Hawthorne shieldbug

LordV · Post by **LordV** » Tue May 27, 2014 11:28 pm

Hawthorne shieldbug on a bonsai beech tree leaf. It was bery well behaved and allowed me to shoot some different angles. All shots focus stacked using zerene.
Brian V.

fuzzyd · Post by **fuzzyd** » Wed May 28, 2014 12:48 am

What a colourful character and sooooo sharp
Love the full shield in No1

Shaneshac · Post by **Shaneshac** » Wed May 28, 2014 2:03 am

Very nice work

Are you handholding or mounting on a tripod for this?

LordV · Post by **LordV** » Wed May 28, 2014 2:18 am

Thanks for the comments fuzzyd and Shaca

Shaca - I'm handholding. I'm actually holding the twig the bug is on in my left hand and resting the camera lens on the same hand. This both stabilises the camera with respect to the bug and also allows me to manipulate the leaf in my fingers to give different shooting angles. The stacks are only 3 or 4 shots

Brian v.

Shaneshac · Post by **Shaneshac** » Wed May 28, 2014 3:01 am

Thanks for the info.

So you are moving the twig back and forwards to get the different focal planes while the lens stays static on your hand?

LordV · Post by **LordV** » Wed May 28, 2014 4:34 am

Shaneshac wrote:Thanks for the info.

So you are moving the twig back and forwards to get the different focal planes while the lens stays static on your hand?

No, Having got the angle I want I am moving the camera forward on my hand to get the focus slices.
Brian v.