magkelly
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Actually two McGees!
I spent about 20 minutes outside this morning shooting two different grasshopper nymphs. They're both Eastern Lubbers, grasshoppers from the same exact species but caught at vastly different stages in growth. When these are done growing they are huge, and they are colored a really ugly yellow. They're actually much more attractive bugs in their nymph stages.
The little guy I caught sitting on a bunch of old plastic near the steps to my house was about 1 1/2 inches maybe. The big guy on the wall was more like 4 inches!
The little guy, not so obliging. He let me have one quick shot before he hopped under the house. The big guy sat and walked around on the wall for a while and I got to use the AE1, my SP1, and my digital before we were done. He didn't like me in his face, but he didn't run far either.
I'm hoping I got some even better shots with the film cameras as I had the nicer lenses to use and my digital cameras zoom and macro settings aren't all that great. Still, I have to say I was pretty impressed with these. These are definitely some of the best bug shots I've gotten to date with this camera. I still had to process them, and as usual they're a bit softer focused than I'd like, but I had quite a bit more to work with than I usually do.
More of these later when I get the film back hopefully. He was really interacting a lot with the cast iron garden bugs, so I hope to have something even more interesting when those are developed.
The Little Guy...
The Big Guy...
I spent about 20 minutes outside this morning shooting two different grasshopper nymphs. They're both Eastern Lubbers, grasshoppers from the same exact species but caught at vastly different stages in growth. When these are done growing they are huge, and they are colored a really ugly yellow. They're actually much more attractive bugs in their nymph stages.
The little guy I caught sitting on a bunch of old plastic near the steps to my house was about 1 1/2 inches maybe. The big guy on the wall was more like 4 inches!
The little guy, not so obliging. He let me have one quick shot before he hopped under the house. The big guy sat and walked around on the wall for a while and I got to use the AE1, my SP1, and my digital before we were done. He didn't like me in his face, but he didn't run far either.
I'm hoping I got some even better shots with the film cameras as I had the nicer lenses to use and my digital cameras zoom and macro settings aren't all that great. Still, I have to say I was pretty impressed with these. These are definitely some of the best bug shots I've gotten to date with this camera. I still had to process them, and as usual they're a bit softer focused than I'd like, but I had quite a bit more to work with than I usually do.
More of these later when I get the film back hopefully. He was really interacting a lot with the cast iron garden bugs, so I hope to have something even more interesting when those are developed.
The Little Guy...
The Big Guy...
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