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ilkore !!rybbb5OcRVp
found a grasshopper clinging to my window screen.
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>> ilkore !!rybbb5OcRVp
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>> ilkore !!rybbb5OcRVp
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this is my fav of the buch..

for this shot, i changed the diy diffuser in my flash, from a round reflector (the t\ype you would see on a clamp light), that had a couple sheets of tissue paper taped to the end. now, my diffuser is a simple piece of plastic, i cut out, from a milk jug. it's still soft, but it provides much better edge detail.

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>> Anonymous
Love the setup you have with the black backdrop and reflective surface. Macro shots came out very nice too, lighting is fantastic. Great textures on the subject too!
>> Anonymous
shitsux
you should give your camera to me
>> NatureGuy !se3A3TwzdY
I don't have any input other than praise.

Simply fantastic simple composition shots man.
>> ilkore !!rybbb5OcRVp
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>>246918
thanks man!


here's a couple more, from today

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>> ilkore !!rybbb5OcRVp
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>> Anonymous
1.Squish it
2.Take pictures
3.???
4.Profit
>> NatureGuy !se3A3TwzdY
so are you tossing him in the fridge and such?

also whenever I try to photography grasshoppers they give me the meanest bites.
>> Anonymous
>>247265
I accidentally photography
Is this dangerous?
>> ilkore !!rybbb5OcRVp
>>247265
nope, no freezer with this one.. i keep him under a clear cup, and keep some bright lights on, until he gets used to them... then i turn all the lights off... when i do that, he lets me do whatever i want. i always grab them, by pinching them, at the very back of the wings. that way, they can only try to kick at you.
>> NatureGuy !se3A3TwzdY
>>247267
brainfart when typing, complain more.

>>247277
See I used to do that too, but the last few times they have latched onto finger with one leg, then turned themselves, bending their wings, to give me a nasty bite. Though I've been doing those neon green ones lately, maybe they're better at it. Seriously it's not cool though.

>>247259
Consider rotating this one to make the head perfectly strait and not slanted as it is.
>> Anonymous
Good macro shots, but f/45? Why the fuck? The dof you gain doesn't really justify the amount of sharpness that you will lose due to diffraction.
>> ilkore !h86Q9SYfoE
>>247301
it does when you are working with a hand-held light source, and want the entire head in focus... if i actually had the money for multiple lights, and stands, i would have just focus stacked at f8-f11. anything near the sweet spot, with that lens combo, is paper thin dof... the f45 is an extreme even for me.. usually i only go a couple stops from the max. i find i can usually get usable images at f22, though.
>> NatureGuy !se3A3TwzdY
>>247305
You can get work lights from lowes for like 10$ that work great for macro.
>> Shu
First of all - Fucking Great Photos!

Are you the same guy who took the shots of that mean looking spider and kept him in the fridge or something?

Pardon my ignorance, so to take these shots am I right in thinking you:

Placed the creepy crawly on a piece of clean glass or clear perspex

Had a couple of upright black boards as backgrounds

Turned the lights off

Held the camera in one hand/had it on a tripod

With the other hand used a hand held light ?

Then took photo and blam! - teh quality!

(unsure if you used flash or not)

Is it really that simple (beyond your skill in using the camera) ?

Am still trying to take decent shots, and people like you who post here and are open about how you achieve such great results and talk about it are amazingly encouraging I have to say...

I look forward to your next session!
>> ilkore !!rybbb5OcRVp
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>>247368
>>Are you the same guy who took the shots of that mean looking spider and kept him in the fridge or something?

yeah, i'm the one that did those wolf spider macros.


camera was on a tripod, and my diffused external flash, was in my hand; firing multiple times.

the backdrop, was a black velvet sheet.
in this shot, i went back to a round diffuser, for the flash (approx. 6" diameter). the flash was fired just above and behind the grasshopper, then from the left, and finally from the right.

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>> Anonymous
>>247284
Neon green? Sounds like a katydid. Those suckers bite HARD.
>> ilkore !!rybbb5OcRVp
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>> Shu
>>248022

Thanks for taking the time to explain, much appreciated!

Looking forward to the next shoot ; }
>> Anonymous
sweet work ilkore!
>> Anonymous
awesome.

Can you put up some of the spider ones? I never saw them.
>> ilkore !!rybbb5OcRVp
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my hard drive has mantis protection

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>> ilkore !!rybbb5OcRVp
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>>248070

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>> heavyweather !4AIf7oXcbA
>>248215
dude, that's awesome.
>>246719
>>247259
OMG COMBINE
>> NatureGuy !se3A3TwzdY
>>248024
a quick cursory a search proves your analysis to be correct