A few recent insects

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Post by NikonUser »

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.

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Post by rjlittlefield »

The aphid is superb. Is it live? If not, how did you get it to look live? If so, how did you get it to hold still?

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Post by lauriek »

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)

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