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Old 28-10-08, 12:21
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Originally Posted by Rokcet Scientist View Post
You like 'raging debates'?

Beautiful images of insects is good P.R. for billions upon billions of them. So freezing one – temporarily, as it doesn't have lasting effects – is at most a mild inconvenience* to that one particular insect, but more than worth the 'sacrifice' for the entire species of gazillions...!

*insects don't have feelings like mammals do.
Don't be so defensive. The discussion of cooling insects for photography got quite heated on the Canon forums a while back. It also got heated about the use of live bait for photographing owls.
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