Robber Fly

Sulafat · Post by **Sulafat** » Mon Aug 19, 2019 8:07 am

Hello,

I'm a newbie to macro, starting about a half-year ago. I've been working on gear, technique, and light, as time and budget permits. I already had basic skills I developed in astrophotography and time-lapse photography. Here are a couple of my recent macro examples.

https://flic.kr/p/2gZRvse

https://flic.kr/p/2gZRtzg

One of the side effects of this hobby is that I've become interested in entomology and have started a collection of the common local insect fauna, to the disconcertion of my wife. One thing I've learned collecting specimens, is that we are never alone. Insects are everywhere. You just have to develop a "bug eye." I try to educate myself about the local insect populations so that I don't collect something that is critical. Its such a challenge since there are so many different families, much less individual species.

As an aside, if you have similar interests and are not yet aware of this website, check out:

https://bugguide.net/node/view/15740

Thanks,

Greg Brown
Tallahassee, Florida

brentbristol · Post by **brentbristol** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 4:55 pm

Beautiful and finely detailed. What lighting are you using?

MarkSturtevant · Post by **MarkSturtevant** » Wed Aug 28, 2019 8:01 pm

Very well done.

dunksargent · Post by **dunksargent** » Thu Aug 29, 2019 12:39 am

Excellent images

dunk

hayath · Post by **hayath** » Thu Aug 29, 2019 3:08 am

Very cool images! Almost have a super-3D feel

aveslux · Post by **aveslux** » Thu Aug 29, 2019 3:57 am

Is this not studio work, rather than nature?

Apologies for the interjection your photos are nice, but just in the wrong place on this forum?

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Sat Aug 31, 2019 10:04 am

Nice images, but yes, out of place in the Nature forum. Moved to Technical and Studio.

--Rik

Sulafat · Post by **Sulafat** » Sun Sep 08, 2019 10:55 am

brentbristol wrote:Beautiful and finely detailed. What lighting are you using?

Thanks! Ring flash and a couple of work lights using off-the-self LED bulbs (25 watts, I think, at about 5000K) with a DIY diffuser made from a large white plastic funnel I bought from a homebrew beer store. Its quite the contraption.

Sulafat · Post by **Sulafat** » Sun Sep 08, 2019 10:57 am

aveslux wrote:Is this not studio work, rather than nature?

Apologies for the interjection your photos are nice, but just in the wrong place on this forum?

Thanks. Sorry.