Some insects and fungus

TtamNedlogTtamNedlog Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
edited April 16, 2008 in Holy Macro
Here are my first real attempts at some insect photography! Well, my actual first attempts were experimental at 3200 ISO which I mentioned in my other thread. I guess these are my first at 100 ISO. :D

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Anybody know why the fly(?) in the second shot appears to have a dented eye?

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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited April 14, 2008
    Lovely series- did extremely well for first real try :)
    #1 is a crab spider, #2 & #4 are hover flies, #6 a capsid/mirid plant bug.
    Not uncommon to see hoverflies or flies with a dented eye- never sure if it's a flying accident or a near miss with a predator.

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  • JetCrocodileJetCrocodile Registered Users Posts: 134 Major grins
    edited April 14, 2008
    TtamNedlog wrote:


    Anybody know why the fly(?) in the second shot appears to have a dented eye?

    Do not know how to answer your question, but #2 is my favorite in this series
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited April 14, 2008
    TtamNedlog wrote:
    Here are my first real attempts at some insect photography! Well, my actual first attempts were experimental at 3200 ISO which I mentioned in my other thread. I guess these are my first at 100 ISO. :D

    Anybody know why the fly(?) in the second shot appears to have a dented eye?

    Great series TtamNedlog, I really like that first shot of the Crab Spider.

    Maybe your hover-fly survived an attack of some kind, or was born like that, he definitely has a dent in his eye.

    The Fungi is very pretty, love the towering layers clap.gif
    Welll Done! ... Skippy :D
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  • ColMofedColMofed Registered Users Posts: 88 Big grins
    edited April 14, 2008
    Some great images.

    The sharpness in the last one makes it really jump out.

    Well done

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  • matasamatasa Registered Users Posts: 170 Major grins
    edited April 14, 2008
    Great shots, well done!
    I can resist everything except temptation
  • slflashslflash Registered Users Posts: 186 Major grins
    edited April 15, 2008
    Great shots. I really like the fungus!
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  • TtamNedlogTtamNedlog Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
    edited April 16, 2008
    Thanks for the compliments! I owe the lighting to ol' Lord V here. I borrowed his diffuser idea, using a half gallon milk jug + foil + paper towel. clap.gif

    I'm working on some b/w film-versions of this for a project, although I'm going to "artsy" it up a bit and scratch the negatives and tone the prints. Once I get them finished I'll try and scan them and post them here. *crosses fingers*
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