Can You See The Smile?
Aug 8, 2020 11:11:53 #
This is a very common and quite pesty Brown Marmorated Stink Bug. I found this one yesterday afternoon and brought it in for a focus stacking session. I've done many with them in the past and I find them to be quite interesting in their own way.
The proboscis is quite long so it would not fit in the full frame of view at this magnification. I've bitten into apples that appear to have a bruise many times and I now wonder how many of them were actually the result of a stink bug probing them to dissolve it and suck it up for their meal before I had mine.
Each time I look at one staged like this I see a second face that appears to be smiling at me. Look at the two primitive eyes (Ocelli) on the top of its head and the two ridges coming down to where they join the proboscis and the shape of head makes it look like a second face that is smiling. Well, at least it make me smile
The proboscis is quite long so it would not fit in the full frame of view at this magnification. I've bitten into apples that appear to have a bruise many times and I now wonder how many of them were actually the result of a stink bug probing them to dissolve it and suck it up for their meal before I had mine.
Each time I look at one staged like this I see a second face that appears to be smiling at me. Look at the two primitive eyes (Ocelli) on the top of its head and the two ridges coming down to where they join the proboscis and the shape of head makes it look like a second face that is smiling. Well, at least it make me smile
Aug 8, 2020 11:15:13 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is a very common and quite pesty Brown Marmor... (show quote)
Yep! Got a smile back from me too!
Dave
Aug 8, 2020 11:22:43 #
Uuglypher wrote:
Yep! Got a smile back from me too!
Dave
Dave
Thanks, Once I seen it I can't unsee it now.
Aug 8, 2020 14:49:39 #
Aug 8, 2020 14:54:59 #
sundar wrote:
Amazing capture ! stink bug, decorated and with a smile ...
Thanks, I'm pleased that you enjoyed seeing it.
Aug 8, 2020 17:37:04 #
Beautiful image. It's amazing how much the color pops when you view it in download. What equipment are you using?
Aug 8, 2020 18:12:19 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is a very common and quite pesty Brown Marmor... (show quote)
Oh yes, I see it, Sippy, but it looks like a toothy grin to me. š Super shot of a real stinker!
Aug 8, 2020 18:15:25 #
10MPlayer wrote:
Beautiful image. It's amazing how much the color pops when you view it in download. What equipment are you using?
Thanks for viewing and for the question. The camera is a little Fujifilm X-T20 24mp APS-C sensor so nothing special. The lens I'm using is a Nikon TM (toolmaker) industrial microscope objective 5X magnification which I have mounted on a vintage Novoflex bellows. The objective is what is providing the high degree of detail and bringing out the colors and the bellows allows me to tune it in.
My lighting is constant IKEA LED lighting that I have diffused with packing foam. I use a WeMacro motorized digital focus rail to shoot the stack of images that I process into the final image.
Aug 8, 2020 20:07:25 #
Dixiegirl wrote:
Oh yes, I see it, Sippy, but it looks like a toothy grin to me. š Super shot of a real stinker!
Thanks, Donna. I thought the smile was actually cute.
Aug 8, 2020 20:51:41 #
Aug 8, 2020 21:01:34 #
HOT Texas wrote:
Looks like a grin to me 
Thanks, HOT Texas..I agree it does look like it is grinning at us.
Aug 9, 2020 10:32:48 #
Aug 9, 2020 11:16:10 #
Chuckwal wrote:
Sippy
what an ugly creature beautiful
chuck
what an ugly creature beautiful
chuck
Thanks, Chuck. They are quite a nuisance to many however a good subject for me.
Aug 9, 2020 11:16:49 #
Aug 9, 2020 11:25:48 #
Marg wrote:
Iām still smiling back!
Thanks, I have read where our minds have been trained since the dawn of man to recognize faces which I suspect was important to survival to know friend from foe. We carry that ability with us to this day like when we see what resemble faces in everyday things around us.
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