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Nice shot Christian. The colours look great and the detail is very fine.Looks like that equipment combo works very well.:-) Dave http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id16.html 17-year periodical cicadas of Brood X have begun emerging and molting around the Washington, DC area. This one was shot in the woods around the National Zoo, where I was with my two daughters today. For those who crave details: *ist D, Sigma AF 300mm F4 APO Macro, Sigma EX 1.4x TC, AF360FGZ on macro flash bracket in P-TTL mode. ISO 200, F8 @ 1/150. Shot RAW and converted to tif with PhotoLab. Resized and converted to jpeg with PS 7.0. Full-frame. I'm looking forward to shooting this guys when they begin emerging around my home. Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Holy insecticides, they've never seen eBay before! Nor have they seen anything from Pentax since the SFX... Now that's scary because, except for the ME-F that was Pentax's first AF 35mm camera... And Reagan was in the White House (with dubya's dad as VP) Maggie won a third term Televangelist Jim Baker was banging Jessica Hahn Gary Hart was banging Dona Rice on the Monkey Business The USS Stark was hit by a missile from an Iraqi plane (the more things change...) A bunch of people were kidnapped in Lebanon A West German Kid landed a plane in Red Square There was still a West and East Germany and a Soviet Union! The Iran-Contra hearings were going on Some French dudes sank Greenpeace's boat Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Martha Stewart signed a contract with K-Mart Oh and some dudes with shovels started trying to chunnel out of England... Only mistake is that they were heading towards France. Christian Oooh! Cutting! Also: the virus Dobo.exe was still only a few lines of code in a suspension liquid somewhere. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _
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seventeen years -- wow, that would be 1987. Has it really been SEVENTEEN YEARS since my graduation?? Where has the time gone? What have I DONE with my life? Oh my! Is it time for a midlife crisis?? ERN I was class of 78, but I'm doing okay - I've booked my crisis for 2008. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _
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78 what? Dr. Shaun Canning Cultural Heritage Services Lawrence Way, Karratha, Western Australia, 6714 0414-967644 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.heritageservices.com.au -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 5:37 PM To: pentax list Subject: Re: PAW - There heeere.. seventeen years -- wow, that would be 1987. Has it really been SEVENTEEN YEARS since my graduation?? Where has the time gone? What have I DONE with my life? Oh my! Is it time for a midlife crisis?? ERN I was class of 78, but I'm doing okay - I've booked my crisis for 2008. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _
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78 what? 1978. Class of 1978. In the US it's the year of graduation from high school Cheers, Cotty Oh. Cotty: 1987 was my university graduation. Not high school (that was 1980.) ERN
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Sportscar, Blond or both? Cotty wrote: seventeen years -- wow, that would be 1987. Has it really been SEVENTEEN YEARS since my graduation?? Where has the time gone? What have I DONE with my life? Oh my! Is it time for a midlife crisis?? ERN I was class of 78, but I'm doing okay - I've booked my crisis for 2008. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _
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On 20/5/04, THE ALLINGATOR, discombobulated, offered: I was class of 78, but I'm doing okay - I've booked my crisis for 2008. Sportscar, Blond or both? Sportscar, blond, AND redhead 8-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _
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On 19/5/04, tv, discombobulated, offered: http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id16.html Cool. Got this one on the way out of a church last weekend - http://www.bigdayphoto.com/tom/images/cicada.jpg I was hoping he was laying in wait for the bride, but he let her go... tv These things for real? They look like props from Judge Dredd. BTW tv I've emailed you separately about the van - I'm sure you're a busy boy, but can you let me know how much money please! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _
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-Original Message- From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id16.html http://www.bigdayphoto.com/tom/images/cicada.jpg These things for real? They look like props from Judge Dredd. Yep they are real. about 3 inches long and in densities of 500,000 - 1,000,000 per acre. My co-workers complain about how hard it is to walk in some areas without crunching over their bodies or discarded exoskeletons. Cars can skid out of control on their bodies. The noise can be deafening as well as they woo their mates. Imagine spending 17 years underground sucking tree roots and then only having a few weeks to mate. and then you die Christian
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-Original Message- From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Christian Skofteland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id16.html Cool. Got this one on the way out of a church last weekend - http://www.bigdayphoto.com/tom/images/cicada.jpg I was hoping he was laying in wait for the bride, but he let her go... thanks tom. I'm still waiting for a picture of a bride with half a dozen cicadas perched on her vail! Christian
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On 19/5/04, CHRISTIAN, discombobulated, offered: Yep they are real. about 3 inches long and in densities of 500,000 - 1,000,000 per acre. My co-workers complain about how hard it is to walk in some areas without crunching over their bodies or discarded exoskeletons. Cars can skid out of control on their bodies. The noise can be deafening as well as they woo their mates. Imagine spending 17 years underground sucking tree roots and then only having a few weeks to mate. and then you die Holy insecticides, they've never seen eBay before! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _
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- Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 19/5/04, CHRISTIAN, discombobulated, offered: Yep they are real. about 3 inches long and in densities of 500,000 - 1,000,000 per acre. My co-workers complain about how hard it is to walk in some areas without crunching over their bodies or discarded exoskeletons. Cars can skid out of control on their bodies. The noise can be deafening as well as they woo their mates. Imagine spending 17 years underground sucking tree roots and then only having a few weeks to mate. and then you die Holy insecticides, they've never seen eBay before! Nor have they seen anything from Pentax since the SFX... Now that's scary because, except for the ME-F that was Pentax's first AF 35mm camera... And Reagan was in the White House (with dubya's dad as VP) Maggie won a third term Televangelist Jim Baker was banging Jessica Hahn Gary Hart was banging Dona Rice on the Monkey Business The USS Stark was hit by a missile from an Iraqi plane (the more things change...) A bunch of people were kidnapped in Lebanon A West German Kid landed a plane in Red Square There was still a West and East Germany and a Soviet Union! The Iran-Contra hearings were going on Some French dudes sank Greenpeace's boat Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Martha Stewart signed a contract with K-Mart Oh and some dudes with shovels started trying to chunnel out of England... Only mistake is that they were heading towards France. Christian
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- Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 19/5/04, CHRISTIAN, discombobulated, offered: Yep they are real. about 3 inches long and in densities of 500,000 - 1,000,000 per acre. My co-workers complain about how hard it is to walk in some areas without crunching over their bodies or discarded exoskeletons. Cars can skid out of control on their bodies. The noise can be deafening as well as they woo their mates. Imagine spending 17 years underground sucking tree roots and then only having a few weeks to mate. and then you die Holy insecticides, they've never seen eBay before! Nor have they seen anything from Pentax since the SFX... Now that's scary because, except for the ME-F that was Pentax's first AF 35mm camera... And Reagan was in the White House (with dubya's dad as VP) Maggie won a third term Televangelist Jim Baker was banging Jessica Hahn Gary Hart was banging Dona Rice on the Monkey Business The USS Stark was hit by a missile from an Iraqi plane (the more things change...) A bunch of people were kidnapped in Lebanon A West German Kid landed a plane in Red Square There was still a West and East Germany and a Soviet Union! The Iran-Contra hearings were going on Some French dudes sank Greenpeace's boat Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Martha Stewart signed a contract with K-Mart Oh and some dudes with shovels started trying to chunnel out of England... Only mistake is that they were heading towards France. Christian seventeen years -- wow, that would be 1987. Has it really been SEVENTEEN YEARS since my graduation?? Where has the time gone? What have I DONE with my life? Oh my! Is it time for a midlife crisis?? ERN
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-Original Message- From: Christian Skofteland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id16.html Cool. Got this one on the way out of a church last weekend - http://www.bigdayphoto.com/tom/images/cicada.jpg I was hoping he was laying in wait for the bride, but he let her go... tv
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Nice shot Christian! Can't complain about anything! REply to comment from frank below: I wonder what the purpose/function is of the dark pupil-looking thing is in the centre? It doesn't actually exist. The number of times I've had to answer this question since taking insect photos... (-: Yep, it's a compound eye, and as such, is made up of hundreds of tubular ommatidia (the name for the simple photocell). Each ommatidium points in a slighly different direction (imagine a ball covered with spikes), and the black 'pupil-looking thing' is where you're seeing right down to the bottom of a few ommatidium (here it's black, of course, because the pigments here are *made* to absorb light!), the red/[insert particular insect eye colour here] is the sides of the ommatidia - these aren't facing you/the camera. The result is a set of eyes (far-cleverer-than-Mona's) that follow you around the room. Just don't ask me why butterflies and some other insects have several accompanying paler black spots as well as the main one... Ah... the things that get a bug-man excited q-: David Anyway, framing, exposure, vibrant colours (love those emerald-greens!) are all right there and spot-on. Wonderful photo. thanks, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW - There heeere.. Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 22:20:34 -0400 http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id16.html 17-year periodical cicadas of Brood X have begun emerging and molting around the Washington, DC area. This one was shot in the woods around the National Zoo, where I was with my two daughters today. For those who crave details: *ist D, Sigma AF 300mm F4 APO Macro, Sigma EX 1.4x TC, AF360FGZ on macro flash bracket in P-TTL mode. ISO 200, F8 @ 1/150. Shot RAW and converted to tif with PhotoLab. Resized and converted to jpeg with PS 7.0. Full-frame. I'm looking forward to shooting this guys when they begin emerging around my home. Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN Premium http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
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I didn't even catch that from Bruce. Got your joke, however, Shel... ;-) Christian - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 11:15 PM Subject: Re: PAW - There heeere.. Hey Bruce, Your comment is so appropriate for the subject LOL Shel Belinkoff [Original Message] From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Man, you're macro shots are getting better and better.
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Frank, It's inexplicable. He (or she) knows more than you do. Explication is a perfectly good word, and certainly not a mis-pronunciation. John On Mon, 17 May 2004 18:01:44 -0400, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, Dave, Thanks for the explication (as one of my kids used to pronounce explanation G). I kind of knew when I typed it (or very shortly thereafter) that if it's an insect, 't'would have to be a compound eye; one of the few things I recall from high school biology, I think. And, I was thinking after I posted, that the spot would likely be some sort of reflection/refraction/optical anomoly/whatever. You've explaned it quite well, however. I'll never ask the question again!! vbg cheers from a non-bug guy, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: David Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PAW - There heeere.. Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 18:27:06 +1000 Nice shot Christian! Can't complain about anything! REply to comment from frank below: I wonder what the purpose/function is of the dark pupil-looking thing is in the centre? It doesn't actually exist. The number of times I've had to answer this question since taking insect photos... (-: Yep, it's a compound eye, and as such, is made up of hundreds of tubular ommatidia (the name for the simple photocell). Each ommatidium points in a slighly different direction (imagine a ball covered with spikes), and the black 'pupil-looking thing' is where you're seeing right down to the bottom of a few ommatidium (here it's black, of course, because the pigments here are *made* to absorb light!), the red/[insert particular insect eye colour here] is the sides of the ommatidia - these aren't facing you/the camera. The result is a set of eyes (far-cleverer-than-Mona's) that follow you around the room. Just don't ask me why butterflies and some other insects have several accompanying paler black spots as well as the main one... Ah... the things that get a bug-man excited q-: David Anyway, framing, exposure, vibrant colours (love those emerald-greens!) are all right there and spot-on. Wonderful photo. thanks, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW - There heeere.. Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 22:20:34 -0400 http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id16.html 17-year periodical cicadas of Brood X have begun emerging and molting around the Washington, DC area. This one was shot in the woods around the National Zoo, where I was with my two daughters today. For those who crave details: *ist D, Sigma AF 300mm F4 APO Macro, Sigma EX 1.4x TC, AF360FGZ on macro flash bracket in P-TTL mode. ISO 200, F8 @ 1/150. Shot RAW and converted to tif with PhotoLab. Resized and converted to jpeg with PS 7.0. Full-frame. I'm looking forward to shooting this guys when they begin emerging around my home. Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN Premium http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
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John, My kid(s) may be smarter than me, but I was way smarter than them when I was their age... vbg cheers, frank ps: Three beautiful girls, BTW... The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PAW - There heeere.. Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 23:47:28 +0100 Frank, It's inexplicable. He (or she) knows more than you do. Explication is a perfectly good word, and certainly not a mis-pronunciation. John On Mon, 17 May 2004 18:01:44 -0400, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, Dave, Thanks for the explication (as one of my kids used to pronounce explanation G). I kind of knew when I typed it (or very shortly thereafter) that if it's an insect, 't'would have to be a compound eye; one of the few things I recall from high school biology, I think. And, I was thinking after I posted, that the spot would likely be some sort of reflection/refraction/optical anomoly/whatever. You've explaned it quite well, however. I'll never ask the question again!! vbg cheers from a non-bug guy, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: David Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PAW - There heeere.. Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 18:27:06 +1000 Nice shot Christian! Can't complain about anything! REply to comment from frank below: I wonder what the purpose/function is of the dark pupil-looking thing is in the centre? It doesn't actually exist. The number of times I've had to answer this question since taking insect photos... (-: Yep, it's a compound eye, and as such, is made up of hundreds of tubular ommatidia (the name for the simple photocell). Each ommatidium points in a slighly different direction (imagine a ball covered with spikes), and the black 'pupil-looking thing' is where you're seeing right down to the bottom of a few ommatidium (here it's black, of course, because the pigments here are *made* to absorb light!), the red/[insert particular insect eye colour here] is the sides of the ommatidia - these aren't facing you/the camera. The result is a set of eyes (far-cleverer-than-Mona's) that follow you around the room. Just don't ask me why butterflies and some other insects have several accompanying paler black spots as well as the main one... Ah... the things that get a bug-man excited q-: David Anyway, framing, exposure, vibrant colours (love those emerald-greens!) are all right there and spot-on. Wonderful photo. thanks, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW - There heeere.. Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 22:20:34 -0400 http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id16.html 17-year periodical cicadas of Brood X have begun emerging and molting around the Washington, DC area. This one was shot in the woods around the National Zoo, where I was with my two daughters today. For those who crave details: *ist D, Sigma AF 300mm F4 APO Macro, Sigma EX 1.4x TC, AF360FGZ on macro flash bracket in P-TTL mode. ISO 200, F8 @ 1/150. Shot RAW and converted to tif with PhotoLab. Resized and converted to jpeg with PS 7.0. Full-frame. I'm looking forward to shooting this guys when they begin emerging around my home. Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN Premium http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ _ MSN Premium: Up to 11 personalized e-mail addresses and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
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That's just amazing detail, Christian! And, a lovely shot, too. Well, as lovely as a bug can be, I guess... g Seriously, I like the way the back of the wing is soft, but the head, legs and thorax are nice and sharp. Weird looking eyes! Almost makes one forget they're compound eyes (they are compound eyes, right?). I wonder what the purpose/function is of the dark pupil-looking thing is in the centre? Anyway, framing, exposure, vibrant colours (love those emerald-greens!) are all right there and spot-on. Wonderful photo. thanks, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW - There heeere.. Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 22:20:34 -0400 http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id16.html 17-year periodical cicadas of Brood X have begun emerging and molting around the Washington, DC area. This one was shot in the woods around the National Zoo, where I was with my two daughters today. For those who crave details: *ist D, Sigma AF 300mm F4 APO Macro, Sigma EX 1.4x TC, AF360FGZ on macro flash bracket in P-TTL mode. ISO 200, F8 @ 1/150. Shot RAW and converted to tif with PhotoLab. Resized and converted to jpeg with PS 7.0. Full-frame. I'm looking forward to shooting this guys when they begin emerging around my home. Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN Premium http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
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Hey Christian, Man, you're macro shots are getting better and better. This one is quite amazing in detail and color. Great shot! -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, May 16, 2004, 7:20:34 PM, you wrote: CS http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id16.html CS 17-year periodical cicadas of Brood X have begun emerging and molting CS around the Washington, DC area. This one was shot in the woods around the CS National Zoo, where I was with my two daughters today. CS For those who crave details: *ist D, Sigma AF 300mm F4 APO Macro, Sigma EX CS 1.4x TC, AF360FGZ on macro flash bracket in P-TTL mode. ISO 200, F8 @ CS 1/150. Shot RAW and converted to tif with PhotoLab. Resized and converted CS to jpeg with PS 7.0. Full-frame. CS I'm looking forward to shooting this guys when they begin emerging around my CS home. CS Christian Skofteland CS [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Wow, frank, that was quick commenting! Thanks! Yes, I believe all insects have compound eyes. I think these might just have small lenses that all blend into one sphere. Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 10:27 PM Subject: RE: PAW - There heeere.. That's just amazing detail, Christian! And, a lovely shot, too. Well, as lovely as a bug can be, I guess... g Seriously, I like the way the back of the wing is soft, but the head, legs and thorax are nice and sharp. Weird looking eyes! Almost makes one forget they're compound eyes (they are compound eyes, right?). I wonder what the purpose/function is of the dark pupil-looking thing is in the centre? Anyway, framing, exposure, vibrant colours (love those emerald-greens!) are all right there and spot-on. Wonderful photo. thanks, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW - There heeere.. Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 22:20:34 -0400 http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id16.html 17-year periodical cicadas of Brood X have begun emerging and molting around the Washington, DC area. This one was shot in the woods around the National Zoo, where I was with my two daughters today. For those who crave details: *ist D, Sigma AF 300mm F4 APO Macro, Sigma EX 1.4x TC, AF360FGZ on macro flash bracket in P-TTL mode. ISO 200, F8 @ 1/150. Shot RAW and converted to tif with PhotoLab. Resized and converted to jpeg with PS 7.0. Full-frame. I'm looking forward to shooting this guys when they begin emerging around my home. Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN Premium http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
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ARGGH Their red demon eyes haunt me hahaha Nice shot. -Shawn -Original Message- From: Christian Skofteland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 10:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW - There heeere.. http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id16.html 17-year periodical cicadas of Brood X have begun emerging and molting around the Washington, DC area. This one was shot in the woods around the National Zoo, where I was with my two daughters today. For those who crave details: *ist D, Sigma AF 300mm F4 APO Macro, Sigma EX 1.4x TC, AF360FGZ on macro flash bracket in P-TTL mode. ISO 200, F8 @ 1/150. Shot RAW and converted to tif with PhotoLab. Resized and converted to jpeg with PS 7.0. Full-frame. I'm looking forward to shooting this guys when they begin emerging around my home. Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Bruce, thanks! Mark Cassino has really inspired me to improve my bug macros. I'm learning to balance the flash better with ambient light for more natural look. It's a steep learning curve, but I honestly think that the instant feedback from the D is helping me improve. consider: this was a grab shot while I was juggling an 8-year-old and a 20-month-old by myself at the zoo. Great kids, my daughters, but they get a little antsy (hah a pun!) when daddy is playing with his camera. So this was a very quick: Oh, there's a cicada attach bracket and flash and shoot. Hence the odd combination of lens and TC. Thanks again, your comments make me want to get out and shoot more bugs! Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hey Christian, Man, you're macro shots are getting better and better. This one is quite amazing in detail and color. Great shot! -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, May 16, 2004, 7:20:34 PM, you wrote: CS http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id16.html
