black beetle

[UKBob]

Shot him up on beachy head this weekend.

[flameop]

we have a plant.. not sure what.. anyway.. its flowered and died and now covered in ones like that apart from they are all bright red but black heads n legs... bit disturbing.. :-/

[UKBob]

flameop said:

we have a plant.. not sure what.. anyway.. its flowered and died and now covered in ones like that apart from they are all bright red but black heads n legs... bit disturbing.. :-/

Can I offer you a quid and a SAE, to post one to me

[UKBob]

I would have loved to have taken him back to shoot in the light tent, but didnt have anything to put him in

[flameop]

tell ya what I'll shoot the little gits later... then if of intrest will pop a few in a memory card case and fedex them over! hows that sound?

[UKBob]

flameop said:

tell ya what I'll shoot the little gits later... then if of intrest will pop a few in a memory card case and fedex them over! hows that sound?

Fedex will cost you a tenner, vs a stamp/envelope/matchbox with holes in it. Alas, Im in an appartment, and dont have a garden, Ive even got to send off for ants to put in my ant farm ant farm was a gift btw

[flameop]

nah will put it through work

[V6GTO]

More bug pictures! I luv 'em

M.

[UKBob]

flameop said:

nah will put it through work

Shirley you cant be serious.

V6GTO said:

More bug pictures! I luv 'em

M.

Great critters to shoot. He was quite a bigun.

I regret stopping down to F10 - shutter speed (series of about 8 pics) was around 200-250. I wasnt too pleased to find that 6 of the 8 pics were too blurry to keep. Its all part of a learning curve. With the wind (plus camera was hand held with one hand) I probably could have used a 400/s shutter speed, for better results.

[Imperialism2024]

When I opened this thread, I was expecting a picture of a Volkswagen...

[_dobbo_]

UKBob said:

I regret stopping down to F10 - shutter speed (series of about 8 pics) was around 200-250. I wasnt too pleased to find that 6 of the 8 pics were too blurry to keep. Its all part of a learning curve. With the wind (plus camera was hand held with one hand) I probably could have used a 400/s shutter speed, for better results.

Don't beat yourself up too much Bob, you got one good'un.

[UKBob]

_dobbo_ said:

UKBob said:

I regret stopping down to F10 - shutter speed (series of about 8 pics) was around 200-250. I wasnt too pleased to find that 6 of the 8 pics were too blurry to keep. Its all part of a learning curve. With the wind (plus camera was hand held with one hand) I probably could have used a 400/s shutter speed, for better results.

Don't beat yourself up too much Bob, you got one good'un.

Thanks dobbo.

Do you think the blur at the end of the grass stalk is due to wind, or aperture?

[_dobbo_]

Hard to get an idea of perspective. At f/10 I'd be inclined to say it isn't due to aperture but I'm not really an expert by any means!

[flameop]

here ya go.. shot em with the 24-70 set to macro in the focus distance meter.. whatever that does.. didn't think it was?

any idea how to treat the things? leave em alone?.. about 30 of them on the plant :/

Funny thing was when I went round one side to shoot.. it did this! moved round the opposite side... camera shy bugz :0



eventually got one





and this is the left overs

Edited by flameop on Monday 24th July 22:42

[UKBob]

Nice bugs flameop. Dont worry about fedexing them over Im sure I'll stumble upon a big black bug oneday. Hopefully this summer if Im lucky. The first pic would look nice as a 50% (top area) crop.

[mrsmadmark]

V6GTO said:

More bug pictures! I luv 'em

me too, would love to see a pic of a stag beetle in flight if anyone has one

[flameop]

Thanks. Found it quite hard as they are constantly roaming about only 3 left this morning now.

[Podie]

mrsmadmark said:

V6GTO said:

More bug pictures! I luv 'em

me too, would love to see a pic of a stag beetle in flight if anyone has one

Nowt too demanding then..

[UKBob]

Podie said:

mrsmadmark said:

V6GTO said:

More bug pictures! I luv 'em

me too, would love to see a pic of a stag beetle in flight if anyone has one

Nowt too demanding then..

[Podie]

UKBob said:

Podie said:

mrsmadmark said:

V6GTO said:

More bug pictures! I luv 'em

me too, would love to see a pic of a stag beetle in flight if anyone has one

Nowt too demanding then..

Take one yerself...!