Thanks Richard. I did notice a lot of caterpillar photos on your site! The Io caterpillars were everywhere in that tree and it was impossible to get a good head shot of one of them while they were feeding. In the end, I filled the frame with color and spines and feet! I think the Velveta(sic) did it's usually incredible job of color saturation and depth.
When I have time (and a lot more money (more on that later) I'm going to build a multiple flash bracket for better shadow control and background rendition. I get a lot of comments about the mossie pictures from my co-workers. I learned a lot about camera control and stability by shooting those one handed. All I can say is the Grip B on the LX made it possible! I'd be interested in learning your techniques with regards to macros. What kind of flash, lenses, magnification rates, etc. Thanks again. Christian Skofteland > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Seaman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Christian, > > Very nice photos! I especially like the Io Moth caterpillar, > that guy's > real photogenic: > > http://photography.skofteland.net/insects/insect08.htm > > As you probably saw from my website, caterpillars have become a real > favorite of mine; all the photos up there were taken this > last summer. The > incredible variety, colors and patterns of them amaze me. > > The Chinese Mantid is pretty cool, too: > > http://photography.skofteland.net/insects/insect10.htm > > I just got a similar photo of a mantis a couple of weeks ago, > I'll turn it > into wallpaper some time in the next few months. > > The photos of the mosquito drinking blood from your arm were > pretty amusing. > This sort of photo taking must be a characteristic of insect macro > photographers - perhaps it's an ability to see beauty > everywhere, even where > other people only see a "bug". When I innocently put some of > the insect > wallpapers onto my PC at work, some of my female colleagues > were appalled, > and no amount of explanation of their beauty or interesting > behavior would > convince them otherwise! I have photos of a tick crawling up > my arm, but I > must admit I didn't wait until it started feeding before removing it! > > Richard. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
