Critters

Paul Iddon

Night time photography reveals a few odds and sods, which whilst they are active in daylight, look different when the flash allows the background to blacken off thus keeping the focus more on the bugs and foliage on which they stand.

Here then are a couple of breeding froghoppers, Philaneus spumarius - yes they were attached to each other, peeping over the edge of a leaf. The odd thing was that I could only ever get one of them correctly focused at a time, even tough they were on what I thought was a similar focal plane. Bizarre.

Anyway, never mind. As a bonus, there is an extra critter bottom left - a nymph of some kind - maybe an aphid or something. Not sure.


Exif:

Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Image Date: 2013-07-26 20:40:12 +0000
Focal Length: 100mm
Aperture: f/10.0
Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
ISO equiv: 500
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: Yes (Auto, return light detected)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: Adobe RGB (1998)
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Creator: Photographer: Paul Iddon
Copyright: Paul Iddon - A View of the UK






Paul.

Lord Vetinari

Lovely capture Paul
Brian v.

Paul Iddon

Thank you Brian

Paul.