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Nov 11, 2008 05:07 |  #1

Not that I'm an expert on these things ;)

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I rarely shoot macro, but this guy looked interesting. I'd be interested to know what he/she is :)

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Nov 11, 2008 05:45 |  #2

It's an assassin bug. Cool looking, aren't they? Careful - I believe they can give a nasty "bite".

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Nov 11, 2008 05:58 |  #3

They don't "bite"... they just stab you with their proboscis, inject you with enzymes then drink the resulting soup. Probably more of an issue if you are an insect... :rolleyes:

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Nov 11, 2008 05:59 |  #4

Yummy.

Thanks for the info guys :)

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Nov 11, 2008 06:02 |  #5

So what made you pull out the macro?

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Nov 11, 2008 06:06 |  #6

The insect on the tree near our front door :)

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Nov 11, 2008 06:17 |  #7

Ah I see... venturing out of your comfort zone then :lol:

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Nov 11, 2008 06:19 |  #8

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Nov 11, 2008 07:26 |  #9

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Ah I see... venturing out of your comfort zone then :lol:

Yup.

My macro lens (an old 100/2.8 ... the pre-USM version) only comes out for ring shots usually.

I'm not pretending to be good at macro, but this is my current take on the genre (within the limits of available light) ...

I'm guessing the DOF is too shallow for the likes of you serious macro shooters ;)

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Nov 11, 2008 07:37 |  #10

Old school FTW! Nobody uses AF for macro anyway.
Generally most macro-ists would stay around f/11 but with available light I'm guessing you were shooting at the open end.

No matter what the DOF situation is, one general rule for bug macro is to nail focus on the critter's eye/eyes. I think you did on #1 but the others are focusing on its thorax.

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Nov 11, 2008 08:45 |  #11

Rather like #1 :)
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Nov 11, 2008 19:11 |  #12

Sorry... didn't mean to sound critical before. I was just voicing what the general macro enthusiast likes to see. To be honest you probably didn't even notice it's eyes since they are so small and insignificant... See the little spherical thing below the antennae on #1.

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Nov 12, 2008 07:35 |  #13

photobitz wrote in post #6664435 (external link)
They don't "bite"... they just stab you with their proboscis, inject you with enzymes then drink the resulting soup. Probably more of an issue if you are an insect... :rolleyes:

No.....I think it would be a pretty big issue for me too!:)
Nice captures of a gruesome bug.

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Nov 12, 2008 09:01 |  #14

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Sorry... didn't mean to sound critical before. I was just voicing what the general macro enthusiast likes to see. To be honest you probably didn't even notice it's eyes since they are so small and insignificant... See the little spherical thing below the antennae on #1.

Dan, yeah, I have a few with the eyes in focus but found these more interesting visually ... e.g. the spikey collar thing was too blurry in the others.

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Nov 12, 2008 16:07 |  #15

Yeah... I guess that's a problem with these guys having their head way out in front like that.

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