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- Mon May 16, 2011 10:51 pm
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Argentina field trip: green fly
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1978
- Sat Apr 16, 2011 11:31 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Incredible jumping spider behavior
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2648
Glad to learn many Photomacrogaphers like this video as much as me; thanks for your comments! Sorry to say that I don't know any of the details about the making of this video. Pete Cranston (who recently returned to Australia from U.C. Davis) said: "Jurgen was a grad student here [Australia], on mit...
- Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:41 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Incredible jumping spider behavior
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2648
Incredible jumping spider behavior
An Australian jumping spider that thinks it is a bird of paradise!
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GgAbyYDFeg>
(Link courtesy of Drs. Peter Cranston, U.C.Davis, and Martin Hauser, CA Dept. Food & Agric.)
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GgAbyYDFeg>
(Link courtesy of Drs. Peter Cranston, U.C.Davis, and Martin Hauser, CA Dept. Food & Agric.)
- Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:26 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: The Bratcam gets a Mitutoyo tube lens
- Replies: 17
- Views: 51219
- Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:55 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Lantern bug/lanternfly Pyrops spinolae
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2702
- Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:52 pm
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Erodius sp. 5x and 10x (thanks rovobeetle for the ID)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6913
- Tue Mar 29, 2011 1:19 pm
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Erodius sp. 5x and 10x (thanks rovobeetle for the ID)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6913
Javier, Your photos are fantastic! I'm especially impressed with the Mitutoyo 10x shots of this beetle (and the Tenebrio); like Rik says: a "wealth of detail...". If possible, could you please give more specific info on your tube lens setup with the Mitutoyo and morfanon (aperture type & position, d...
- Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:43 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Robber flies with prey
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2848
- Tue Mar 08, 2011 1:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum and Community Announcements
- Topic: Horse Fies of Canada . . .
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1866
- Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:39 pm
- Forum: Administrator's Appreciation Gallery...Macro and Close-up Images
- Topic: Playing with a mediterranean fruit fly
- Replies: 18
- Views: 22250
- Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum and Community Announcements
- Topic: morfa view
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1305
morfa view
I was very pleasantly surprised today, when I received my "Sierra" magazine March/April issue in the mail, to find John Hallmén's Camponotus ant head on the cover. Inside are six more large, beautiful insect photos from John -- including a two-page spread of his great leaf-rolling weevil image -- wh...
- Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:29 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Leica screw mount focusing tube? Leica Helicoid?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2718
Craig, Here is a Leica 135mm Elmar/ Hector type lens that looks like your item: see . I thought that a Visoflex was a type of reflex mirror setup, used to give a Leica Rangefinder an SLR-type ability. (Unfortunately, I've never been able to handle any of these Leica gems -- I only know of them from ...
- Sun Jan 30, 2011 10:52 am
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Eupholus magnificus
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2665
- Fri Jan 21, 2011 11:26 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Has anyone used the Nikon CFI60 tube lens?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 14003
Yes, it is an ant (and beautifully photographed!). It is a"turtle ant" -- Cephalotes sp. There are many species, some spiny, some not; see
- Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:16 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Asilidae body structure
- Replies: 2
- Views: 935
Hi Gustavo, This robber fly is a female of an Efferia sp. -- which is a very large genus (200+ spp.) in the Americas. As Harold says, the sword-shaped structure is the ovipositor (from tip of wing on); this shape of ovipositor is diagnostic for Efferia females. It looks like the abdomen has some 'ma...