Planthopper Issus coleoptratus Adult

e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
edited July 18, 2015 in Holy Macro
This was on top of the door mirror of my car yesterday. It cannot fly but it hopped off after a few shots. I have seen, and photographed, the nymphs of this species in my garden but this was my first session with an adult.

I didn't have time to assemble a twin flash setup so this was done with a single flash.

EM-1 (manual mode), Kiron 105mm f11, hand-held.

Images cropped by ca 50% to exclude large areas of mirror holder plastic.

Harold

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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited July 17, 2015
    Lovely captures Harold
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  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited July 17, 2015
    Lord Vetinari wrote: »
    Lovely captures Harold
    Brian v.

    Thanks, Brian.

    I was never aware of my previous, red car, being a good place to look for subjects but the black one has yielded some interesting insects. I have only been aware of this since I washed and polished it or maybe it was the subsequent dusting of tree polllen.

    Harold
  • ThelensspotThelensspot Registered Users Posts: 2,041 Major grins
    edited July 17, 2015
    Harold, really nice work here.
    "Photography is partly art and partly science. Really good photography adds discipline, sacrifice and a never ending pursuit of photographic excellence"...ziggy53

  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited July 17, 2015
    Thelensspot wrote: »
    Harold, really nice work here.

    Thanks.

    Harold
  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2015
    Today I parked my car and got out. I looked down to see this character.

    This one was active, almost continuously walking along the edge of the car roof. This shot, with my Printing Nikkor, excluded its feet as I sought a low angle. This is heh sort of viewpoint I failed to get last time.

    Harold

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