Milkweed flowers - with a different kind of insect - Can you find it?
May 12, 2018 23:36:51 #
This is a 12 stack shot of the milkweed plant. using a macro lens but from the nearest leaf tip to the part of the background in focus it is about 10-12 inches. I did get some out of focus spots and ghost edges due to wind movement.
But the insect in question just happened to be still at the instant the frame with that part of the plant in focus was snapped.
5DIV, Canon 100 macro, with tripod.
I had started to cut out all the dead stuff from past bloom cycles but I rather like the contrast in textures, colors and the new life vs the dead past.
But the insect in question just happened to be still at the instant the frame with that part of the plant in focus was snapped.
5DIV, Canon 100 macro, with tripod.
I had started to cut out all the dead stuff from past bloom cycles but I rather like the contrast in textures, colors and the new life vs the dead past.
Oh, I did not know the insect was there until I inspected the image after focus stacking.
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May 13, 2018 01:24:54 #
Actually, I think there are two insects, both near the top; one on the red petal and to the left of that and right on the top picture border, it appears to be a part of a second insect on the yellow plumage.
May 13, 2018 01:46:25 #
robertjerl wrote:
This is a 12 stack shot of the milkweed plant. us... (show quote)
Depends on which one you 're referring to, as there are four (a couple bugs and 2 ants) insects in that shot!
May 13, 2018 02:19:02 #
Rolk wrote:
Actually, I think there are two insects, both near the top; one on the red petal and to the left of that and right on the top picture border, it appears to be a part of a second insect on the yellow plumage.
Yep, I see part of another ant peeking from behind the yellow flower.
Let us see how many more people find. After looking at nearly 600 frames from my experimenting I am lucky I can see the monitor.
May 13, 2018 02:24:45 #
speters wrote:
Depends on which one you 're referring to, as there are four (a couple bugs and 2 ants) insects in that shot!
If I assume your two ants are the one I saw and the one playing peek-a-boo at the top left on the red flower and the yellow one. Where are the other two you found?
After going over nearly 600 frames from my experimenting and then doing a search of every last image on my wife's computer looking for a picture of our daughter taken the day she was born to print for a card (Jasmine is 24 tomorrow so she and Mom get to do a double celebration) I am lucky if I can see an recognize the monitor. Let alone the bugs etc on the flowers. Those blooms are aprx 1/4 wide so any bugs etc hiding among them are small.
May 13, 2018 02:33:33 #
Tried a 100% blowup and searched.
Small black bug on the joint of the stems of the flower clusters where the two ants are and what may be a brown bug falling to the left of that.
Or did you find something else?
If enough people search we may end up with a whole bug zoo on this image.
Just tried 400%, found a few little bumps and blurs in the shadows that could be part of insects showing, or just a bump on the plant, they are all in deep shade areas. I also found what appears to be the shadow of a bug, but no bug. Either my imagination or the bug is hidden from direct view.
Small black bug on the joint of the stems of the flower clusters where the two ants are and what may be a brown bug falling to the left of that.
Or did you find something else?
If enough people search we may end up with a whole bug zoo on this image.
Just tried 400%, found a few little bumps and blurs in the shadows that could be part of insects showing, or just a bump on the plant, they are all in deep shade areas. I also found what appears to be the shadow of a bug, but no bug. Either my imagination or the bug is hidden from direct view.
May 13, 2018 13:26:25 #
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May 14, 2018 00:47:18 #
Nice pic. I think i found at least one of the ants. Happys to the ladies
May 14, 2018 01:38:21 #
cessnalvr wrote:
Nice pic. I think i found at least one of the ants. Happys to the ladies
Hope the looking was fun.
So far I know of two ants, 1 black bug and one brown thing either falling or hanging on a strand of spider silk that might be an insect. There are strange shapes and bumps in the shadows the "could" be something - but unable to tell one way or another.
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