Insects...

[Birma]

Thanks guys . Nice pics, well much better than seeing the real thing . What amazing looking mouth parts those two have!

I guess the Weta gave its name to Peter Jackson's design team? I hadn't realised it was a mini-beast.

We have a bug jar with an in-built magnifying glass so we can take a look at things when we are out in the woods etc. It is about 1 inch across. You'd need chainmail gloves and a bucket sized one for your collections .

[redsim74]

I guess the Weta gave its name to Peter Jackson's design team? I hadn't realised it was a mini-beast.

That's exactly right. Apparently he's terrified of them too!

[aster]

Some nice insect samples, Redsim74. : )

Your house and garden premises do present a semi-dangerous place but also definitely good one for some of the best photos! : ))


Hi Greg, : )

That one, even though probably dead looks like a biter!


Thanks for sharing,

Yildiz

[redsim74]

Some nice insect samples, Redsim74. : )

Your house and garden premises do present a semi-dangerous place but also definitely good one for some of the best photos! : ))

Thanks, Yildiz.

Most of my photography seems to happen around my home at the moment. We're renovating so not a lot of opportunity to get farther afield right now.


Sim

[aa los banos]

good morning!

got this wasps wasping around the garden

[redsim74]

Nice capture.

I have a feeling things were about to get x-rated!

[aster]

A documentary style, this thread is fast gaining...

Nice captures.

Yildiz

[Birma]

Nice shot AA .

[DrScottNicol]

I wanted to try out my Macro lens a few months ago but struggled for subject matter as the weather was fairly cold.. until I found a dead daddy long legs in my lampshade . He's a bit dessicated and missing a leg or two but was a very cooperative subject, allowing me to focus through and try some image stacking.

Shot taken using a55, Sony 30mm MACRO prime, ISO 100, f11, shutter 0.8s, 6 images stacked using a trial copy of Helicon focus, polished off in DXO Optics 6.5.

[aa los banos]

thanks redsim/aster/birma

[Greg Beetham]

That dual wasp shot was a great capture aa los banos, and not a bad spider shot either, (not an insect, strictly speaking) but good just the same.
You've got stacking working pretty well for the daddy long legs shot DrScottNicol, quite good I thought.
Greg

Just a couple of large Hornets I must have accidently zapped when spraying the odd mosquito (some time ago, before I got my softbox working better).
A100 KM100macro

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[Birma]

Some mini-beasts from the weekend.


Bumble Bee on Clover by Birm, on Flickr


Bumble Bee on Bramble by Birm, on Flickr

All A700 + Beercan

[Birma]

Large Skipper by Birm, on Flickr
(I was surprised to find this is a butterfly rather than a moth.)



Comma by Birm, on Flickr

[Greg Beetham]

Very nice work Birma, you were lucky to get that gold coloured moth to sit still, there's a similar one here and can be quite difficult to approach.
Greg

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I've posted this shot on other sites but would like an opinion from the folks here. Thanks.



Sony a100, f 4.5, 1/320 sec, ISO 100, 210mm