Woodlouse
Dec 13, 2018 17:39:31 #
I started hunting for insects in the rotted deadfall in the woods and I've come across several critters so far. This one is a tiny Woodlouse which was easy to catch but it was quite the dickens to photograph. I know that it's not the best for several reasons, but it was a good learning experience for me.
Dec 13, 2018 18:41:37 #
It is pretty good! I know from frustrating experience that the pale underside of these things easily gets blown out with white, but you held that off very well.
Dec 13, 2018 19:21:17 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
I started hunting for insects in the rotted deadfall in the woods and I've come across several critters so far. This one is a tiny Woodlouse which was easy to catch but it was quite the dickens to photograph. I know that it's not the best for several reasons, but it was a good learning experience for me.
I think the photography is fine, I leave that critique to others.
If your presentation is important, and it is to me, too, then studying living specimens is important(imparative). A bumble bee looking robber fly is given away demeanor, very un bumble bee like. This is common.
I have pinned few arthropods other than insects. A woodlouse would(no pun, just a homophone) be hard. My only advise is simple. Keep at it, and enjoy yourself. This is an area that cannot be learned in books. Watch close, a lot to see in a small space when you know how to look. Pinning takes practice.
Nite all.
Bill
Dec 13, 2018 22:58:14 #
I goofed up the image in the first post. I had my screen display set way too dark so I corrected (wrongly) the image to brighten it. After I posted it I noticed something was wrong and went the other way which brought it back to where it should have been. Hence, the reposting of the image.
Pinning an insect is truly an art that I have a long, long way to go for it is much more difficult than I ever imagined. They are tiny, they are either very soft or armor plated, the pin has to go in straight as well as plumb, the body parts have to be arranged without destroying it and it has to be put on something that doesn't interfere with the camera. Oh yeah, then you have to stage it in front of the lens and the slightest touch moves it miles when magnified and there are four axis involved plus the distance to the lens.
Good news is that I have an abundance of time now and a good supply of top-shelf vodka for the way this is going it will surely drive me to drink!
Pinning an insect is truly an art that I have a long, long way to go for it is much more difficult than I ever imagined. They are tiny, they are either very soft or armor plated, the pin has to go in straight as well as plumb, the body parts have to be arranged without destroying it and it has to be put on something that doesn't interfere with the camera. Oh yeah, then you have to stage it in front of the lens and the slightest touch moves it miles when magnified and there are four axis involved plus the distance to the lens.
Good news is that I have an abundance of time now and a good supply of top-shelf vodka for the way this is going it will surely drive me to drink!
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