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Dalantech
Mar-18-2007, 06:53 AM
Taken over the last few days -and I'm still not done post processing.

Canon Xti + 100mm macro lens + MR-14 ring flash (used as fill or the main light source).

http://dalantech.smugmug.com/photos/136802106-L.jpg

http://dalantech.smugmug.com/photos/136801824-L.jpg

http://dalantech.smugmug.com/photos/136800595-L.jpg

And I must be a masochist for shooting against yellow... :rolleyes

http://dalantech.smugmug.com/photos/136566070-L.jpg

Edit to add a few more...

http://dalantech.smugmug.com/photos/136833376-L.jpg

http://dalantech.smugmug.com/photos/136833745-L.jpg

C&C always welcome!
Awais Yaqub
Mar-18-2007, 12:27 PM
These are so beautiful !! colors are great
Dalantech
Mar-18-2007, 12:40 PM
These are so beautiful !! colors are great

Thanks Awais!
ColMofed
Mar-18-2007, 02:16 PM
Great images. I love the first wasp/hoverfly (#4). I don't usually like yellow too much but this works really well.

Rod.
JillG
Mar-18-2007, 07:10 PM
Beautiful shots. the insects colors against the yellow really worked. Nice DOF too. Number two is intriguing. Do you have any idea what kind of insect it is?
Jill
Dalantech
Mar-18-2007, 10:43 PM
Great images. I love the first wasp/hoverfly (#4). I don't usually like yellow too much but this works really well.

Rod.

Thanks! I don;t like yellow too much myself -I've never owned a camera that could nail the white balance when shooting against it...
Dalantech
Mar-18-2007, 10:45 PM
Beautiful shots. the insects colors against the yellow really worked. Nice DOF too. Number two is intriguing. Do you have any idea what kind of insect it is?
Jill

Thanks! LordV, on another forum, said that it might be an oil beetle. I didn't know we had them here until yesterday...
Lord Vetinari
Mar-18-2007, 11:39 PM
Excellent series- Love #2 :)
The oil beetle suggestion came from this pic
http://www.flickr.com/photos/r_m_x/425088024/in/pool-macroviewers/
Brian V.
Dalantech
Mar-19-2007, 01:14 AM
Excellent series- Love #2 :)
The oil beetle suggestion came from this pic
http://www.flickr.com/photos/r_m_x/425088024/in/pool-macroviewers/
Brian V.

Thanks Brian!
Skippy
Mar-19-2007, 03:47 AM
Taken over the last few days -and I'm still not done post processing.
Canon Xti + 100mm macro lens + MR-14 ring flash (used as fill or the main light source).
And I must be a masochist for shooting against yellow... :rolleyes
Edit to add a few more...
C&C always welcome!

I'm picking imagine number #2 as the pick of the bunch too :clap
Almost looks like he's surfing the plant, and checking you out.

Very nicely captured Dalantech :thumb .... Skippy
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Dalantech
Mar-19-2007, 04:53 AM
I'm picking imagine number #2 as the pick of the bunch too :clap
Almost looks like he's surfing the plant, and checking you out.

Very nicely captured Dalantech :thumb .... Skippy
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Thanks Skippy! That one seems to be the favorite across a variety of boards that I post to.
JDollDesigns
Mar-21-2007, 06:00 PM
I think I found my favorite forum already... wow, I didn't know Lady bugs had teeth... great, now I'm going to have nightmare about Lady bugs and teeth... thanks.:rofl
Dalantech
Mar-21-2007, 10:37 PM
I think I found my favorite forum already... wow, I didn't know Lady bugs had teeth... great, now I'm going to have nightmare about Lady bugs and teeth... thanks.:rofl

:D

A lot of creatures look cute from a distance -but once you see them up close it's a whole different story. There are some beetles here that could defend your house if they were the size of a small dog... :huh