Ladybug exposed

ConstantinCornel · Post by **ConstantinCornel** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 11:23 am

Hello everybody
Greetings from Romania. I've learned so much from this forum in the last 2 years so I think it's time to give back. I'll share some of my pics from time to time, and I'll be starting with on of my favorite from last year.

Nikon D5300 + Nikon 105mm Macro + Raynox DCR 250 + 1flash
Pano of 3 vertical stacks, 140 frames in total, 2:1 magnification.

-Cornel-

ChrisR · Post by **ChrisR** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 11:32 am

That's quite spectacular! I'm guessing guess you didn't find it spread like that?

ConstantinCornel · Post by **ConstantinCornel** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 12:20 pm

ChrisR wrote:That's quite spectacular! I'm guessing guess you didn't find it spread like that?

No... but this fly died like this and gived me the idea for the ladybug.

To make it stay like that, just after it died, I spread the wings in the position I want and "glue" them to some support for a few days to harden into position. So it takes a few days to prepare the subject

You could take the pictures separately and photoshop the composition but I feel something is lost in the process.

houstontx · Post by **houstontx** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 1:23 pm

wow that is great!

Beatsy · Post by **Beatsy** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 1:31 pm

What an innovative approach to posing them! Great pics.

ChrisR · Post by **ChrisR** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 2:43 pm

Glue? What sort!

abpho · Post by **abpho** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 4:18 pm

Nice work.

Cornel · Post by **Cornel** » Thu Feb 16, 2017 12:58 am

ChrisR wrote:Glue? What sort!

"glue them", more like tape or with small paper pieces cut in the right shape, even string, anything really

Stawroncs · Post by **Stawroncs** » Thu Feb 16, 2017 6:35 am

Absolutely stunning!

keks · Post by **keks** » Thu Feb 16, 2017 12:21 pm

Indeed!