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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-01-2013, 01:37 PM
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That snail is a standout, even by your high standards. Especially good composition.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-28-2013, 06:57 AM
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Agreed -- that one is special.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
04-20-2013, 11:52 AM
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Indeed -- I don't comment on these as often as I should -- I take excellent arthropod macro from hangman43 for granted!
Found a fragment of a Luna Moth's wing -- here's a close look at part of the eyespot:
Luna moth (Actias luna) by baro-nite, on Flickr
Shot at 7.5x (Nikon CF Plan 10x/0.30 EPI on Pentax-M 75-150/4 @ 150mm)
85 shots stacked in Zerene Stacker (DMap retouched from PMax and individual shots)
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
04-05-2013, 04:14 AM
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Super shots, plus it's satisfying seeing a gypsy moth being dispatched and prevented from doing more damage.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
02-12-2013, 06:20 AM
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That's some high-quality insect macro, with superb lighting!
That is a tough looking robber fly, well done with the M50/1.4!
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-30-2012, 02:27 PM
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As usual there have been many excellent shots in this thread, but this one stands out as something really unusual -- great shot!
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
10-31-2012, 12:46 PM
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Love that blue/green skipper!
Very nice, and impressive for a non-macro zoom lens.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-14-2012, 06:30 PM
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Today I had a session with what I call my butterfly rig: DA* 200 on 1.4x-L converter plus 25mm extension.
Polistes carolina
Phoebis sennae
Sphinx Moth
Unidentified skipper |
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-14-2012, 06:00 AM
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Great sharp capture, well done on the lighting, and really interesting multiple reflections.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-03-2012, 02:22 PM
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Thanks -- what a fascinating little beastie!
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-03-2012, 02:01 PM
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What in the name of creation is that in #2?
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-31-2012, 07:48 AM
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I'd love to see an ID for that jaunty bug! Some kind of shield bug I guess. Photolady, I had the same though about your bug -- looks a lot like a Boxelder bug, but not quite enough red.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-17-2012, 02:15 PM
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Woolly Beech Aphids
Unidentified "inchworm" (on my trouser leg)
Robber Flies |
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
07-21-2012, 07:03 AM
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Impressive shot of a tick. Although my tendency would be to shoot it with something other than a camera. :D
Green-headed bee (Agapostemon) on purple coneflower (Echinacea):
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
07-11-2012, 09:02 AM
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Saving the best for last!
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
06-17-2012, 01:53 PM
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Thanks for that. So, with your Assassin bugs and Leafhopper, plus Mar's whatever it is, we have quite the selection of Hemipterids on this page.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-09-2012, 04:48 PM
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Keep 'em coming hangman43 -- this is a great series!
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
04-30-2012, 07:01 AM
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Excellent! Good sharp shot of a beautiful spider and its unfortunate prey.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
04-28-2012, 10:00 AM
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Early morning with lots of dew. Even so I was surprised at how patient the bug was as I kept bumping the plant around. Maybe she was an experienced model.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
04-28-2012, 04:29 AM
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Thanks Martin! I had tried a lot of shots of this particular insect, but was having real trouble because of how it was positioned -- I kept bumping into the plant with one of my flashes, or the lens hood, or my hands. Then if I did get the camera in position for a close shot I had a lot of flare problems, I think because I was backlighting the leaf with one flash. Anyway, this was with the Sigma 70mm macro at closest focus (1:1), on an additional 50mm of extension (a pair of de-glassed A-type TCs), which results in about 1.8:1 magnification, and this is a 100% crop. For this shot I just used one flash, more or less above the subject, with diffuser.
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