Andy find don't seem to have the red (or not as much). Just wondering if this is just a localised colour variation. As there are at present only 2 locations for these, I guess we will have to wait for more to be found and then we can see if there are any other slight colour variations.
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I decided to walk home this morning after my night shift, it was such a beautiful morning, I thought a walk would be good therapy, even if though I was dog tired.
I was secretly hoping to find emerging demoiselles, but this was my sole find. I have tried to look this one up and to be honest have not yet come up with an ID, will probably find out it's a common macro moth, any help appreciated :)
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Figure of Eighty, Tethea ocularis
Thanks to Insect~O~Saurus for ID (Don't know why I missed this in my book, DOH!)
I found this rather interesting Harvestman, I decided to do a partial stack (6 images), mainly just to show the facial features, I should have done a full on stack, but it started to rain.
Not 100% on species here, quite a small and short legged species, cannot put a name to it as yet :)
Finding lots of these all over the shop, on every fence I walked past there were Hopper nymphs, have not a clue on putting an ID to these, any help appreciated, have put together a rogues gallery :)
This is my Minotaur. All metallic parts are painted non-metallic metal. It was also the first time I painted shadow in the recesses of the skin by blending Imperial Primer to Bugman's Glow. It has ventured upon a Bretonnian farmland and is being shot at. I hope you like it, all comments are welcome!
This Dragonfly is the first I have managed to photograph. She was absolutley beautifull, I believe it is a female Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum.
Many thanks to Eddie (a.k.a Wildlife On The Go The Bugman) who helped me correctly identify her as a female Black-tailed Skimmer ~ Orthetrum cancellatum. .
Here is another picture in all her glory, full body shot.
Taken at Holme Pit Pond SSSI in Clifton Grove, Notts on the 5th June 2011
Another view of the Ringlet, showing a bit more of this usually highly active Butterfly, there seem to Ringlets in abundance at present, not seeing many Common Blues though or is that to come later :)
This is my Minotaur. All metallic parts are painted non-metallic metal. It was also the first time I painted shadow in the recesses of the skin by blending Imperial Primer to Bugman's Glow. It has ventured upon a Bretonnian farmland and is being shot at. I hope you like it, all comments are welcome!
This is the excavation phase, the female starts eating into a Duckweed leaf, she will bore in deep enough and wide enough to fit her egg.
Another springtail found rambling on a piece of wood at Parkhill Woods, Lochwinnoch. At some point I'd like to get the mp-e 65mm lens so I can get these larger in the frame, but in the meantime (after seeing Andyh200's superb globby shot taken using the 100mm macro with the raynox lens), I have ordered the raynox---can't wait for it to arrive :)
Traditionally, Rubezahl is a mountain spirit who appears in the form of an old man. So, why precisely did Jarrault draw him as a long-nosed barrel-bodied chicken-foot bugman?
My first Butterfly upload this year, missing loads of opportunities due to having my macro gear setup on all the time, I'll have to do a butterfly day soon :)
A rather large Red Spider Mite on my parents garden refuse bin, I think this one is tucking in to a Psocid nymph, pretty sure of that looking at the shape of the head and the antennae. Quite voracious predators these Red Spider Mites, I think they are good for gardens as I think they prey on Aphids as well.
Anyway, dead chuffed with this a 5 image focus stack at x5 on my MP-E. Had a major disaster today, I broke my extension tubes, so have been using my 1.4x extender, not too bad the 1.4x, at x7 mag if you bring the aperture to F/7.1 you can still get decent details :o)
Reckon I'm getting Kenko's next, those Meike ones are not as tough as I thought they would be :o)
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So I'd cleaned out my pond pump and some of the muddy silt had ended up on a pond lily leaf. A few hours later I realised that the mud was crawling with collembola, and not only that, I found they could hop across the surface of the water! These chaps were really minute, you could fit half of dozen of them on a pinhead. I wasted a good hour watching their antics and taking pictures that will probably never see the light of day, but that amused me hugely. Eddie, you have a lot to answer for!!! :)))
Painted by Koji Harmon (Japan). Stag Beetle suit by Dark Side Hero Toys DxSxHx on black Obitsu body.
Thought I'd mess about with the MP-E 65mm on the 1000D and I found this tiny fly, possibly 3-4mm in length, it was happily sitting on a leaf and allowed me a single photo, not sure of species, so any help appreciated :)
I found lots of globbies yesterday morning, in the frosty leaf litter (see the ice crystals in these shots), but I got few usable shots. I'd like to get more detail and them filling more of the frame (rather than having to really crop in). I need to save up for the mpe-65 mm lens :) :) :). This one has what looks to me like a dark red zipper up its back (see bottom photo).
This is my Minotaur. All metallic parts are painted non-metallic metal. It was also the first time I painted shadow in the recesses of the skin by blending Imperial Primer to Bugman's Glow. It has ventured upon a Bretonnian farmland and is being shot at. I hope you like it, all comments are welcome!
This is the excavation phase, the female starts eating into a Duckweed leaf, she will bore in deep enough and wide enough to fit her egg.
Traço feito com pinceis e tinta nanquim, e pintado digitalmente no Adobe Photoshop.
Foi feito para o site de quadrinhos "Melhores do Mundo" (foi colocada uma versão dele no header do facebook no mês de abril de 2016: www.facebook.com/melhoresdomundo/?fref=ts).
This Flea Beetle was really tiny and in this shot he is on my raincoat, I think this might be Longitarsus sp, but I'm ready for the correction, this was a very powerful jumper as well, any help with ID appreciated, these were found on grassland near Bird's-foot-trefoil and Ragwort.
Thanks to JJ Kent for possible ID as Neocrepidodera :)
I think this is a Dicyrtomina ornata, I'm sure it's not a Dicyrtomina saundersi due to the more solid pigmentation pattern on the posterior and it seems too pigmented to be a Dicyrtomina minuta.
Anyway, this is a pre-moult individual, it is showing the classic white feet and the mottled pigmentation on the abdomen. Eventually it will enter a pharate state and will begin its moult. This one was found in a woodland environment and I used a white card as a background. This was a x7 magnification handheld focus stack of 18 images using an F/5 aperture.
I hope to try for some more focus stacks this weekend, that's if the weather behaves, still its not too bad for the middle of November.
I hope everyone has a great weekend :o)
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Spotted on the underside of a shrub with wings slightly apart, he had feathery antennae like a moth, and there were threadlike “cerci” projecting from the tip of his abdomen. This is interesting, how should I classify him? I pulled the leaves down to eye level and he plummets down on lower ground.