A few recent shots I didn't get round to posting here
Barkfly (Psocoptera)
Acorn weevil (Curculio)
Unknown lepidopteran caterpillars and eggs
Snipe fly (Rhagionidae)
Long legged fly (Dolichopodidae)
Aphid on weed seed head
A few recent insects
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The Barkfly must be Australian!
NU.
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives
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The Aphid is alive, and just luck/perseverance..
When shooting live like this I shoot at wider aperture with larger overlap, where I can (ie when using the OM38 with an aperture), and shoot several stacks straight up and down. Often if one stack doesn't quite work out you can combine in a shot or section from an adjacent stack. Sometimes you can just get away by excluding a few intermediate shots from the stack. If that makes sense? Having said that it still often doesn't come out right.
The caterpillars are also alive. (Left hand caterpillar has a few doubled hairs due to movement, I should really tidy that)
When shooting live like this I shoot at wider aperture with larger overlap, where I can (ie when using the OM38 with an aperture), and shoot several stacks straight up and down. Often if one stack doesn't quite work out you can combine in a shot or section from an adjacent stack. Sometimes you can just get away by excluding a few intermediate shots from the stack. If that makes sense? Having said that it still often doesn't come out right.
The caterpillars are also alive. (Left hand caterpillar has a few doubled hairs due to movement, I should really tidy that)