Post your BUG shots!

Lester Wareham wrote in post #19252121
Moth - may be Marbled Minor (Oligia strigilis)

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2m47​rdo insect Moth A01_001-06_31-05-21 by Lester W, on Flickr

Small blue beetle

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2m6g​AQP insect blue beetle A02_001-02_10-06-21 by Lester W, on Flickr

Burnet moth that has seen better days

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2kTL​ZuU insect Burnet Moth A05_001-04_25-05-20 by Lester W, on Flickr

Cinnabar moth

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2kTN​g5r insect Cinabar A03_001_16-06-20 by Lester W, on Flickr

Nicely done and thanks for showing me the difference between cinnebar and burnet moths.

I've learned a lot here.

My 1st post here

So the Laowa has arrived. It came late afternoon so little time to play. I plan on giving it a workout this week end. So far, it's beautiful, sleek, black, & heavy. I've never been bothered by heavy as it usually is one of the signs of quality. Need to play as all lenses are different as far as when diffraction sets in. I had no problem with the 100mm or the 50mm all the way up to f/16.

SO here is a VERY quick test. I wanted a subject that wasn't going to move. This little worm barely flinched the entire time, up until I put it back on my rosebush.

None of these are cropped so you can see the magnifications, very little post production (full frame).

First one focus set to 1:1

Second is focused to 2:1

The next 2 test shots.

Laowa + full set of tubes.

First shot is at 1:1

Second shot is 2:1

sweems like a great lens! Great shots!!!

peteraustralia2021 wrote in post #19252243
My 1st post here

Hi, Peter. Welcome to the group. That is a nice shot of the bee. Can you get any closer with that iphone?

Archibald wrote in post #19252292
Hi, Peter. Welcome to the group. That is a nice shot of the bee. Can you get any closer with that iphone?

Thank Archibad! It was a lucky shot, I dont think I cant get any closer and cant crop too much as well (more pixels)

peteraustralia2021 wrote in post #19252295
Thank Archibad! It was a lucky shot, I dont think I cant get any closer and cant crop too much as well (more pixels)

Peter, we do macro photography in this thread. That means generally using special techniques to get in close to show detail. Not sure if you are aware, but there are macro lenses available for phones, and they take incredible macro photos. The macro lenses are not that expensive and are available on Amazon and other places. Here is some info on them.

https://www.imore.com …phoneography-macro-lenses
https://expertphotogra​phy.com/macro-iphone-photography/

A quick search of the internet will turn up fabulous macro photos taken by iphones. There is one example below. You can find much more on the web, in Flickr, and in Facebook.

https://iphonephotogra​physchool.com/karin-taylor/

Ladybug larva with prey.

Archibald wrote in post #19252320
Peter, we do macro photography in this thread. That means generally using special techniques to get in close to show detail. Not sure if you are aware, but there are macro lenses available for phones, and they take incredible macro photos. The macro lenses are not that expensive and are available on Amazon and other places. Here is some info on them.

https://www.imore.com …phoneography-macro-lenses
https://expertphotogra​phy.com/macro-iphone-photography/

A quick search of the internet will turn up fabulous macro photos taken by iphones. There is one example below. You can find much more on the web, in Flickr, and in Facebook.

https://iphonephotogra​physchool.com/karin-taylor/

oh woow thank heap! I rarely do macro shot ... when this thread just popped up with the title of bug shot, I just post mine without paying attentions

Really appreciated your help, I would consider to get more macro toys in future

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2hps​Fj7

Archibald wrote in post #19252344
Ladybug larva with prey.

Archibald that's a beautiful capture. And interesting.
I'm not a bug bod, and would never have guessed that would transform to those little coloured beauties.
How long from this to the final outcome as a ladybug? Assume they're same as what I call ladybird?

Brimstone to pirates to Hedgipigs...

Awesome set. Being here in the states & never seeing a hedgehog in the "wild", this thing would have scared the s#@t out of me! Curious Paul, you obviously using flash (cause you said so), do you angle your light for some background color or is that why you're dragging the shutter a little? I've always preferred to allow my background to go full black but the wife has mentioned I should go back to adding some color. She says the black background shots are for "science books".

Pigpen101 wrote in post #19252448
Awesome set. Being here in the states & never seeing a hedgehog in the "wild", this thing would have scared the s#@t out of me! Curious Paul, you obviously using flash (cause you said so), do you angle your light for some background color or is that why you're dragging the shutter a little? I've always preferred to allow my background to go full black but the wife has mentioned I should go back to adding some color. She says the black background shots are for "science books".

If you open your shutter speed to around 1/60sec, the nearby background will illuminate a little more than if you use 1/200sec.

At night, especially, the black backgrounds are more likely to happen, seeing as most of us would set the shutter to around 1/200 or 1/250sec, to sync with the fastest speed the flash can handle.

I was able to use 1/60sec here because the camera was on the tripod for the moth, and on the ground for the 'hog.

Paul.