Longhorn beetle portraits

[orionmystery]

All natural light...mostly some slight manual stacking in CS3.

Batocera sp.,



full body shot




More beetles.

 

[kennysghost]

Very Very Cool shots!!


Looks like the bug is wearing sunglasses

 

[digital flower]

Ugly destructive bastard

 

[jriepe]

Simply amazing. The detaiil is phenomenal.

Jerry

 

[cgipson1]

beautifully done, Kurt! Love the eye detail.. lovely!

 

[Joey_Ricard]

Good grief these are totally interesting! Cant stop looking at that first one.

 

[cannpope]

Makes me think of the movie "The Predator" with that mouth.

 

[Omofo]

is that 5:1?

 

[PrestonS]

Could you tell a bit more about your stacking technique. From a shooting perspective and from PP. Thanks!

 

[orionmystery]

Very Very Cool shots!!

Looks like the bug is wearing sunglasses

Thank you, Kennyshost. Some says it's speaker grille

Ugly destructive bastard

Thanks digital flower.

Simply amazing. The detaiil is phenomenal.

Jerry

Thanks Jerry.

beautifully done, Kurt! Love the eye detail.. lovely!

Thank you, Charlie.

Good grief these are totally interesting! Cant stop looking at that first one.

Thanks, Joey.

Makes me think of the movie "The Predator" with that mouth.

Thanks cannpope.

is that 5:1?

Not even 1.4X. Was using 150mm with a 1.4x TC. So the maximum magnification is 1.4.

Could you tell a bit more about your stacking technique. From a shooting perspective and from PP. Thanks!

The camera was on tripod, so i just focused on 3 different depths. As for PP, i have a tutorial here: Manual focus stack for more DOF in CS3 | Up Close with Nature

 

[CreAting iMagERy Art]

Amazing detail, great work on the the exposures and dop!

 

[bell]

Amazing detail. It looks like an allien.

 

[orionmystery]

Amazing detail. It looks like an allien.

Amazing detail, great work on the the exposures and dop!

Thanks, bell, CIA.