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Dec 23, 2018 18:31:31   #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
This does look like a lepidopteran larvae. It would be hard to ID without a full length picture. even then, it could be very difficult. I like the lighting. I see some nice reflection effects coming up from below.
A pet store idea: Does your local pet store sell 'meal worms'? These are larvae of Tenebrionid beetles, Tenebrio molitor. Easy to raise on Quacker oats. They don't even need water.


Thanks for bringing this up. I have a runaway colony of mealworms. As my season gift, anyone want to start your's, PP me, I'll send starter, and instructions(easy, but a few 'tricks'). As to the charge, not even postage. A good study of beetle life cycle. The photo, not macro, shows a part. They have eaten almost all food and are mostly turning to adults soon. Ideal time to ship.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL, AND THANKS FOR THE COMPANY.
Goodbye, and thanks for all the fish.
Bill


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Dec 23, 2018 18:19:29   #
docshark wrote:
Kinda like a dragonfly. A face only a mother could live. Great macro.
-Doc


Compared to this, a dragonfly is cute.
By the way, Henlopen park should be open for free in winter. Chance a bit later to see gravid(preggo) piebald deer, but now just nice because it is mostly empty.
Bill
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Dec 23, 2018 18:15:09   #
The only ladybug I find close to this is Cocinnela transversogutta. I wonder if one realizes that the two apparent 'eyes' are white macule on the pronotum. The center bright spot is flash reflection. The eyes are the grainy objects in front of white(or yellowish) macula. The punctation on elytra and pronotum very clear. With some of these the macula(markings) vary a good deal, so he punctation is important.
So, what day will winter be on in your neck of the woods? 😀
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Dec 22, 2018 02:25:21   #
Mark mentions not having seen lately. They are not rare, but you usually destroy things to get them. Deep in rotting logs and where logs contact the earth. Bark still on, the better, but more disturbence of the area.
I have been able to put my ear to a log, bang on it, and hear them 'squeek'. Pre tinnitus and hearing loss days.
Bill.
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Dec 22, 2018 02:07:22   #
RogStrix wrote:
Unless you're good as restoring the colours (I'm not!) would humbly suggest that these would be a good subject for conversion to black and white, but avoid sepia as she looks too young to be in a 1920's print?
Some scanning programs are better then others at restoring colour to 'old' slides, Vuescan IIRC has some additional settings for this sort of work.
See beyond the fading and you have two nice pictures, although I must admit in the last one she looks as though she's just spotted the snake mentioned in the previous thread...
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Maybe she just saw a bug in the bush.
Bill
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Dec 22, 2018 02:01:20   #
anderzander wrote:
Natural Beauty


Bizarre!!!
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Dec 22, 2018 01:56:26   #
newtoyou wrote:
Anyone buying this tripod, post PP to me,I will send a 40x50 mm plate free. That is no cost or outlay. I believe it will fit.
Bill


Just looked, found plate announced above. PP anyway, then you may have two.
Bill
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Dec 22, 2018 01:52:59   #
Anyone buying this tripod, post PP to me,I will send a 40x50 mm plate free. That is no cost or outlay. I believe it will fit.
Bill
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Dec 22, 2018 00:33:58   #
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is the second of the three critters that I found in the woods under pieces of fallen rotted sections of trees. The first was the Grub Worm which was identified as a Japanese Beetle Grub. This one is a 'caterpillar type insect' with spots and hairs. Is it a Eruciform Stage of an insect? And if so, can anyone help identify it? It's color was a bit brighter white before preserving it in denatured alcohol for a few days.

The white at the bottom of the picture is a dab of plumber's putty that I use to stick the mounting pin into which is quite pliable and helps in positioning the insect.

Thanks in advance for viewing and all comments, recommendations and critique are highly appreciated as I work toward improving efforts.
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Some clues, but first, another shot to convince me to investigate stacking. I like superlatives, be they words or work. Therefore, your picture is worth a thousand superlatives.
Eruciform, you are learning the language. Many beetles have this type of larva, best seen in a Japanese beetle larva. Scarabaeiform, would be another term. Second instar Meloidae, Lucanidae, Scarabaeidae and a few others. Butterflies and moths share this trait. Therefore, I think this a moth or butterfly. Why?. The large eyes are not. That is the epicranium. The piece between, the frons, below that,the labrum. These and the legs I can see , plus, look close ,between five and six o'clock are the ocelli, in a ring, as in a Lep. This says lepedopteran to me.
Bill
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Dec 20, 2018 22:59:59   #
RedAdmiral wrote:
Well, after numerous attempts at positioning, figuring out exposures/lighting, trial and error passes with StackRail, software crashes, and more than a few curse words. I finally realized one of my fantasy photos. A macro panographic shot of a millipede. Including 76 exposures, 1mm movement between each on a StackRail, I attempted to combine the exposures in Helicon Focus, but all its panographic module would do was give me a "Contact sheet" of all the images. I downloaded the newest version still no avail. A friend suggested I use Lightroom which crashed a few times trying to digest the data before succeeding. Then on to Capture One for editing and removing spots from mirror defects and dirt, white balance, etc. Then to Photoshop Elements to downsample the resulting 320 megabyte image to about 2. All in all it took a bit over 10 hours. I think the critter is a Eurasian Millipede, an introduced species doing well in the Pacific Northwest. Comments and/or suggestions are appreciated.

Canon 6D mk II, Canon 65 mm 1 to 5 Macro (about 3.5 X), StackRail, Capture One, Lightroom, Photoshop Elements 13.

.6 seconds, F16, ISO 1600, Light by Cat LED Worklight and florescent ring light.
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WHEW. A labor of love.
I wish now I still had my labware.
Bill
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Dec 20, 2018 22:51:54   #
I also vote for Japanese beetle. The head capsule is very similar. I believe that turning black comes from internal organs quick breakdown.

In a living grub, the last three abdominal segments are waste storage before voiding. There must be a hi bacteria gutload to process plant matter. The bacteria would have time before dying in the alcohol to destroy the grub from inside. When dying normally they will still turn black. The body is very fatty.
Grubs of this type are killed in a solution called XA. It is a 50/50 solution of ethyl alcohol and xylene. There are others, but this most accessible (the hardware store). Transfer to 70% ethyl after a few hours for permanent storage. This method works for most soft bodied adult insects that tend to shrink when drying, too.
The picture in black is unusual, to say the least.
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Dec 19, 2018 22:51:23   #
newtoyou wrote:
A couple more views. Not all insects are as distinctive as the horned beetle. This may be a scarab grub. Any one of many "June bugs".
Robin's are omnivorous. They also take advantage of ambient temperature. Good deduction on your part. Although they eat worms and insects, many berries, such as bittersweet, holly, and others are important in late winter and early spring when other food is scarce. After a hard winter one year I saw a flock of Robins strip every berry from a large holly in minutes. Very bitter, last resource food.
Bill
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Dec 19, 2018 22:48:49   #
A couple more views. Not all insects are as distinctive as the horned beetle. This may be a scarab grub. Any one of many "June bugs".
Robin's are omnivorous. Although they eat worms and insects, many berries, such as bittersweet, holly, and others are important in late winter and early spring when other food is scarce. After a hard winter one year I saw a flock of Robins strip every berry from a large holly in minutes. Very bitter, last resource food.
Bill
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Dec 19, 2018 22:38:53   #
sippyjug104 wrote:
I went into the woods today and I noticed a large number of robins on the ground around where I was going. I remembered that robins are carnivorous which meant that there must be insects and worms in the area so I watched where they were feeding. Sure enough, I found several insects including this grub worm.

As I continue to practice with all the nuances of macro photography gear and settings, lighting and specimen staging, I will post other views as well as images of the other critters that I came across today.

Thanks in advance to all those who view and all comments, recommendations and critique are greatly appreciated for they help me learn.
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Dec 19, 2018 20:05:04   #
hannaco wrote:
This is just a common cheese grater that excels in slicing and dicing human fingers. It should grate hard cheese, or citrus zest along with shredding cheese. Instead, it gives profits to the makers of band aids.


Find Frank Zappa's Dangerous Kitchen. Enjoy a twisted mind.
Bill
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