Recent bug shots

Lord Vetinari · February 10, 2008

Some recent shots
Brian V.

matasa · February 10, 2008

Wonderful shots, they are all great,difficult to chose which one I like best, I think its N2;3 and 6

Icebear · February 10, 2008

Re: #3
That's just wrong.

Skippy · February 10, 2008

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Some recent shots
Brian V.

Ohhhh these are Great Brian

What's that second little fella ?
One of his antenna's is broken off I think?

The last shot is really interesting,
covered in due drops, make his body look like it is made up of droplets too.

Great series ....thanks for sharing

... Skippy

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JillG · February 10, 2008

Excellent shots ALL of them

In #1 is that a baby on it's head? and in # 6 it looks like this bug is wandering around in a pond

Lord Vetinari · February 11, 2008

Thanks for the comments

Icebear- nothing wrong with #3 - I called that "A day at the races" - you can see the grandstand in the bg

Skippy- #2 is either an odd adult or a nymph of a bark fly. It was only 1.8mm long. The antennae is there just the DOF is so thin it does not show on the near side- I focus stacked the pic from 6 shots. Last shot is an early morning jumping plant louse. The shot below is the same bug 12 mins later- completely dried off.

Jill No it's not a baby in #1 on it's head- It's a springtail the woodlouse was using as a lookout

. The last shot is just on a damp water barrel lid but I placed a livid blue plastic lizard behind the bug for some colour

Brian V.

Sylar · February 11, 2008

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Wow all bugs is perfect Brian, man looking your shots it's easy when i see, but when i try to take shots with mp-e it's very hard to make good shots, congratz for your awesome work.

Nori

david-low · February 11, 2008

Its so real, make my hair stand

Vivax · February 11, 2008

Wonderful shots!! the last in the series is brilliant those dew drops and the lighting are amazing

Lord Vetinari · February 11, 2008

Thanks Nori, David and Vivax for the kind comments

Brian V.

Icebear · February 11, 2008

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Thanks for the comments

Icebear- nothing wrong with #3 - I called that "A day at the races" - you can see the grandstand in the bg

Yeah, that's what I meant. It looks like those child jockeys who ride in the camel races. I think that's child abuse. What did you think I meant? Ohhhhh . . . . now I get it. Well, I thought the guys on the Greek bowls in the movie Bird Cage really were playing hop-scotch too.