A mix of critters

DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
edited March 22, 2007 in Holy Macro
Taken over the last few days -and I'm still not done post processing.

Canon Xti + 100mm macro lens + MR-14 ring flash (used as fill or the main light source).

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And I must be a masochist for shooting against yellow... :rolleyes

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Edit to add a few more...

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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2007
    These are so beautiful !! colors are great
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2007
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    These are so beautiful !! colors are great

    Thanks Awais!
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  • ColMofedColMofed Registered Users Posts: 88 Big grins
    edited March 18, 2007
    Great images. I love the first wasp/hoverfly (#4). I don't usually like yellow too much but this works really well.

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  • JillGJillG Registered Users Posts: 285 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2007
    Beautiful shots. the insects colors against the yellow really worked. Nice DOF too. Number two is intriguing. Do you have any idea what kind of insect it is?
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2007
    ColMofed wrote:
    Great images. I love the first wasp/hoverfly (#4). I don't usually like yellow too much but this works really well.

    Rod.

    Thanks! I don;t like yellow too much myself -I've never owned a camera that could nail the white balance when shooting against it...
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2007
    JillG wrote:
    Beautiful shots. the insects colors against the yellow really worked. Nice DOF too. Number two is intriguing. Do you have any idea what kind of insect it is?
    Jill

    Thanks! LordV, on another forum, said that it might be an oil beetle. I didn't know we had them here until yesterday...
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2007
    Excellent series- Love #2 :)
    The oil beetle suggestion came from this pic
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/r_m_x/425088024/in/pool-macroviewers/
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2007
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    Excellent series- Love #2 :)
    The oil beetle suggestion came from this pic
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/r_m_x/425088024/in/pool-macroviewers/
    Brian V.

    Thanks Brian!
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2007
    Dalantech wrote:
    Taken over the last few days -and I'm still not done post processing.
    Canon Xti + 100mm macro lens + MR-14 ring flash (used as fill or the main light source).
    And I must be a masochist for shooting against yellow... rolleyes1.gif
    Edit to add a few more...
    C&C always welcome!

    I'm picking imagine number #2 as the pick of the bunch too clap.gif
    Almost looks like he's surfing the plant, and checking you out.

    Very nicely captured Dalantech thumb.gif .... Skippy
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2007
    Skippy wrote:
    I'm picking imagine number #2 as the pick of the bunch too clap.gif
    Almost looks like he's surfing the plant, and checking you out.

    Very nicely captured Dalantech thumb.gif .... Skippy
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    Thanks Skippy! That one seems to be the favorite across a variety of boards that I post to.
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  • JDollDesignsJDollDesigns Registered Users Posts: 35 Big grins
    edited March 21, 2007
    I think I found my favorite forum already... wow, I didn't know Lady bugs had teeth... great, now I'm going to have nightmare about Lady bugs and teeth... thanks.rolleyes1.gif
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2007
    JDollDesigns wrote:
    I think I found my favorite forum already... wow, I didn't know Lady bugs had teeth... great, now I'm going to have nightmare about Lady bugs and teeth... thanks.rolleyes1.gif

    :D

    A lot of creatures look cute from a distance -but once you see them up close it's a whole different story. There are some beetles here that could defend your house if they were the size of a small dog... eek7.gif
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