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Dec 13, 2011 18:30 |  #1

Well sort of, in the dark misty cold night as I was about to crawl into bed something moved on a book by the bedside; 2 mins later I'm sure anyone watching the flat will have thought there was a party going on with the flash firing. Downside of shooting in dim light at something silly AM is focusing was a nightmare, plus a reasonable amount of "lots of white = grey now" from the auto flash and me not checking histograms......

Otherwise nabbed a few good shots - even tried for a focus stack; I got the shots, but the little devil moved a leg through the whole scene just to prevent me!!

Anyway here are the things you want to see - the shots :)

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Those two I tried to take a straight as I could as it was on the side of the book, but sadly had to make some big crops of both once I'd corrected the angle (plus I nipped a leg from one annoyingly). Nailing the focus on that tiny black dot is a nightmare. I think these were around 3:1 magnification (remember fair amount of the frame lost to cropping)


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Thankfully nothing lost here, though the book colours have done some neat banding on the left and the lighting is somewhat harsher than I like. I didn't have my cup on the lens so didn't quite get that perfect diffused like that I want *plus the cup tends to make focusing a nightmare as it bumps into things - though I've got longer arms on the flashheads now so I might well be increasing the diffusion material on them to soften things up).

All 3 taken with Canon 7D, Canon MPE 65mm macro and Twinflash unit.

Any comments/crits greatly welcomed - thanks all :mrgreen:
And sleep well knowing things like this could be crawling all over your beside books as well!

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Dec 13, 2011 22:47 |  #2

That is why I only read on computers :)

Nice work. Part of the fun of this mad hobby is way that everything conspires to make the act of taking a photo a real trial. You described my experiences rather well, but you ended up with some great shots.


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Dec 14, 2011 00:58 |  #3

Lovely shots and story :)
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Dec 14, 2011 02:26 |  #4

very nice work, also the story....




  
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Dec 14, 2011 04:21 |  #5

You are really going to have to be more careful who you invite back for a nightcap. I'm not even sure this is your species, let alone female. ;)

Nice shots, especially considering how much you must have drunk last night! :)


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Dec 14, 2011 06:34 |  #6

Lovely shots of this nice looking beetle.


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Dec 14, 2011 19:56 |  #7

hehe many thanks for the compliments guys :)

Bugs all gone now - no idea where she (or he!!) crawled off to! Such is life though, sometimes you wake up and they are all gone.


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Dec 15, 2011 09:01 |  #8

I have never seen a bed bug before.. interesting little bugs.. looks like he has a hat on his head..
but ewwwwwwwww dont want one of those in my bed!! LOL
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Dec 15, 2011 09:12 as a reply to  @ photocopy's post |  #9

Though you found it in your bed, I'm not so sure it is a bed bug....
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Excellent pictures and I would be VERY interested in its true identity.


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Dec 16, 2011 01:07 |  #10

Should perhaps add it certainly is not a bedbug but some type of beetle, perhaps a deathwatch beetle.
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Dec 16, 2011 14:27 |  #11

Oh certainly its no proper bedbug (I think I'd need a microscope setup to see one of them - certainly a lot more than 3:1).

However I don't know if I much prefer the idea of sharing space with a Deathwatch beetle either!!


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