Undercover Bug
e6filmuser
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Yesterday I was looking for springtails and suchlike to photograph and a rich source of subjects is the underside of some half-rotten boards lying on grass. (Hence "undecover").
I found this bug, which looked pale brownish to the naked eye. It was about 5mm long (my FOV).
EM-1, extension (Olympus OM telescopic tube), reversed Schneider HM 40, at f11, twin TTL RC flash (one free-standing), hand-held.
Only the third image has been cropped. The white patch in the others would be best cropped out but I could not do so. Anyway, it is part of the natural habitat.
Harold
I found this bug, which looked pale brownish to the naked eye. It was about 5mm long (my FOV).
EM-1, extension (Olympus OM telescopic tube), reversed Schneider HM 40, at f11, twin TTL RC flash (one free-standing), hand-held.
Only the third image has been cropped. The white patch in the others would be best cropped out but I could not do so. Anyway, it is part of the natural habitat.
Harold
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You need f11 for DOF but framing is a matter of lots of practice and plenty of luck.
Harold
Brian V.
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Thanks, Brian. I was hoping you would suggest a name. It looks like that one, the Birch catkin bug. (We have Grey and Silver birch trees).
Harold