Winged Reproductive Termite, Zootermopsis angusticollis

Charles Krebs · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 5800 Location: Issaquah, WA USA

This time of year I will sometimes see winged adult reproductive termites fluttering around at dusk.
I'm pretty sure this species is Zootermopsis angusticollis, the Pacific Dampwood Termite.

Nikon D200. Canon 35/2.8 photomacrography lens. 28 image stack using Helicon Focus

Adrian · Joined: 24 Aug 2006 Posts: 191 Location: Australia

amazing. your photos are so well done, how do you collect all your bugs? do you put them in a jar or something? i couldnt bare to do that >.< haha

Mike B in OKlahoma · Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 1048 Location: Oklahoma City

Stacking is amazing....Great image here.
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salden · Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 1363 Location: Pennsylvania

Beautiful. Not much more to say, this is perfect. I need to work a bit the HF when I get time.
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Wim van Egmond · Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:24 am Post subject:

It's a brilliant image!!!!! Very nice colour combination!

Wim

beetleman · Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:29 am Post subject:

Super Stack Charles. I love the side profile view and everything is razor sharp as usual. The antennae and palps are fantastic Shocked

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Planapo · Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:19 pm Post subject:

Good Lord! This one is magnificent, hadn´t seen it till now, but it´s worth bringing it up on the first ranks again, ´cos that´s where it belongs, IMO!

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jaharris1001 · Joined: 29 Jun 2007 Posts: 319 Location: Deltona Florida

excellent shot here Very Happy

jmlphoto · Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 269

thats got to be one of the best macros i have ever seen. incredible the only tiny tiny thing is around the hair on the upper leg but that doesnt even matter compared to how good it is.
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Ken Ramos · Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 6:30 pm Post subject:

Awesome Charlie

As usual, one cannot beat the details of your images, really great work. Very Happy

Raul G · Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Posts: 79 Location: MEXICO CITY

WOW!!!

Your stack is great, but the really cool thing is the white diffuser (dome).
Pleeease, show us a picture of your set up... Very Happy

Charles Krebs · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 5800 Location: Issaquah, WA USA

Thanks all!

Raul... there are a couple shots showing some of my set-up here:
http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2825
I normally use a Lumedyme flash with two flash heads on small boom arms instead of the small Nikon units pictured here (it was getting repaired at the time)

Jordan... yup. I missed that one stacking artifact. After you mentioned it that's all I could see d'oh!

... so now it's gone! Wink

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grgh · Joined: 09 Mar 2013 Posts: 93 Location: Lancashire. UK

incredible the only tiny tiny thing is around the hair on the upper leg.
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Charles can you highlight this tiny thing, I might be 75 and I guess my eyes are getting weak, but i cannot see this?.

Lovely shot which ever way i look at it.
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rjlittlefield · Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 6:35 pm Post subject:

OK, this may be a new record for bumping old posts.

Prior to edward137's comment, the thread was over 10 years old -- previous last post was Sept 13, 2007.

grgh, I think you missed the fact that Charles replied to Jordan as follows:

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