A few from the past coupl os weeks

teamracephotos

***Warning*** Spider eating a fly's eye a few images down.

ID?












Thanks for looking... Lighting suggestions very welcome. MM

Skippy

teamracephotos wrote:

***Warning*** Spider eating a fly's eye a few images down.

ID?

Thanks for looking... Lighting suggestions very welcome. MM

Hi MM, your first little fella looks like he belongs in a the Mikado,
that's quite an interesting body design, he looks good

The green spider has a nice pattern on his body and face too.

Love the colour of the last spider, spiders really are pretty,
scary at times, but the patterns and colours amaze me.

Lovely shots MM ... Skippy
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teamracephotos

Thanks Skippy... Feeling any better? Have never been to the oprea, but it does have a Japanese Samurai in armor look. Have you seen one before? MM

Skippy wrote:

Hi MM, your first little fella looks like he belongs in a the Mikado,
that's quite an interesting body design, he looks good

The green spider has a nice pattern on his body and face too.

Love the colour of the last spider, spiders really are pretty,
scary at times, but the patterns and colours amaze me.

Lovely shots MM ... Skippy
.

Lord Vetinari

Good series
#1 is an ambush bug - don't often see pics of white ones.
Is the fly bubble blowing in the silhouette ?

Brian V.

teamracephotos

Thanks Brian
Thanks for the ID. Yes he was blowing bubbles; I have a couple of different shots of him. I was not out looking to capture bugs... was out chasing down a thunder storm looking for lightning. I just happened to look down and there he was. Brian your post “A popular flower” man those images are perfect. How do you do it? I have been backing off from insects and flash I was starting to frustrate myself with the whole lighting thing. Still have my camera in hand ever day but mostly with out my macro kit. If you ever decided to teach a seminar on macro and lighting sign me up. MM

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Good series
#1 is an ambush bug - don't often see pics of white ones.
Is the fly bubble blowing in the silhouette ?

Brian V.

cmorganphotography

The first little guy looks like a hermit crab out of water who spent too much time at the beach.:D
He has a mean look on his face. He's also very protective of his "booty" and might use those claws to git YOUR eye!

Lord Vetinari

teamracephotos wrote:

Thanks for the ID. Yes he was blowing bubbles; I have a couple of different shots of him. I was not out looking to capture bugs... was out chasing down a thunder storm looking for lightning. I just happened to look down and there he was. Brian your post “A popular flower” man those images are perfect. How do you do it? I have been backing off from insects and flash I was starting to frustrate myself with the whole lighting thing. Still have my camera in hand ever day but mostly with out my macro kit. If you ever decided to teach a seminar on macro and lighting sign me up. MM

A bit OT but the flower bug photos were all taken with my standard flash rig with coke can diffuser. Only odd things was In all the cases I was holding the flower underneath with my left hand and resting the lens on that hand. This gives you a fairly stable platform for focus but also allows you twist the stem to get a good angle. Because of the flower colour I was shooting +2/3 FEC over my normal.

Brian V.

GOLDENORFE

good shots, last 2 spider shots great. wonderfully coloured spider!
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

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Thanks

GOLDENORFE wrote:

good shots, last 2 spider shots great. wonderfully coloured spider!
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Found this guy in my back yard. Not sure what type he is but it kept on coming back to the fly and tearing off a piece then moving off to another place on the web and eating what it took. Was cool to see for the first time, yet very gruesome. I wouder if they are kind of like crabs... they go for the softest part first. MM

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Thanks

jimmyjojo wrote:

shots of the spider look great, massive amount of detail there

I usually shoot at f11 or higher. Not sure if that is correct or not but in the view finder it looks good. MM

teamracephotos

Thanks for the info

Lord Vetinari wrote:

A bit OT but the flower bug photos were all taken with my standard flash rig with coke can diffuser. Only odd things was In all the cases I was holding the flower underneath with my left hand and resting the lens on that hand. This gives you a fairly stable platform for focus but also allows you twist the stem to get a good angle. Because of the flower colour I was shooting +2/3 FEC over my normal.

Brian V.

You must be the bug whisperer… I have trouble enough just getting close with my 50mm1.4 and a couple of tubes…but to be able to grab the stem and move the flower… I am not that steady. Hey is FEC the same as EV (Nikon)? About a year ago when I first started trying Macro…. I think it was a post I saw from you that stated something about FEC and manual mode was your friend (not quoting here). Most of my Macro is captured using manual with + or – EV. MM