Wheel Bug: From what I can find out this is a Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus) from the Assassin Bug family. It was very slow moving and (fortunately) about dead, as the write up explained...

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Wheel Bug

Nov 19, 2013 17:39:49 #

GPappy Loc: Finally decided to plop down, Clover, S.C.

From what I can find out this is a Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus) from the Assassin Bug family. It was very slow moving and (fortunately) about dead, as the write up explained that they will give you a very painful bite or stab with the appendage on its nose.

D90 with full set of tubes and Nikon 70-200 lens at 105 on the first one. The second and third shots are with a 28mm Minolta lens reversed on a Nikon nifty 50. All at iso 200 and diffused speed light at 1/16 power. Some post processing with PSE 11.

Comments welcome.

Nov 19, 2013 17:45:10 #

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

Not too shabby. Good use of standard lenses for macro-photography.

Nov 19, 2013 19:21:59 #

Photog8 Loc: Morriston, FL

Goof capture. ;-)

Nov 19, 2013 21:07:58 #

A-PeeR Loc: Houston, Texas

Nice job, barrel effect at higher magnification is interesting.

Nov 20, 2013 08:55:31 #

GPappy Loc: Finally decided to plop down, Clover, S.C.

Nikonian72 wrote:

Not too shabby. Good use of standard lenses for macro-photography.

Thank you Douglass. Your comments are always encouraging.
GP

Nov 20, 2013 08:56:30 #

GPappy Loc: Finally decided to plop down, Clover, S.C.

Photog8 wrote:

Goof capture. ;-)

Not sure what "goof capture" means, but thanks.
GP

Nov 20, 2013 08:58:22 #

GPappy Loc: Finally decided to plop down, Clover, S.C.

A-PeeR wrote:

Nice job, barrel effect at higher magnification is interesting.

Thank you A-PeeR. I was playing around with different lens trying to get a good eye shot.
GP

Nov 20, 2013 09:43:21 #

jrb1213 Loc: McDonough GEorgia

Focus is spot on, some of us use moss (I use terrarium or herp moss) for backgrounds when we shoot a captured insect.

Nov 20, 2013 10:37:08 #

GPappy Loc: Finally decided to plop down, Clover, S.C.

jrb1213 wrote:

Focus is spot on, some of us use moss (I use terrarium or herp moss) for backgrounds when we shoot a captured insect.

Thank you jrb. Didn't think of "staging" the shots. I found it on back porch and grabbed camera and went from there. I'll keep it in mind for future. :idea:

Nov 20, 2013 11:17:34 #

jrb1213 Loc: McDonough GEorgia

GPappy wrote:

Thank you jrb. Didn't think of "staging" the shots. I found it on back porch and grabbed camera and went from there. I'll keep it in mind for future. :idea:

We have been known to clean up or move things in a natural setting, like moving a flower or a leaf for a better background. I put sugar water on flowers that I want in a photo of bees. I put out orange slices in areas (away from my house) when looking for bees and butterflies. Some here also carry a jar to capture an insect, then chill it in the refrigerator to slow it down for photography.
A few keep insects in cages and feed them (aphids are a favorite food) and then photograph them or their offspring.
Some raise caterpillars and photograph the emerging butterfly. A couple here have even photographed a mosquito biting them. (Not me I swat them).

Nov 20, 2013 11:36:06 #

GPappy Loc: Finally decided to plop down, Clover, S.C.

jrb1213 wrote:

We have been known to clean up or move things in a... (show quote)

Thanks jrb. (I swat them too) :thumbup:
GP

Nov 21, 2013 10:05:53 #