New Bug

SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
edited February 24, 2006 in Holy Macro
Hi there.......gosh I haven't posted any pictures for a while :dunno
This week one of my fellow co-workers brought me in a new bug to photograph :clap heyyy!!!
Just what I needed, something to photograph :clap

I only keep my bugs for 2 days before I release them, if I have not achieved the pictures I wanted, too bad for me the bug goes free ....

I still do not know what this bug is, its really big, about 2 and a half inches long, it's body is as fat as my finger, and it had one huge set of choppers that frightened me every time he displayed them to me.

Anyone know what it is ???

This image is not cropped in any way, Canon 20D, with Canon 100mm Macro and one Kenko Extention tube, Canon 580 Flash with diffuser, and a lamp.
Set up in a cardboard box on the kitchen bench :D

Yep I had a good day :thumb Enjoy.......... Skippy (Australia)

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  • GraphyFotozGraphyFotoz Registered Users Posts: 2,267 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2006
    VERY Kewl Skipster!!
    Looks like he even smiled for the camera! rolleyes1.gif
    One of these days I'll hafta get me a set of those Kenko's to go with my Sigy 105!!

    Came out great!!thumb.gifthumb.gif
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  • ThusieThusie Registered Users Posts: 1,818 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2006
    Geez Skippy the scary bug thing again first thing in the morningrolleyes1.gif

    Very cool shotthumb.gifthumb
  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2006
    Kenko's Are Great
    GraphyFotoz wrote:
    Looks like he even smiled for the camera! rolleyes1.gif
    One of these days I'll hafta get me a set of those Kenko's to go with my Sigy 105!!

    Came out great!!thumb.gifthumb.gif

    You will have a ball with a set of Kenko's thumb.gif no glass, just tubes, they come in handy I tell ya :D thanks for looking...... Skippy (Australia)
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2006
    Hey Thusie
    Thusie wrote:
    Geez Skippy the scary bug thing again first thing in the morningrolleyes1.gif

    Very cool shotthumb.gifthumb

    He had his cranky pants on rolleyes1.gif he wasn't happy at all, but he's real happy now cause I let him go this afternoon :D Skippy (Australia)
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2006
    Excellent shot- looks like a grasshopper or cricket of some type
    Brian V.
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  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited February 19, 2006
    very neat shot!

    george
  • AnnabellaAnnabella Registered Users Posts: 191 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2006
    Made me jump! Then I laughed rolleyes1.gif Excellent shot and heart warming to hear of the release program...
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2006
    thumb.gif Looks Alien great macro i always love to see macros
    so you beleive in Quality not Quantity mwink.gif
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  • lynnmalynnma Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 5,208 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2006
    god skip... you scared the knickers off me thumb.gif
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  • wally5656wally5656 Registered Users Posts: 448 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2006
    lynnma wrote:
    god skip... you scared the knickers off me thumb.gif

    Wowie, looks like the mother alien got off the ship!!!! Great capture Skippy!!!
  • DanielBDanielB Registered Users Posts: 2,362 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2006
    reminds me of that one alien in the first

    Men In Black



    lol3.gif
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  • ChrisJChrisJ Registered Users Posts: 2,164 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2006
    Creepy! Excellent macro, Skippy! :eek1
    Chris
  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2006
    Hey Brian
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    Excellent shot- looks like a grasshopper or cricket of some type
    Brian V.

    He was so big, but those choppers frightened me I was afraid of this thing, looks very much a some kind of grasshopper, had no wings, but he was really strong........ glad you liked him :D Skippy (Australia)
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2006
    Hi George
    gefillmore wrote:
    very neat shot!

    george
    Ya gotta love da face rolleyes1.gif Skippy (Australia)
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2006
    Hi Annabella
    Annabella wrote:
    Made me jump! Then I laughed rolleyes1.gif Excellent shot and heart warming to hear of the release program...

    Ohhhhh he made me jump a few times too, he was so aggressive.
    I like to release them as soon as possible, it's not natural for them to be inside the house.........so either the shots work or don't the bug goes free.
    Skippy (Australia)
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2006
    Hey there
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    thumb.gif Looks Alien great macro i always love to see macros
    so you beleive in Quality not Quantity mwink.gif

    He just had the coolest face.........and the size of him was enough to make you feel very afraid of what he might be capable of doing with those jaws.

    I'm one of those people who moves Snails off the driveway in the rain so I don't squash them :D Skippy (Australia)
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2006
    Hey Lynn
    lynnma wrote:
    god skip... you scared the knickers off me thumb.gif

    Lynn, I believe it is in the rules that all Moderators must keep their knickers on at all times rolleyes1.gif Skippy (Australia) rolleyes1.gif
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2006
    Hi Wally
    wally5656 wrote:
    Wowie, looks like the mother alien got off the ship!!!! Great capture Skippy!!!

    It not only got off the Ship, it's now back outside getting on with its life thumb.gif ....the faces of bugs just suck me in every time ... Skippy (Australia)
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2006
    Hi Daniel
    DanielB wrote:
    reminds me of that one alien in the first
    Men In Black
    lol3.gif

    I was so glad he didn't bite me..... that was my main concern trying to photograph him..... glad you liked him thumb.gif Skippy (Australia)
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2006
    Hi Chris
    ChrisJ wrote:
    Creepy! Excellent macro, Skippy! :eek1

    Now these are the kind of Creeps I don't mind having in my house rolleyes1.gif
    I believe there is a worse kind......a Creep that Crawls hahahaha
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  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2006
    Brilliant shot! He is one scarey-looking grasshopper....never liked those things...they really can kick as well!! My cat was always bring them in the house, eliminating their legs and leaving them as gifts for me under my formal dining table. Gross.
  • SagotebSagoteb Registered Users Posts: 10 Big grins
    edited February 20, 2006
    Realy great shot, well done. (love those critters!)
    Regards S.
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2006
    Skippy wrote:

    [IMG]http://-Skippy-.smugmug.com/photos/56828532-S-1.jpg[/IMG]
    Wow, Skippy, that is a very striking image!
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2006
    Skippy wrote:
    I'm one of those people who moves Snails off the driveway in the rain so I don't squash them :D Skippy (Australia)

    i do similer things when my result is going to announce rolleyes1.gif
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2006
    Thank You
    saurora wrote:
    Brilliant shot! He is one scarey-looking grasshopper....never liked those things...they really can kick as well!! My cat was always bring them in the house, eliminating their legs and leaving them as gifts for me under my formal dining table. Gross.

    I don't think it's a grasshopper, its nothing like I have ever seen before, and a very strong critter it was too, I pushed him along with the blunt end of a probe and the grabbed it with his jaws and I could feel the pressure he was applying........ amazing Bug indeed.....now if only I could find more rolleyes1.gif
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2006
    Thank you
    wxwax wrote:
    Wow, Skippy, that is a very striking image!

    Well he was a pretty good poser I must say.......I kept stepping back from him, when I realized he had no wings, I got closer, then it suddenly dawned on my.......What if he can JUMP?? eek7.gif :uhoh so kept trying to see what he was doing as I moved around rolleyes1.gif yep he had me worried, once I saw those big choppers of his rolleyes1.gif Skippy (Australia)
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2006
    Be Kind To Bugs
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    i do similer things when my result is going to announce rolleyes1.gif

    I try to be kind to bugs, sometimes you just cant save them all, but heck I try :D Skippy (Australia)
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  • ivarivar Registered Users Posts: 8,395 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2006
    That thing scared the heck out of me! (not a bug-fan :D)

    It's one cool looking picture though thumb.gif
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2006
    Thank You Ivar
    ivar wrote:
    That thing scared the heck out of me! (not a bug-fan :D)

    It's one cool looking picture though thumb.gif

    Oh he was pretty good about sitting there, only one time I had to catch him and put him back inside the bug catcher container he was way to frisky.

    This is when I decided to go down the yard and break a small branch off the fruit tree and sit him on it and stand it up in a small vase.

    He just sat there, and was quite happy :D lucky for me rolleyes1.gif
    Glad you liked it........ Skippy (Australia)
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  • gtcgtc Registered Users Posts: 916 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2006
    plague locust?
    great shot skippy-without a full body shot its hard to identify-my first thought was that it is a plague locust

    however i didn't think they had gotten below bendigo-it would be interesting to know where it was found-it may have hitched a ride on something.

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