People were quite excited prior to D3X press release. Some even started proclaiming the demise of Canon... until they found out that D3X cost $7000. :lol: I use a Canon 20D - 8Mp ... producing a 24Mbyte file. I don't know how Canon does it but the size of the 12MP RAW file from my 450D is only 14.6MB.

Well this has got to be one of the most educational thread I've read this month. Thanks for the unique creature and info Ken!!

Wow, that's pretty darn funky!! Trust the Dutch to make a macro shot trippy like this.

Long jawed spider. Full size http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/3031738503_9301d003d5_o.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/3031738503_d86b0d9a77.jpg Wet fly. Full size http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3139/3031738903_098e7fa7a7_o.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3139/3031738903_0709e2d945.jpg ...

Thanks again guys!!

Eric, I was also told the same thing by someone else though the person went as far as calling it Bactrocera musae.

That tick reminds me of Alien facehugger.

Being a little far from any substantial body of water, I can only wonder how you took these photos. Did you use telephoto lens for these frogs?

Thanks Ken!! :D If I could stack, I really would, but the fly and ant were live subjects and they didn't really keep still enough for a stack. Here's a couple more still at 5x, ony this time I didn't crop them like the first ant image. Full size http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3170/3015201326_3c22994...

I've always thought that the finer the material, the better the diffusion is going to be.

beetleman wrote:beautiful insects and some nice DOF on them for the magnifaction. You did a fine job on the ant. A nice face shot.

Thank you beetleman. DOF is relative to the size of the insect so I can't really take credit for that. The fly and ant were simply very small.

Fuzzy black ant. 5x magnification, ISO200, f/9 @ 1/160s. Full size, http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3142/3015107374_4709178cef_o.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3142/3015107374_4e639d086c.jpg I don't know what kind of fly this is. 5x magnification, ISO200, f/9 @ 1/160s. Full size, http://farm4.sta...

Thanks for the explanation Betty. :D I've edited the way I typed the name accordingly and you're right about it not necessarily being the S. acunta species. I only picked it because it's the closest one I can get seeing as this species is common in my state (NSW). Even then, there seem to be 5 very ...

rjlittlefield wrote:You've probably already seen this already, but http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollivan_jon/2800247065/ shows a very similar creature with that name attached.

--Rik

I was about to post that link here actually.

I found out what they are!!

They're supposed to be the 4th instar nymph of a species called Siphanta acuta or Green Planthopper or Torpedo bug. Can anyone confirm this?

Looks like CS4 workflow can be both its strength and weakness at the same time. Keeping all the images for a non-destructive workflow sure does take a LOT of RAM and HDD space. I think they've only added focus stacking because this is the first PS that runs 64bit natively so you can use more than th...

Thank you Harold. The first two were shot using f/11 and the last one f/13. I think it's more my own beginner mistake for not utilising the plane of focus more effectively.