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Undercover Bug

e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,378 Major grins
edited April 13, 2015 in Holy Macro
Yesterday I was looking for springtails and suchlike to photograph and a rich source of subjects is the underside of some half-rotten boards lying on grass. (Hence "undecover").

I found this bug, which looked pale brownish to the naked eye. It was about 5mm long (my FOV).

EM-1, extension (Olympus OM telescopic tube), reversed Schneider HM 40, at f11, twin TTL RC flash (one free-standing), hand-held.

Only the third image has been cropped. The white patch in the others would be best cropped out but I could not do so. Anyway, it is part of the natural habitat.

Harold

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    StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2015
    Cool little bug! I don't think I can ever get anything 5mm in focus.
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    e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,378 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2015
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    Cool little bug! I don't think I can ever get anything 5mm in focus.

    You need f11 for DOF but framing is a matter of lots of practice and plenty of luck.

    Harold
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    Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,900 Major grins
    edited April 13, 2015
    Good ones Harold - looks like Kleidocerys resedae a ground bug
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    e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,378 Major grins
    edited April 13, 2015
    Lord Vetinari wrote: »
    Good ones Harold - looks like Kleidocerys resedae a ground bug
    Brian V.

    Thanks, Brian. I was hoping you would suggest a name. It looks like that one, the Birch catkin bug. (We have Grey and Silver birch trees).

    Harold
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