Vietnam part X
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Vietnam part X
Colourful katydid (Scambophyllum angustipenne):
Rhacophorus dulitensis:
Backlit cockroach:
Ant-mimicking wasp (Gelis sp.):
Harvestman with mite:
Mantisfly:
Leaf galls:
Backlit caterpillar:
Juvenile purple mantis (Leptomantella sp.):
Stink bug (Tessaratoma sp.):
under UV:
Thanks for looking and commenting,
Paul
Rhacophorus dulitensis:
Backlit cockroach:
Ant-mimicking wasp (Gelis sp.):
Harvestman with mite:
Mantisfly:
Leaf galls:
Backlit caterpillar:
Juvenile purple mantis (Leptomantella sp.):
Stink bug (Tessaratoma sp.):
under UV:
Thanks for looking and commenting,
Paul
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Very nice, Paul. I esp like the stink bug and the cute little wasp. That frog looks a little weird with zero catch light in its eyes though.
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Can't say I agree with that. Even photographed with just available light/natural light, catch lights will always be there. Subject looks listless with no catch light but we all have our own preferences
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Kurt - Keep in mind that I didn't say that the catchlights are unnatural, as you pointed out in NL they can be quite visible. I was referring simply to the particular shape and position of artificial catchlights appearing when flash is used and that I can find them to be more obtrusive and distracting than their removal. I'm not a fan of large reflections which behave almost like a mirror, displaying a ghosted version of the photographer. This tends to be the case in my photos since I don't use a light tent or quite as much diffusion.
Rik- This is the removal in post of the catchlights since cross-polarization which I have since abandoned tends to oversaturate the image in my opinion, and will flatten it even more than I have already done here.
Rik- This is the removal in post of the catchlights since cross-polarization which I have since abandoned tends to oversaturate the image in my opinion, and will flatten it even more than I have already done here.