Cucumber beetle

[Alfred Forns]

I think this is a spotted cucumber beetle? Tiny little guy and found working a flower. Not many around this is the second we have spotted !!!

Comments welcome and much appreciated

Canon 1DMk3
Sigma 180 macro 1.4X (2) 25mm ext tubes
f 7.1 1/500 sec
Av + 1.0
ISO 1600
Canon MT24 light

[Julie Kenward]

Incredible soft colors you are getting in these images, Al. Do you think that's part of the +1 exposure compensation that you used? They are really lovely!

Great DOF again...that eye is wicked! It looks like a double helix in there!

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Jules The bug was under a flower so light was soft and I'm sure exp helps out Histogram wise could have gone one third over more light !!!

[Jay Gould]

Interesting bug!! Given the interesting shell, it would be nice in the future - you are the bug Man ;) - to shoot it at a full DOF to show more detail. Keep 'em crawling; oops :o, I mean coming!

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Jay I will be trying to shoot with different point of focus and combine Some of the bugs will stay still

At this distances the dof is basically zero and this little guys was moving plus a little tree movement so even mounted on a tripod had the get the speed up !!!

btw for actual crawling you cant beat a Panasonic FZ camera I used to have an FZ-20 and used a Nikon 3T Can hand hold and results are awesome !!! Gets in places you could not take a regular SLR !!!

[Dave Leroy]

Boy you really picked the matching bg colours also Alfred. Face and leaf within dof are nice and sharp while perhaps possible to see a bit of movement in antennas. Very nice. Dave

[Stephen Stephen]

Neat capture Alfred. I love the green and yellow of the body and the head reminds me of a character out of Men in Black.

[Thomas Herou]

Very nice bg and colour on the beetle.I love the dof and comp.
Way to go,Al!

[Don Lacy]

Very nice image the soft pastel colors work well here.