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Minnesota sampler (image added)
It's turning fall in Stillwater, Minnesota -- frosted pretty hard night before last. Here's a brief sample of what's still around finishing out the year.
Small hoverfly on goldenrod.
Unidentified caterpillar.
Crab spider on sunflower.
Canon T1i, MP-E 65 at 2X-3X, 580 EX II in E-TTL mode with Opteka diffuser near lens end, camera on M 1/200 f/11, slight crops.
--Rik
Edit: title changed on Sept 30. Initial post Sept 16.
Small hoverfly on goldenrod.
Unidentified caterpillar.
Crab spider on sunflower.
Canon T1i, MP-E 65 at 2X-3X, 580 EX II in E-TTL mode with Opteka diffuser near lens end, camera on M 1/200 f/11, slight crops.
--Rik
Edit: title changed on Sept 30. Initial post Sept 16.
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We're seeing a similar pattern near Portland, Maine, where I live - the crabs are still out in moderate numbers but with no prey except at noon on unusually warm days (above 65 or so degrees F). They do make great subjects in that they are usually still enough to allow me to drag out my tripod and rails to see if I can use such things on at least some live bugs. The crabs here seem docile enough to not care that my MPE-65 + MT-24 rig is sitting an inch or so from their faces. Then I quickly learned that the Kirk rails I have are too coarse for my taste (25 mm per knob turn), at least at 3X+ magnification...
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