Forum: Photography

Subject: Bug Hunting

vlaaitje opened this issue on Aug 16, 2006 · 42 posts

vlaaitje posted Wed, 16 August 2006 at 1:44 PM

I went out today just for shooting bugs. And I had good luck. I want to share some here. I made some crickets and butties and dragonflies. Love that green monster hahaha

click on image and open the full window to see the details,

it is really an alien !!!!

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vlaaitje posted Wed, 16 August 2006 at 1:44 PM

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vlaaitje posted Wed, 16 August 2006 at 1:45 PM

picture 3:

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vlaaitje posted Wed, 16 August 2006 at 1:46 PM

picture 4: the whole body

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vlaaitje posted Wed, 16 August 2006 at 1:48 PM

picture 5:

I just saw again my favorite butterfly, first in flight and later I could take some shots closer

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vlaaitje posted Wed, 16 August 2006 at 1:50 PM

picture 6:

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vlaaitje posted Wed, 16 August 2006 at 1:51 PM

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vlaaitje posted Wed, 16 August 2006 at 1:55 PM

picture 8:

if it is not allowed to post more here.......then one of the moderators can delete some, I am not sure about the limit. I took this couple not that close....I must go in to the water to get them closer..so my boots where full of water....but I have my shot !!!

all taken with my:

Camera CANON EOS 30D:

with SIGMA 105 mm 1:2'8 DG MACRO lens

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vlaaitje posted Wed, 16 August 2006 at 2:05 PM

picture 9:

forgot this fly, not sure which one it is the horse fly

not sure if it is the striped horsefly

or this one daas  the dutch name for it

 

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TwoPynts posted Wed, 16 August 2006 at 3:04 PM

I don't think there is a specified limit. Wonderful photos one and all, thanks for sharing them here. :)

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

danob posted Wed, 16 August 2006 at 3:19 PM

Superb series.. No this is Tabanus Bromius a Robust Horse-fly latin names are better as they are universal and saves confusion form our common names

Danny O'Byrne  http://www.digitalartzone.co.uk/

"All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for the inability to notice" Eliott Erwitt

vlaaitje posted Wed, 16 August 2006 at 3:25 PM

Thanks Danny....and glad to hear from you that you liked the horsefly series...I was not sure....but if you say they are good then it must be GOOD !!! And thanks for the name....I am not a fan of this fly haha, but he looks gorgeous....BTW I asked you how many shots you can share here...and you said so far you know there is no limit!!!! So don't blame me .......lol.....kidding..would be nice to see more insect shots here from other members

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Radlafx posted Wed, 16 August 2006 at 5:19 PM

Which gender is the blue damsel fly. And what is the green?

Question the question. Answer the question. Question the answer...

I wish I knew what I was gonna say :oP

vlaaitje posted Wed, 16 August 2006 at 5:41 PM

mmmmmmmmm I am  not sure..I must ask Danob.....or search in my book..I will do later I am tired now it is late here in Holand now !!! I long for the smell of my pillow...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Firesnuffer posted Wed, 16 August 2006 at 5:51 PM

ALL of those a lovely, Ilona, and tastefully (for bugs) presented. Dry your feet and get some rest, it looks like you had a full day.

Manning

babuci posted Wed, 16 August 2006 at 6:02 PM

Hello Ilona! I like your bug series.  My shot is a stick bug, we find it a years ago in our backyard, it was a loooong bug I tell ya. After the shot been taken we took it to the park where it's belong, not in an urban backyard where to much noise and movement.

seeya  Tunde

Radlafx posted Wed, 16 August 2006 at 6:10 PM

Ilona, I love your photography its awesome. #3 is really neat.

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I wish I knew what I was gonna say :oP

FuzzyShadows posted Wed, 16 August 2006 at 11:18 PM

Awesome shots Ilona. They are so sharp. I can't believe you got a butterfly in flight too. They are so fast!  As for the damsel flies, the blue one is the male.

Keep on bug hunting!

 

gradient posted Wed, 16 August 2006 at 11:39 PM

Sweet, sweet shots....congrats!!!

In youth, we learn....with age, we understand.

vlaaitje posted Thu, 17 August 2006 at 2:41 AM

Thanks for the  nice words.......want to see some more insects here.....

babuci: what a big one, never seen one in real....cool

Firesnuffer: O yes if I go for insects then I am really in trance.....I don't care if my trouwser is full with mudd....hahha

FuzzyShadows: yes I was happy and had good luck to catch it in flight, because I used my macrolens no zoom lens......the swallowtail is my favorite butterfly, it reminds me on my brother that pAste away 6 years ago

Radlafx: the blue one is the male.....then must the green one the female...haha

Radlafx: yep I like that one too...imagine how I took the crickets....one hand the leaf with the cricket on it.........and the other hand my camera.......shaking shaking....lol

MORE INSECTS PLEASE

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GiMi53 posted Thu, 17 August 2006 at 4:39 AM

Congratulations Ilona for these extra-ordinary sharp macros... all these pictures are for sure worth to upload  in your gallery !

I fully understand that you almost went into the water to capture the damsels...

(I'm not on my PC right now... visiting Lledeline & Lafayette in Orleans... we really have fun and endless discussions together... but I can't post an insect for you right now... will do it later, I promise !)

:~)

"In Life, as in Photography, things look much brighter, once you remove the lens cap"

TomDart posted Thu, 17 August 2006 at 7:14 AM

Very nice series. Thanks very much for the photos to share.       Tom.

Tunde, is that thing for real? Wow.

TwoPynts posted Thu, 17 August 2006 at 7:51 AM

Okay Ilona, you asked for more... Please excuse the quality of these shots, it is not always easy to photograph an insect on your shirt. :) *(that is one BIG stick bug Tunde!)*

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vlaaitje posted Thu, 17 August 2006 at 9:58 AM

TwoPynts: eeeeeeeeeewk they look nasty.....on your shirt? brrrrrrrrrrr..tell me what it is please

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TwoPynts posted Thu, 17 August 2006 at 10:33 AM

No idea really, though the red one looks like some sort of assasin bug. Maybe Danny can help out.

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Radlafx posted Thu, 17 August 2006 at 3:01 PM

What kind of sucker is this?

Question the question. Answer the question. Question the answer...

I wish I knew what I was gonna say :oP

TwoPynts posted Thu, 17 August 2006 at 3:09 PM

Dunno...but pretty neat! Maybe a Jimmy Durante fly? ;^P

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FuzzyShadows posted Fri, 18 August 2006 at 12:07 AM

Tunde, your picture is freaking me out! That's scary.

Radlafx, awesome shot. I'll take a guess and say it's a type of hover fly, sometimes called a flower fly.

Kort, your second one is fantastic. I can't even take a guess at it though. I'm gonna have to do some research. The first one appears to be a robber fly?

Excellent and fun shots everyone!

Radlafx posted Fri, 18 August 2006 at 12:30 AM

A hover fly? When I first saw it I thought it as a mosquito because it was biting my friends finger.

Question the question. Answer the question. Question the answer...

I wish I knew what I was gonna say :oP

FuzzyShadows posted Fri, 18 August 2006 at 2:04 AM

Here's a bug I've yet to indentify. The funny thing about the image was the fact I was shooting a colony of digger wasps, and this guy came out of nowhere to try and catch one of the wasps. Directly behind the bug you'll notice a small group of rocks. One of the wasps had just covered it's burrow with those rocks, and blam, the hunter runs into frame in what seemed like a billionth of a second. The wasp flew away unharmed. You can see from his expression, that's he's mad at missing his prey. But not half as mad as I was that I didn't get a shot of the confrontation! Grrrr.

TwoPynts posted Fri, 18 August 2006 at 8:22 AM

Cool shot of this neat bug, and a great story fuzzy!

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

FuzzyShadows posted Sat, 19 August 2006 at 12:48 AM

Ok, after looking through 3 gabillion bug pictures, I'd have to agree with you kort... assasin bug. It looks a heck of a lot like the milkweed assasin.

Erlik posted Sat, 19 August 2006 at 6:21 AM

Assassin bug? Somebody paid it to do a job on you? :-)

-- erlik

danob posted Sat, 19 August 2006 at 10:11 AM

Hard to say with bugs until you get other angles Korts top one is probably a robber fly of some sort

Danny O'Byrne  http://www.digitalartzone.co.uk/

"All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for the inability to notice" Eliott Erwitt

vlaaitje posted Sun, 20 August 2006 at 4:00 AM

Radlafx: he sting you?? looks like.....

FuzzyShadows: wow, what an intresting story......I don't know what it is

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Radlafx posted Sun, 20 August 2006 at 1:19 PM

@ Ilona. The fly didn't sting me, it stung someone else. That aint my finger.😉

Question the question. Answer the question. Question the answer...

I wish I knew what I was gonna say :oP

vlaaitje posted Sun, 20 August 2006 at 1:34 PM

here some new shots taken from a distance

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vlaaitje posted Sun, 20 August 2006 at 1:35 PM

next one

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vlaaitje posted Sun, 20 August 2006 at 1:36 PM

last one of the swallowtail

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FuzzyShadows posted Mon, 21 August 2006 at 2:16 AM

Some more fantastic shots Ilona. The second one has some very interesting mushrooms in it too.

GiMi53 posted Mon, 28 August 2006 at 3:44 PM

I promised (see above) to post an insect for you, Ilona (BTW, I don't know the name of this one...)

First my friend did not understand why I was pointing my camera at her pants ... lol !

(Sorry, I first uploaded this in the wrong thread...)

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vlaaitje posted Tue, 29 August 2006 at 12:52 AM

GiMi53: wow....cool....and so nice thet you remember this thread........I think it is a grasshopper......such a wonderful insect....it hops this time the wrong way......hahahaha you made me laugh !!!! Thanks for posting.....

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