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Post by txrockhunter on Jul 26, 2017 9:29:26 GMT -5
Jeremy working for National Geographic. Looks like he may have mastered stacking software. Very motivational photos Sir. And what a collection of bugs ! Only a mother could love this guy Jeremy is holding back on you James. He has a whole line of insect boudoir photography he isn't sharing. Apparently a lot of tomfoolery going on in his back yard. txrockhunter
I'm not sure why these insects felt comfortable fornicating in front of me. Randy Garage Rocker pointed out the frequency of my "bug porn" shots, accusing me of running some sort of "bug brothel". I'm clean....... 
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Post by Garage Rocker on Jul 26, 2017 9:49:01 GMT -5
Jeremy is holding back on you James. He has a whole line of insect boudoir photography he isn't sharing. Apparently a lot of tomfoolery going on in his back yard. txrockhunter
I'm not sure why these insects felt comfortable fornicating in front of me. Randy Garage Rocker pointed out the frequency of my "bug porn" shots, accusing me of running some sort of "bug brothel". I'm clean....... Good gawd man, a little privacy...please!!!
You definitely have a knack for it, perv.  I figure Midnight Wood should be chiming in somewhere here. Where is he?
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Post by jamesp on Jul 26, 2017 10:27:24 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Jul 26, 2017 10:34:09 GMT -5
Jeremy working for National Geographic. Looks like he may have mastered stacking software. Very motivational photos Sir. And what a collection of bugs ! Only a mother could love this guy  Jeremy is holding back on you James. He has a whole line of insect boudoir photography he isn't sharing. Apparently a lot of tomfoolery going on in his back yard. txrockhunter
Heard of beastiality but never insectiality. Jeremy's House of Heaven's Scent. Do ya think Jeremy's wife uses a fly swatter on him ? Stop Honey, do it some more, ouch, oh quit, harder, faster, please stop LOL. |
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Post by Garage Rocker on Jul 26, 2017 10:52:30 GMT -5
Jeremy is holding back on you James. He has a whole line of insect boudoir photography he isn't sharing. Apparently a lot of tomfoolery going on in his back yard. txrockhunter
Heard of beastiality but never insectiality. Jeremy's House of Heaven's Scent. Do ya think Jeremy's wife uses a fly swatter on him ? Stop Honey, do it some more, ouch, oh quit, harder, faster, please stop LOL. HaHa! I guess you went there. 
I merely suggested he has a photographic knack, not any nefarious desires. Insectiality?!? 
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 26, 2017 12:07:05 GMT -5
Jeremy (the Bug Voyeur), those are some more great photos. A tad x-rated, maybe, but beautiful shots nonetheless! Definitely worthy of NatGeo.
A pair of Mourning Cloaks procreating. 
Photos taken a couple weeks ago. Guess it's just that time of year.
I love looking at photos of bugs online, so much easier to see them than having to go look for them. The leafhoppers, in particular, have some pretty garishly colored species. Living eye-candy!
 
God used the entire color palette when He dressed up those bugs!
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Post by txrockhunter on Jul 26, 2017 13:57:16 GMT -5
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Post by HankRocks on Jul 26, 2017 15:14:52 GMT -5
It's scary to think what the"Marvin Zindler" bug who would have shut down your Bug Ranch might have looked like!!
(It's a Texas thing)
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Post by jamesp on Jul 26, 2017 15:36:04 GMT -5
There is a whole 'small world' that is insane out there. Looks like you found it Jeremy.
Not much different than toting a microscope with good DSLR 25M camera and macro lens.
Was thinking you need to head to the Amazon. Looks like Texas has all the mini monsters you need. All in a small space.
Such fine photos should make you proud. Are any of those Helicon 'ed.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 26, 2017 15:56:04 GMT -5
Wow! Jeremy, more awesome pics! I think you really have it dialed in.
Those are all some hard ones to ID, but specifically 6, 7 and 14... #6, no clue at all. I can't even tell what kind of bug it is. #7 is a fly of some type. It has compound eyes, and the single wings says it's not a bee.
#14 is some type of bagworm, have not been able to pin it down any closer than that. We have small ones here in SoCal, maybe 5/8" long or so. They cover their "bag" with small bits of dirt mostly. They hang out on the outside walls of the house. At first, I was thinking how much it resembled a caddis fly larvae, but they cover themselves with small bits of pebbles - the better to hold them down, since they live in flowing streams.
Was just reading some info on bagworms at www.forestpests.org/vd/14.html
One of the biggest problems trying to find an ID is the distraction factor! So many photos of gorgeous bugs.
Check out this Pinterest page. Click on the bug below to go to the page.
Here's another one - Click on any of the photos to go to the page that contains that photo, plus many more.
(Sorry, just tried to put the links, Pinterest has their own way of doing things!)
So many bugs with strange morphology and colors!
Here's just a couple examples: 
Horned Tree hopper - Cladonota inflavus
Brazilian treehopper, Bocydium globulare - a real living insect.
WARNING - Do not even go to that page if you have other things you need to be doing, lol.
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Post by txrockhunter on Jul 26, 2017 16:51:49 GMT -5
There is a whole 'small world' that is insane out there. Looks like you found it Jeremy. Not much different than toting a microscope with good DSLR 25M camera and macro lens. Was thinking you need to head to the Amazon. Looks like Texas has all the mini monsters you need. All in a small space. Such fine photos should make you proud. Are any of those Helicon 'ed. There are so many bugs down here that you never really notice. Typically you don't get to appreciate details of the ones you do notice. The new camera setup opened up endless possibilities! Here are a few focus stacked images that were developed in Helicon. Living objects are very difficult to stack because of movement. I've heard of people catching bugs and putting them in the fridge to slow them down. Take them out of the fridge, stage it, and photograph before it warms back up. I haven't got to that point......yet. Results can be amazing! Still playing around with it.
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Post by snuffy on Jul 26, 2017 18:34:53 GMT -5
It's scary to think what the"Marvin Zindler" bug who would have shut down your Bug Ranch might have looked like!! (It's a Texas thing) That dang SOB!!!! snuffy |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 27, 2017 4:58:10 GMT -5
OK Jeremy. Those Helicon stacked focus images are off the chart. Big pat on the back for tackling that trick. Beware that when (the TG-4 for instance)stacking is done with a fast mechanical shutter and fast focus increments at the same time, subject movement becomes less an issue. DSLR's with their faster mechanical shutters may be able to spit out 10 shutter closings in 1/4 of a second. This would reduce chance of subject movement. Or perhaps programmable amount of shutter closings, say 4 closings (planes) for a 1 inch long insect in maybe 1/8th a second. Catch my drift ? It sounds like about 10 shutter closes in about one second, maybe 2 seconds. Then about 10 seconds to perform calculation. You get a stacked photo and a 'not stacked' photo on the LED next to each other so you can try a different focal plane right there on site. I believe the 'not stacked' photo is your average focal point. I was a bit too close on the close part of the clothes pin. Should have moved center focal plane down the clothes pin to the middle of it. Actually the camera was on microscope mode and only 1 inch from clothes pin. the rock was at a healthier distance, say camera 5 inches from rock. Way better depth of focus. Still on microscope mode. Macro mode is next test. Should have less distortion. Rattled these off in about a minute. All taken with lowest 3M setting(max pixel is 16M). Hand held and very close to subject @ 1" not stacked #1  stacked #1-seems like some funky distortion on furthest section of clothes pin. Could be because it was a hand held shot and 1 inch away. The distortion seems to be on the wood, not the metal part. I have seen these patches of distortion before. Something in the calculation perhaps.  not #2  stacked #2  not #3  stacked #3  Rock with camera 5 inches away, should have switched from micro to macro for more conventional platform not stacked, focal plane dead on in center of rock.  stacked. This is more of a conventional distance for a 3 inch rock. Impressed with depth. Actually cropped to much of background paper towel as it was also in focus. This stacked photo has broad focus distance because the focal plane was dead center of rock as shown in 'not stacked' photo above.  Original photo un-cropped. Add good light, dedicated lens, good glass, better subject and some fine results are likely. The stack focus DSLR Olympus is just too costly for my budget. Waiting for one of you rich guys to step up to the plate. Garage Rocker |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 27, 2017 5:56:14 GMT -5
This is another stacked focus with the TG-4.(taken very few stacked focus photos, need to tinker with it more) This is the 'not stacked'. Note focal plane is well in foreground instead of on bug. Bad start. Hand held.  Even with average focal plane too far placed in foreground the camera managed to rattle off focal planes well into the depth of the scene. But note the the bug's butt moved during the stacking period. One or more of the frames recorded the movement and fourier'ed it into the average. Focal taken deep into foliage. Guessing they are just now breaking ice on stacked focus. Perhaps Olympus has a patent on it, hope not. Would like to see this technology on every digital camera. Smaller quantity 3-6 frame stacking would be a big help on many different common photos. It is a simple setting on the camera and is not complicated. Push button and let camera do the work.  I believe these are all stacked focus photos. The eye is George Washington on dollar bill taken in microscope mode. The yellow photo of the water bug was taken with stacked focus with the dang camera underwater. Crazy ass camera. About the only day I played with this camera on stack mode. May have programmable stacking features, not sure. may be worth $300 just to have one to learn stack photography and as a P&S. www.flickr.com/photos/67205364@N06/albums/72157684099402234Camera underwater, stacked focus(insane camera). Camera got some moisture in it, slight fogged lens. Buy it thru Amazon and they will probably replace it every time it gets moisture in it....Olympus says it is waterproof....Brave claim. Keep in mind, zoom is only 4 to 1. To keep lens short and enclosed for water proofing. So Olympus focused on macro and micro.  Note ghost image on bottom flower. Not sure why just at bottom. Not the first photo from that camera in stack mode that had ghosts at bottom of photo, tripod should fix it though. Other flowers seem a bit ghostly. Texture and color seems to effect stacking. Must be effecting Fourier transformations. Fourier transformations ? Don't ask me, but billions of calculations performed on a very small chip with short electron paths. May be the property of Olympus. Hope not. Betting the exact same chip is in their high dollar DSLR. Betcha. Can't wait for this technology to get cheaper. Still requires precision fast shutter and high end lens for pro grade photos.  Note poor focus at bottom of uncropped version. Bottom of stacked photos seem to have ghosts or poor focus. Maybe lens was dirty that day... Perhaps lens is not correct down there, spherical aberration or other  |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 27, 2017 7:02:29 GMT -5
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Post by fantastic5 on Jul 27, 2017 7:03:28 GMT -5
What amazing photographs txrockhunter. The patience and editing that went into that work is no small feat. Neither is the learning curve for a camera that can do that either.  |
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 27, 2017 7:39:22 GMT -5
Wow Jeremy, your pics are so good you make me want to throw my camera away. Oe f my great jys, living here in Texas is the incredible insect fauna. See some new and fascinating insect almost daily. Thanks for the fantastic pics!....Mel
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Post by txrockhunter on Jul 27, 2017 11:44:45 GMT -5
Jean rockpickerforever, I am with you on the distraction factor!!! I love photographing, Identifying, and researching the subjects, but you can get lost in the search! Google to Identify and research. Flickr for quality images of the subject and the equipment and settings used. Pinterest is another fantastic tool, just like the links you posted. It takes a lot of discipline to get through a search! BTW, thanks for the ID help! |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 27, 2017 13:18:26 GMT -5
You're welcome, Jeremy txrockhunter . I am easily distra - Oh, look! A chicken!! Well, you get my drift. I'll blame it on ADD, lol. So many beautiful photos of colorful and strange bugaboos.
Anyway, I am terrible about allotting time for projects. I will, however, continue to look for ID on your critters. Hopefully, can come up with some answers.
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Post by jamesp on Jul 27, 2017 13:52:34 GMT -5
Back in film days photos like that were few and far.
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I figure Midnight Wood should be chiming in somewhere here. Where is he?
