Breakfast: Table for Two at the Touch-Me-Not Cafe

[Ed Vatza]

Image made early this morning at Jacobsburg State Park (PA). As I was setting up to work with the Pale Touch-Me-Not, the two insects decided it was a great place for breakfast. So rather than chase them, I worked them into the session... at bug union scale, of course! :D

I have enough trouble identifying the flowers, I didn't even try on the bugs.

Image made with my Canon Rebel XT, Sigma 150mm Macro lens, Canon 430 EX Flash w/ LumiQuest Softbox mounted on a flexible bracket and the whole rig tripod-mounted with a Novoflex Focusing Rail.

1/6 sec at f/16; ISO 800; 0 EV; FEC -1

[Robert O'Toole]

Interesting, the image is nicely framed and DOF and BG control is good. I like the angle on the opening of the bloom, the plane of focus is right on.

I think these flys are pollen feeding. Check out the proboscis on that one to the left.

Robert

[Ed Vatza]

Thanks Robert. Appreciate the feedback.

I probably should have said, for those not familiar with the Touch-Me-Not, that this is not a tattered flowered. That is what it is supposed to look like. I must admit that I was surprised the first time I looked in my field guide and saw those "gill slits" on the side.

[Mike Moats]

Hey Ed, very good details and interesting capture.