Posts for: newtoyou
Oct 21, 2018 15:04:31 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
I am stumped by this one. A key to the ID will be the finely veined membraneous area on the front wings, and the clavate antennae. But I did not find a match among the families that seem to be candidates.
Photo phollows.
Veined area in corium, veins in membranous area, large scutellum and broad head point me to Rhopalidae. The antenna are a problem. Don't let it bug you too much, it will not much lower your batting average😀.
Bill
Oct 21, 2018 10:02:42 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
Twice now I have removed this caterpillar from the water in a small cup in its container. The cup is there to keep the Passiflora vine alive so as to give it and the two smaller Gulf cats a fresh food source. I just checked and it is still alive, but crawling around the edge of the cup. Looks like I'll have to put something over the top of the cup to keep it from falling in again...
I use butter tubs or similar to provide water. Melt or drill small holes in lid for stems. A light misting helps keep fresh longer. Enjoy. The emergence of the butterfly is an amazing sight.
Bill. PS, if roaming may be ready to pupate. Put in a handful of leaf litter. I believe they pupate on the ground.
Oct 20, 2018 14:44:13 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
It should be a wooly. There are winged forms for dispersal and these can be less burdened with wool .
I see mini cotton balls about the size of a BB in the air late summer. When caught prove to be wooly aphids. Could this be a male???.
Oct 20, 2018 12:48:32 #
Blurryeyed wrote:
Flash is much better than a continuous lighting so... (show quote)
Trying your advice. Thank you, I am not used to using a flash. This has made it's function clearer.
Bill
Oct 20, 2018 12:20:30 #
tinusbum wrote:
i should have known that,i found a caterpillar in 2012 and kept it until it was a butterfly.yes,it was new to me.its great being old 
thanks everyone!
thanks everyone!
They feed on missletoe here in Maryland. Never seen one in wild, tho
they are common in Blackwater swamp area.
When I see a new insect it makes my day.
So, go ahead, " make my day".
Bill
Oct 19, 2018 21:02:32 #
tinusbum wrote:
2x1 and 3x1,looks like a wooly aphid but smaller than i have seen
I am slightly familiar with wooly aphids. This is unusual because it has so little 'wool'. A Homopteran, yes. Not familiar to me , yes. Wooly aphid ???
Bill
Oct 19, 2018 20:35:14 #
EnglishBrenda wrote:
Beautifully done, I can never get close enough to focus on butterflies when I have tubes on.
I really liked the Tubes. They were one of my favorite shock rock bands.
But to get butterflies close you need a nocturne. I suggest Chopin's third,
but any slow classic works. Sweet loving moths like a syrup sweet music like Captain and Tinear. Or Celine Dion. Of course, dung beetles like rap.
Bill
Oct 19, 2018 20:24:12 #
tinusbum wrote:
i left my canons at home today,nikon 610 with my trusty old sigma 150 with a full set of tubes.its also skipper day 
Proof positive, not the equipment, but the equiped. Like being facile in oil, watercolor, design, marble. That old dude Mike something or another a few hundred years back. Many kudos.
Bill
Oct 16, 2018 21:45:48 #
lesdmd wrote:
You are probably well aware that the images are far from sharp. Digital imaging would allow stacking to improve depth of field.
I do not do any post workup. I learned on film. Have used a camera/ microscope with a stacking program.
Mind blowing. Would love to get back into that.
Still trying to get to a point where PP will help make my work better.
That lens has potential, up to me to learn the lens.
My feeling is that it will be a 'studio' lens. Tabletop. Better light control, less shake.
Thanks for your comment.
Bill
Oct 16, 2018 21:34:45 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
I have shot well over 1:1 many times with my cobbl... (show quote)
True flash. Five light levels. Under 25$ To my door. Specs say flash GN21, 5cm-2 m effective distance at 5500 k. 1/100 sec. I shot at 1/50 sec, full power flash. Napabob uses a flash rig I think will work better. I can duplicate his. Not to denigrate any help, but I expect to try suggestions and my own line. The experimentation failures can be a learning experience. Tinusbum also has a point, too. I said before, I have years of collecting cameras, lenses, doublers, tubes, coupling rings, you name it. Both film and digital. Now to learn how to use it. Thanks to the help I get here I will'get it' the quicker.
Bill
Oct 16, 2018 12:51:49 #
tinusbum wrote:
i forgot to say after 2 weeks i was ready sell my mpe-65. now,i'm sure glad i didnt.so hang in there
The thought had crisscrossed my mind. Thanks for the push.. As was said, far cry from sharp. I need to try to get some of the shake out. Next trial with pinned insects. Tripods, three axis focus rails, monitor. See what lens will do without me holding it back. And again, critique welcome.
Bill
Oct 16, 2018 11:13:20 #
After sitting in a Promenent place and a few days of fondly gazing at the lens I put it on the T21 I use. I had read the instructions. I started shooting film. Manual no problem. Next two weeks looking for "the light" to make it work. First shot is camera and flash. Took the diffusers off for more light. Next are at honey on Ricinus in a pot, and yellowjackets that got carried away. A fly and my finger. All at a bit over two x and handheld
I see much to be done. Critique welcome.
Bill
I see much to be done. Critique welcome.
Bill
Oct 14, 2018 21:20:36 #
[quote=Mark Sturtevant]The first pictures are of a coral-winged grasshopper (Pardolaphora apiculata). This one would not let me get too close.
Next are pictures of a great spangled fritillary ([i]Speyeria cybele) on milkweed.
Finally, we return to grasshoppers with what is probably the nymph of a red-winged grasshopper (Arphia pseudonietana). This one was taken with the help of either my Raynox 150 attachment or with extension tubes (I can't remember which).
‘Hopper nymphs are cute, I think, and are generally worth the trouble to photograph. A fun thing to do is to sweep around with the butterfly net, collecting small bugs including hopper nymphs, and then dumping the contents into an open patch or onto a bare log. Try to get pictures before the nymphs are on to you. It's a fun game if it works. Not so fun when they all hop off right away.[/quote]
Great flower, frittalary combo. Is that Asclepias? Still blooming in Minnesota? Here in Maryland milkweeds are past blooming.
Bill
Next are pictures of a great spangled fritillary ([i]Speyeria cybele) on milkweed.
Finally, we return to grasshoppers with what is probably the nymph of a red-winged grasshopper (Arphia pseudonietana). This one was taken with the help of either my Raynox 150 attachment or with extension tubes (I can't remember which).
‘Hopper nymphs are cute, I think, and are generally worth the trouble to photograph. A fun thing to do is to sweep around with the butterfly net, collecting small bugs including hopper nymphs, and then dumping the contents into an open patch or onto a bare log. Try to get pictures before the nymphs are on to you. It's a fun game if it works. Not so fun when they all hop off right away.[/quote]
Great flower, frittalary combo. Is that Asclepias? Still blooming in Minnesota? Here in Maryland milkweeds are past blooming.
Bill
Oct 13, 2018 14:33:28 #
tinusbum wrote:
i use Yongnuo YN-560 II,have for years.about $70 works on nikon and canon.
I may be closer than I think. I have similar flash units. Inveterate hoarder of photo gear, my second hobby. Thanks for your insights.
Bill
Oct 13, 2018 13:54:22 #
rwilson1942 wrote:
this morning.
The House Cricket is of European origin. This is one of the ones raised for the petfood trade. They are one of the few crickets that are non cannibals.
This one missing a wing and part of antenna? Nicely shot.
Bill