Shield Bug

[Lester Wareham]

#1 Juniper Shieldbug, Elasmostethus tristriatus [2 Frame Composite]
http://www.zen20934.zen.co.uk/photography/GalleryPics/Photos/Arthropods/True_Bugs/Insects%20Shield%20Bug%20003-4.jpg

#2 Juniper Shieldbug, Elasmostethus tristriatus [2 Frame Composite]
http://www.zen20934.zen.co.uk/photography/GalleryPics/Photos/Arthropods/True_Bugs/Insects%20Shield%20Bug%20006-7.jpg

Thanks to my wife for finding this bug (in her hair!!) :lol: ;)

[dazzlebea]

Well, done! Your wife and you both :) I like the second pic better, since there is not so much glare, especially on the eyes. When you say composite, is that the same as focus stacking?

[Omri Alon]

Great shots :D Seems very sharp :) I like the composition of #2 :)

[LindaB]

Great shots, both of them.

In your wife's hair??!!! Oh my god that is horrible lol - I hate shield bugs (but I dont mind taking their pics lol) - the very thought of it makes me cringe lol.

Linda

[dpastern]

Very nice shots Lester, I like both of them, can't decided between the non crop and cropped version, they both look good. You did a nice job of the lighting - it's just right imho. Did you wife freak out with the bug in her hair, or was she calm?

Dave

[Lester Wareham]

Well, done! Your wife and you both :) I like the second pic better, since there is not so much glare, especially on the eyes. When you say composite, is that the same as focus stacking?

Thanks Bea. Alsmost the same as focus stack, just had two frames in CS2 and mask one off with a soft edge brush. The focus stack software was too confussed to be effective.

[Lester Wareham]

Great shots :D Seems very sharp :) I like the composition of #2 :)

Thanks very much Omri.

Great shots, both of them.

In your wife's hair??!!! Oh my god that is horrible lol - I hate shield bugs (but I dont mind taking their pics lol) - the very thought of it makes me cringe lol.

Linda

Thanks Linda.
Yes, the find was signalled with a lot of noise about 2 octaves above middle C. :)

Very nice shots Lester, I like both of them, can't decided between the non crop and cropped version, they both look good. You did a nice job of the lighting - it's just right imho. Did you wife freak out with the bug in her hair, or was she calm?

Dave

Thanks Dave. The lighting was just my standard MT-24 setup, as noted by Bea the glare is a bit high on #1.

Yep, she freaked quite well - I had to pick it out for her.

[LordV]

Well it worked :)- good shots
Brian V.

[Lester Wareham]

Well it worked :)- good shots
Brian V.

Thanks Brian.