Post your insects

**ClaudioG** · 9th October 2013, 02:47 PM

**John 2** · 9th October 2013, 03:41 PM

Pin sharp and lots of impact Claudio. Nice shot.

**ClaudioG** · 9th October 2013, 04:23 PM

Thank you very much John...one thing i've changed lately with my macro work is im shooting at -0.3 ExpComp..and then i do push the vibrance and saturation up a bit more, do you think maybe ive gone a little to far?

**Geoff F** · 9th October 2013, 06:49 PM

Difficult to tell from this particular shot, Claudio. This is a scene that accepts high saturation well.

Brighter and more colourful subjects tend to require a more 'sympathetic' use of saturation and vibrance. That is when overuse of them will become more apparent.

**deetheturk** · 9th October 2013, 07:13 PM

Great image Claudio,what set up did you use for this shot? I.e lens e.t.c

**GeorgeM** · 9th October 2013, 07:25 PM

Originally Posted by ClaudioG

Thank you very much John...one thing i've changed lately with my macro work is im shooting at -0.3 ExpComp..and then i do push the vibrance and saturation up a bit more, do you think maybe ive gone a little to far?

I don't think so. Looks really good to me.

**ClaudioG** · 9th October 2013, 07:39 PM

Thank you all for kind comments. David I'm using a Nikon d5100 with Tamron 90 macro lens .vc. (This is newer version, VERY COOL)
This sounds ridiculous but i used my pop up flash...i made a home made diffuser , travels from flash to end of lens and diffuses above subject. Works well..but I'm looking to get an off camera flash for xmas..if my wife's cool with it

spot metering , and manual focus.

**orlcam88** · 11th October 2013, 08:01 PM

I had just finished shooting a waterfall when I saw this big guy hanging between a tree branch and a cliff. I got a little closer to take his/her photo. Not sure what kind of spider it is. I couldn't get a good shot topside so I couldn't get a pattern to match. I was pretty much afraid of it cause I wasn't sure if it was poisoness. I took this at Roscoe, NY.

I tried to look this up but all I get is cartoon butterflies. Don't ever put the word "pink" in your search! I'm not sure if it is a butterfly or a moth.

and a red Dragonfly

**Cantab** · 11th October 2013, 08:30 PM

Orlando, I have no idea what type of spider this is but particularly like the first photo.

**Brownbear** · 11th October 2013, 08:42 PM

All beautiful, but there is something extra special about that first photo...

Originally Posted by orlcam88

I had just finished shooting a waterfall when I saw this big guy hanging between a tree branch and a cliff. I got a little closer to take his/her photo. Not sure what kind of spider it is. I couldn't get a good shot topside so I couldn't get a pattern to match. I was pretty much afraid of it cause I wasn't sure if it was poisoness. I took this at Roscoe, NY.

I tried to look this up but all I get is cartoon butterflies. Don't ever put the word "pink" in your search! I'm not sure if it is a butterfly or a moth.

and a red Dragonfly

**graynomad** · 11th October 2013, 11:57 PM

It should be a butterfly, it's resting with wings up, moths are wings down. Although there may be exceptions.

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Rob

**Geoff F** · 12th October 2013, 06:57 PM

Yes, of course there are always many exceptions!

Quite a lot of moths rest with wings folded in the up position; and there are also many day flying moths.

But that does rather resemble our European Clouded Yellow Butterfly (Colias crocea). I'm not sure of their distribution world wide though, and there are several European versions. So it might just be rather similar.

Incidentally, just to be exact for a moment. Spiders are only poisonous if you eat them and get a bad reaction. If they bite you they are venomous! And all spiders are venomous in some form; but in many cases they can't bite through human skin or the venom is too weak.

But in reality, we all know what is meant by the term poisonous!

I'm not sufficiently knowledgeable about spiders outside the UK to suggest much in the way of identification.

**Letrow** · 13th October 2013, 09:22 AM

Who would eat the spiders Geoff

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That vibrance and saturation you use looks fine Claudio, but why are you using both? One should usually be sufficient I think. What do you use to sharpen the image? It looks good, no edges that are obvious.
I use just the high pass filter nowadays and forget about other sharpening techniques. Seems to work well so far.

**Letrow** · 21st October 2013, 03:02 PM

bumblebee on echinacea

pieris rapae

**Cantab** · 21st October 2013, 05:29 PM

Peter, the bumblebee photo is wonderful. She/he looks like it's having a good time!

**deetheturk** · 21st October 2013, 05:45 PM

Great images again Peter,well captured!

**Letrow** · 22nd October 2013, 02:31 PM

Thanks both of you. One of the few good days for insects if I remember correctly, so I took a lot of photos that day.

**Letrow** · 29th October 2013, 11:45 AM

Two butterflies

pieridae coliadinae

probably vanessa atalanta

**jcuknz** · 30th October 2013, 07:25 AM

Sinc we have MissRed talking about close-ups I will post and bring this folder to current attention.
Bees are rather small for me but here is a Bumble Bee ...

Nikon 5700 bridge camera.As all of these ....
How I usually find these creatures 'carpet beetles'? upside down on kitchen floor and below after I placed it on a plank outside and it was investigating the edge.