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Awesome insect images
If you have any interest in photographing insects, check out this site:
http://www.pbase.com/rovebeetle/mostly_beetles Notice how small the beetles are. He has combined multiple images to get increased DOF. The pictures are quite outstanding, and illustrate how beautiful beetles can be. Creepy crawlies? Hardly. |
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BRILLIANT.
Hence my thoughts on a precision focussing stage. Don |
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Beautiful creatures when seen like that. I just hope they were not killed deliberately just for the shot though as even with such small creatures that goes against the ethos of the wildlife photographer. What do others think?
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Mike's right, after all it makes it more challenging to try and creep up on the subject, if the shot works,great if not it can just become a tad frustrating.
Alan |
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I agree with you Mike. When I looked at the site I went through the same thought process.
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I am with Intermos on Bird Forum. It is all about having a sense of proportion.
If you cut the grass, you kill lots of insects, maybe hundreds, and no-one cries "mass murder" or even cares. Go for a walk in the countryside and you walk on some. Go for a drive and you kill huge numbers, most on the windscreen and some under the tyres. Few of us have a second thought about splatting an irritating fly. So taking a few common beetles (one per species) is no big deal, as long as the habitat is not destroyed, and as long as there are plenty of the species about. The real problem is that modern agriculture is destroying the habitat, with fields that are little more than deserts of grass for livestock, or deserts of food crops, with pesticides killing the few insects that can live in those deserts. That is why I donate small sums to conservation bodies such as the RSPB. Personally I would feel ill at ease taking anything uncommon such as a Stag Beetle, which I feel is so magnificent that it should be left. But a Nettle Weavil? Or a common species of Ladybird? |
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