Procreation
Greetings to Artie and company on the awesome site!
No idea on the ID of these insects, but it looks to me that the upper insect has extended its "mouth" to "hold" the head of the lower insect during the union. :confused:
40D + 100 2.8 USM macro + MR-14 Ring Lite
1/160 sec, f/8, ISO 1000, manual exposure, -1/3 FEC, hand held, 6 MP crop before resizing
Levels/contrast/USM/NR on the BG
Thanks for looking and for any comments. :)
Last edited by Romy Ocon; 01-06-2008 at 07:44 PM.
Romy no idea either but looks like we will be having a lot more of them !!!!!!!!!!
I like the sharpness and detail Efficient flash use looks very natural Wish they were on a luscious leaf Excellent image !!!
A well executed capture. No nits at all...
The strong point here is that the image is sharp where it needs to be sharp. Impressive. Can you share with us exactly where on how you focused?
thanks and later and love, artie
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Impressive image - I would like to add to previous comments that you don't have a lot of highlights from the ring flash - the lighting is nice and even. Unfortunately, I don't know what these are either!
Very skillful execution here. DOF is right on.
Thanks all for the comments. :)
Artie, I prefer to use AI servo on hand held macro shots when working with very narrow DOFs at or near the lens's MFD. This of course allows the AF to adjust to my hand holding movements. I use center point when the background is busy (and might grab the attention of the AF system), and all points when the BG is featureless.Originally Posted by Arthur Morris
In this particular shot, I believe I used the center point in AI servo, pointed at the insects' head area.
Regards,
Hi Romy, good to see you here. I thought your only macro work are images of the moon. :)
I like this one a lot. Look forward to seeing more of your images.
Lol.... thanks, Axel....:)
Her Romy,
Long time no type... LOL
If is to funny to see your post as I was looking at your site not two hours ago..LOL
Great image!
Thanks, Eric... nice to see you around. :)
Perfect image, Romy!
Hello Romy,
Very nice shot of mating flies. Male on top.
The family is: Micropezidae (stilt-legged flies) This group can range from northern temperate climates, and obviously the tropics.
Regards,
Joe Warfel
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