Some insect stuff

doenoe · Jan 14, 2009

Here are some pics of stuff i also found in the butterfly garden. And the last 3 pics are made in another part of the zoo.
#1 This mantis wasnt suposed to be in the butterfly exhibit, i think you can see the reason why (the butterfly got free btw)

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

#9

There are some more threads i made with more shots of this day. Here are the links:

Butterflies *funky green*
Butterwings
Butterflies *funky lighting*
Butterflies *the regular shots*

I processed about 60 shots, but they arent all in these threads. For the rest of the pics you can go to www.daanschouwe.nl

Thanks for looking
Greetz Daan

NateS · Jan 14, 2009

All are great but I'm really loving 6 and 9. Number 9 is absolutely incredible. As a matter of fact....
http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/1503440-post6.html

Flower Child · Jan 14, 2009

i have never seen such unbelievable macro work. you are so talented (and lucky with that first shot) haha

Battou · Jan 14, 2009

As always, nicely done.

I sent a link to this to some one I work with...

Her reply

ahhah, I like the spider one the best, partly because I'm partial to them and I like how you can see the hairs and webbing and stuff

Al-Wazeer · Jan 15, 2009

no.1 is really beautiful

what are these things in no.4 and what is that other thing in no.5 ?!
i've never seen things like this!

Binyamin! · Jan 15, 2009

I couldn't look at the spider, arachnaphobic

I'm sure it was beautiful though lol. I love the first one though, nice shots

doenoe · Jan 16, 2009

NateS said:
All are great but I'm really loving 6 and 9. Number 9 is absolutely incredible. As a matter of fact....
http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/1503440-post6.html

Thanks for the comment and thanks for the nomination

Flower Child said:
i have never seen such unbelievable macro work. you are so talented (and lucky with that first shot) haha

Well, thank you

And yes, i was really lucky with that first one. I didnt even notice the mantis at first. Was just thinking "Why is that butterfly acting so wierd" and then (after a minute or so) i noticed the mantis. It all made perfect sense then :lol:

Battou said:
As always, nicely done.

I sent a link to this to some one I work with...

Cheers

Al-Wazeer said:
no.1 is really beautiful

what are these things in no.4 and what is that other thing in no.5 ?!
i've never seen things like this!

Well, #4 are butterfly eggs. And #5 is the empty cocoon, the butterfly just came out and this is what was left over. Thanks for the reply

Binyamin! said:
I couldn't look at the spider, arachnaphobic I'm sure it was beautiful though lol. I love the first one though, nice shots

There were like 10 of these spiders in that tank, and this was one of the smaller ones. I think the biggest was about 15cm, but it was to far away to take a good shot. But i dont think you mind that

Thanks for the comment

LaFoto · Jan 16, 2009

Whoa. I like 3. And 4. And 5.
And ... ach, you know: once more I love them all. Including the spider pic. I like spiders well enough.

Those butterfly eggs though are of a soft, mild, simple beauty of their own. Can't say I've EVER seen such thing before.

You held the flash in your left hand and let it fire from there? With the left arm stretched out?

doenoe · Jan 17, 2009

When im walking around in the exhibit, i have the camera in my right hand and the flash in the left. When im taking the pic im just moving the left hand around, so i get the lighting that i want. So sometimes stretched, sometimes crossing my righthand and sometimes from above, etc, etc.
I always like the butterfly eggs. They are tiny (about 3mm across), but still got alot of detail in it.
Thanks again for your reply Corinna

surfingfireman · Jan 18, 2009

Wow. I actually like these better then your AWESOME butterfly shots. Mainly because personally I find these critters more interesting. I love #2 and #6. But what is #6? It looks like those aliens in Men In Black that talk to Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones...

doenoe · Jan 22, 2009

Thanks for the compliment

Im not really sure what #6 was, some kind of stick-insect. It does kinda look like the MIB aliens. Here is a picture with almost the whole bug on it:

surfingfireman · Jan 22, 2009

That is awesome. Such vibrant colour which of course defeats the purpose of looking like a stick...

polymoog · Jan 23, 2009

Wonderful shots, I particularly like 3 & 4

doenoe · Jan 28, 2009

I think im going to the zoo again this weekend. This stick was walking around in the butterfly exhibit, but i also saw them in the Insectarium. So i can find the name then, ill let you know then

Thanks for the replies guys

doenoe · Feb 14, 2009

ok, i went too the zoo again and found out that its a oreophoetes peruana, or Peruvian Fern Insect. They mostly eat ferns and they have these colors because they are poisonous. The one in the pics is a female, the males have more red on them and are smaller.