Very Tiny Caterpillar

[NateS]

This guy was so small that I honestly didn't even him until I reviewed some random shots of a stick I took. Only got one good shot before he curled up on me.

Oh, and I am loving this 1:1 stuff...and handheld is not as hard with 180mm 1:1 as I thought it would be.

 

[Overread]

Ohh lucky! but I think its a millipede/centipede or something akin to those spcies rather than a caterpiller (esp with the rolling up) And yah rolling up and going mad to get back under things is something they do a lot - makes shooting them tricky - you got better than me (best I've got is a side of one as it scurries away)

 

[NateS]

Ohh lucky! but I think its a millipede/centipede or something akin to those spcies rather than a caterpiller (esp with the rolling up) And yah rolling up and going mad to get back under things is something they do a lot - makes shooting them tricky - you got better than me (best I've got is a side of one as it scurries away)

Crap. It's a millipede and I knew that....even said millipede in my head as I apparently typed caterpillar. Thanks for your comments.

 

[Hardrock]

Very nice!! Ive been on the insect hunt and Im striking out. Macro is so addicting! How close where you with the 180mm at 1:1? With my 100mm I would have been about 6 inches or so.

 

[NateS]

Very nice!! Ive been on the insect hunt and Im striking out. Macro is so addicting! How close where you with the 180mm at 1:1? With my 100mm I would have been about 6 inches or so.

Thanks. I'd say I was roughly 12" away from the front of my lens to the millipede. Seems like minimum focus distance from the end of my lens to subject is about 12-14".

 

[sojourn]

Nice capture of those compound eyes.