Bugs in the grass

Some bugs spotted whilst doing dewdrop refractions. All in the size range 2.5mm to 4mm body length. They don't refract very well with a flower placed behind them but it makes an interesting BG.

Brian V.

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as usual they all great. like the first one best though. you sure do have some interesting bugs in your garden. lucky man

Bill

Bill Pham wrote in post #3724027
as usual they all great. like the first one best though. you sure do have some interesting bugs in your garden. lucky man

Bill

Thanks Bill
Not sure you'd want #1 in your garden- it's a black biting fly- scourge of the tundra from what I can understand
Brian V.

Great series again Brian.

1 and 2 are my favourites, even if #1 bites...

Managed to kneel on an ants nest yesterday, while hunting a beetle, so I'm quite familiar with biting insects at the moment...

LordV wrote in post #3724037
Thanks Bill
Not sure you'd want #1 in your garden- it's a black biting fly- scourge of the tundra from what I can understand
Brian V.

Definately wouldnt! I go mad if a wasp flys near me, look quite silly actually, waving my arms about & all that, people must think "what on earth is wrong with that guy" lol, never liked creepy crawlies.

Great photos though, I dont mind them on here on average what aperture would you say you use most of the time?

Whenever ive tried bug shots, the main problem is lack of DOF.

dreamline wrote in post #3724063
Great series again Brian.

1 and 2 are my favourites, even if #1 bites...

Managed to kneel on an ants nest yesterday, while hunting a beetle, so I'm quite familiar with biting insects at the moment...

LOL, the things we do in order to get that perfect shot

Nick_C wrote in post #3724090
Definately wouldnt! I go mad if a wasp flys near me, look quite silly actually, waving my arms about & all that, people must think "what on earth is wrong with that guy" lol, never liked creepy crawlies.

Great photos though, I dont mind them on here on average what aperture would you say you use most of the time?

Whenever ive tried bug shots, the main problem is lack of DOF.

Thanks Nick
Worst thing you can do with wasps around- much more likely to sting you.
For shots around 1:1 I'm normally trying for about F11 when using flash but this series are taken between 2:1 and 4:1 with the apertures between F6.3 and F9. I often make up for the lack of DOF by taking sequential shots and focus stacking them (see http://www.wonderfulph​otos.com …les/macro/focus​_stacking/ ).
Many of the above shots are focus stacked from 2 or 3 pics.

Brian V.

dreamline wrote in post #3724063
Great series again Brian.

1 and 2 are my favourites, even if #1 bites...

Managed to kneel on an ants nest yesterday, while hunting a beetle, so I'm quite familiar with biting insects at the moment...

Yes you soon know it when you do that. Those black biting flies though are something else- suspect it's the only bug that gets me every now and then (mossies seem to leave me alone or I don't react to the bites). They do have amazing eyes though

Brian V.

LordV wrote in post #3724132
Thanks Nick
Worst thing you can do with wasps around- much more likely to sting you.
For shots around 1:1 I'm normally trying for about F11 when using flash but this series are taken between 2:1 and 4:1 with the apertures between F6.3 and F9. I often make up for the lack of DOF by taking sequential shots and focus stacking them (see http://www.wonderfulph​otos.com …les/macro/focus​_stacking/ ).
Many of the above shots are focus stacked from 2 or 3 pics.

Brian V.

I tried that on a butterfly the other week, it was sitting there quite still so I fired off a burst of shots & made sure I didnt rotate or anything weird which could cause problems in combinez, well I tried but I couldnt get a decent stack, there was quite a lot of ghosting effects, and yet ive had perfect success on still subjects with the camera on a tripod, controlled conditions and all that.

Hi Brian great series again
The second shot is great the way the red light highlights the back of the spider
Pete

lcpete wrote in post #3724190
Hi Brian great series again
The second shot is great the way the red light highlights the back of the spider
Pete

Thanks Pete
You made me look at that spider shot again- just wonder if i have got flower refraction in the legs on the far side - the legs are pretty transparent.
brian v.

Lovely set Brian, I like #2 and the way the light shines off his little legs

After reading your page im thinking I will try the manual stack, that might be where I went wrong.

Lovely series Brian - i like the tightrope walker.

I was going to ask if you ever get bitten by insects - but you answered that ...

Action_Man wrote in post #3724288
Lovely series Brian - i like the tightrope walker.

I was going to ask if you ever get bitten by insects - but you answered that ...

Thanks Gordon

yes but very rarely - not sure if it is the black biting fly that is responsible but something gets me and I've never spotted the culprit. Only ever been stung by wasps when I was attacking their nests (many moons ago)

Brian V.