Thematic Show me your insects

**JensE** · 09-26-2019, 06:56 AM

Originally posted by idfox63

it looks like I won't be able to get the new Pentax camera next year...
Photo taken with K-3 II + reversed Exakta 28mm f 2.8 + SN600 FGZ Flash unit.

You definitely know how to work with what you have. Good luck fixing the damage.

Doundounba · 09-26-2019, 10:00 AM - **5 Likes**

Originally posted by idfox63

Not quite the usual insects posted here, but they're still insects though...

Nice shot of a really unfortunate situation... Hope you can get everything sorted out!

A couple more from this summer:

**noelcmn** · 09-26-2019, 10:59 AM - **3 Likes**

They'r slowly making a comeback

**ramseybuckeye** · 09-30-2019, 07:24 PM - **1 Like**

Juvenile Blue Dasher

**noelcmn** · 10-01-2019, 04:25 AM - **1 Like**

Doundounba · 10-02-2019, 05:19 AM - **6 Likes**

Reposted from K-3 Sample Shots, four shots of the same Red Milkweed Beetle. I suppose if I was playing forum games, I'd put one per post and make four posts...

Unregistered User · 10-02-2019, 05:52 AM

Originally posted by Doundounba

Reposted from K-3 Sample Shots, four shots of the same Red Milkweed Beetle. I suppose if I was playing forum games, I'd put one per post and make four posts...

I don't see that as games, though I suppose people might do things for that kind of reason. For me, if I like a picture, I click the like button. But if there are four pictures and I only like one of them, then I don't "like" the entire post, so it gets no button-press from me. In this case, I liked all of your pictures, so I did "like" the post. I take the position that if I fail to "like" a post, it doesn't mean or imply that I DISlike it, only that I didn't "like" it. Not sure whether having things "liked" is of any importance to anyone, but that's my two-bits worth.

And while I'm making general observations, I think it would be nice if people would at least state which camera/lens combination they used to take the picture. I realize I could click the picture and see EXIF data on Flickr, but I'd rather not take that tangent if I don't have to. And it would be even nicer if one were to indicate the ISO value, shutter speed, and aperture setting as well. That only applies to pictures imported from other sites, of course, if we post the picture directly on this site, the EXIF data is immediately available, so usually no other helps are needed. I find I learn a lot from looking at how other people do things with the light they capture.

vtn · 10-02-2019, 06:05 AM

Originally posted by ffking

keeled skimmer - the species is a fairly regular visitor to our garden - this one has a broken or deformed front right leg, but otherwise very nice

Super

**TER-OR** · 10-02-2019, 06:06 AM

Originally posted by dlh

And while I'm making general observations, I think it would be nice if people would at least state which camera/lens combination they used to take the picture. I realize I could click the picture and see EXIF data on Flickr, but I'd rather not take that tangent if I don't have to. And it would be even nicer if one were to indicate the ISO value, shutter speed, and aperture setting as well. That only applies to pictures imported from other sites, of course, if we post the picture directly on this site, the EXIF data is immediately available, so usually no other helps are needed. I find I learn a lot from looking at how other people do things with the light they capture.

That's a useful reminder, a little information is quick enough to add.

fill23ca · 10-02-2019, 09:03 AM

Pelecinus polyturato. I'm 45 and never seen one in person before.

**noelcmn** · 10-02-2019, 11:21 AM - **2 Likes**

swanlefitte · 10-02-2019, 04:19 PM

Very Halloween.

idfox63 · 10-03-2019, 12:31 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by JensE

You definitely know how to work with what you have. Good luck fixing the damage.

Originally posted by Doundounba

Nice shot of a really unfortunate situation... Hope you can get everything sorted out!

Thank you! The renovation is currently underway, and probably will take a month to finish. The pest control guys found TWO nests inside the wall, so that wall had to be taken down and rebuilt. Turns out there's a small hollow space between my house's wall and the neighbor's, and the termites built their home in between... while eating the wooden beams in my house AND my neighbor's. When their nest gets even bigger, they expand into the wall by tunneling through the cement and bricks. Smart little buggers. It's unfortunate that we can't coexist with termites, so they had to go.
In the meantime, here's a pic of a forest ant I took during my trip to Bali last August, taken with K-3 II & smc A 100mm F4 Macro:

redpit · 10-03-2019, 12:47 AM

Originally posted by Doundounba

Reposted from K-3 Sample Shots, four shots of the same Red Milkweed Beetle. I suppose if I was playing forum games, I'd put one per post and make four posts...

Superb images! Top class macro photography...

**noelcmn** · 10-03-2019, 01:30 AM

Locust

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09-26-2019, 06:56 AM	#5596
JensE Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Leipzig Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,969	Originally posted by idfox63 it looks like I won't be able to get the new Pentax camera next year... Photo taken with K-3 II + reversed Exakta 28mm f 2.8 + SN600 FGZ Flash unit. You definitely know how to work with what you have. Good luck fixing the damage.

09-26-2019, 10:00 AM - 5 Likes	#5597
Doundounba Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Montréal QC Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,351	Originally posted by idfox63 Not quite the usual insects posted here, but they're still insects though... Nice shot of a really unfortunate situation... Hope you can get everything sorted out! A couple more from this summer:

09-26-2019, 10:59 AM - 3 Likes	#5598
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,182	They'r slowly making a comeback

09-30-2019, 07:24 PM - 1 Like	#5599
ramseybuckeye Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampstead, NC Photos: Gallery Posts: 17,292	Juvenile Blue Dasher

10-01-2019, 04:25 AM - 1 Like	#5600
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,182

10-02-2019, 05:19 AM - 6 Likes	#5601
Doundounba Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Montréal QC Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,351	Reposted from K-3 Sample Shots, four shots of the same Red Milkweed Beetle. I suppose if I was playing forum games, I'd put one per post and make four posts...

10-02-2019, 05:52 AM	#5602
Unregistered User Guest	Originally posted by Doundounba Reposted from K-3 Sample Shots, four shots of the same Red Milkweed Beetle. I suppose if I was playing forum games, I'd put one per post and make four posts... I don't see that as games, though I suppose people might do things for that kind of reason. For me, if I like a picture, I click the like button. But if there are four pictures and I only like one of them, then I don't "like" the entire post, so it gets no button-press from me. In this case, I liked all of your pictures, so I did "like" the post. I take the position that if I fail to "like" a post, it doesn't mean or imply that I DISlike it, only that I didn't "like" it. Not sure whether having things "liked" is of any importance to anyone, but that's my two-bits worth. And while I'm making general observations, I think it would be nice if people would at least state which camera/lens combination they used to take the picture. I realize I could click the picture and see EXIF data on Flickr, but I'd rather not take that tangent if I don't have to. And it would be even nicer if one were to indicate the ISO value, shutter speed, and aperture setting as well. That only applies to pictures imported from other sites, of course, if we post the picture directly on this site, the EXIF data is immediately available, so usually no other helps are needed. I find I learn a lot from looking at how other people do things with the light they capture.

10-02-2019, 06:05 AM	#5603
vtn Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Vilnius Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 168	Originally posted by ffking keeled skimmer - the species is a fairly regular visitor to our garden - this one has a broken or deformed front right leg, but otherwise very nice Super

10-02-2019, 06:06 AM	#5604
TER-OR Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Dundee, IL Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,699	Originally posted by dlh And while I'm making general observations, I think it would be nice if people would at least state which camera/lens combination they used to take the picture. I realize I could click the picture and see EXIF data on Flickr, but I'd rather not take that tangent if I don't have to. And it would be even nicer if one were to indicate the ISO value, shutter speed, and aperture setting as well. That only applies to pictures imported from other sites, of course, if we post the picture directly on this site, the EXIF data is immediately available, so usually no other helps are needed. I find I learn a lot from looking at how other people do things with the light they capture. That's a useful reminder, a little information is quick enough to add.

10-02-2019, 11:21 AM - 2 Likes	#5606
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,182

10-02-2019, 04:19 PM	#5607
swanlefitte Pentaxian Join Date: May 2015 Location: Minneapolis Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,068	Very Halloween.

10-03-2019, 12:47 AM	#5609
redpit Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Greece Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,857	Originally posted by Doundounba Reposted from K-3 Sample Shots, four shots of the same Red Milkweed Beetle. I suppose if I was playing forum games, I'd put one per post and make four posts... Superb images! Top class macro photography...

10-03-2019, 01:30 AM	#5610
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,182	Locust