Living Aphid

Tonikon · Post by **Tonikon** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:21 am

Ciao
yesterday, a windy & rainy day, I have tried to take some pics to a small aphid installed in a flower stalk of Zinnia.
This is the result...

This stack (26 images with a Canon Macrophoto 35mm f/2.8 and CombineZP ) was very complicate because the Aphid was (and remained) living...

Ciao

Toni

Harold Gough · Post by **Harold Gough** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:16 am

If their proboscis is inserted there is not much need for movement. In fact it would probably attract predators and parasites when they were most vulnerable, not that they can do much about an attack at any time!

They are suckers for a close-up!

Harold

Tonikon · Post by **Tonikon** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:55 am

Harold Gough wrote:If their proboscis is inserted there is not much need for movement. In fact it would probably attract predators and parasites when they were most vulnerable, not that they can do much about an attack at any time!

They are suckers for a close-up!

Harold

Yes Harold, but when they move its legs or its antennas just before the last stacking shot (and after 25 shots...

), you don't think anymore that they are suckers for a close-up

Ciao

Toni

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:03 am

Nice job, Toni. It's surprising how much these things move when you're relying on them not to!

--Rik