Mating bugs

It took me a few seconds to work out what was going on in this pic. But if you can make heads or tails of the one underneath its actually a female




lens Pentax D-FA100mm macro
expo 1/60
aperture f9.5
iso 100
handheld with a ring flash

Are you sure? Looks like a different species to me, possibly a crane fly?n ANd the one on top seems to have it's mouthparts in the back of the other one's head - not a good sign.

Of course, I may be wrong, there are many insects where the male and female are quite different.

Just found this, seems the one on top is a Robber Fly...

Dan

Yup, looks suspiciously like the top one is having dinner. Well caught, but disgusting

Another great macro Clarky, looks like the D-FA100 / ring flash combo is working a treat!

You may be right Dan
He was flying around with it under him which is why i thought they were mating but after reading that bio it seems to suggest otherwise. Good find

Hefty: I am very happy with the combination but i need to give the Tamron a run as i think its getting a little jealous

What you need is a second camera body, then you can have both lenses in use at the same time.

Just a thought.

Dan

Yeah one camera for each eye why didn't i think of that

Easy mistake to make. I always fly around when I'm mating.

G

Funnily enough, I got my F* 300mm from somebody doing just that. Well, almost.

I bid on the lens, and lost. Then I received an email from the seller saying he had another one.

This seemed a bit strange, so I did a bit of research, and checked him out.

Turned out he was into stereo-photograpghy and had a load of duplicated, high-quality glass.

The 300mm is one of my best-loved lenses. Brilliant both optically and practically, with a tripod grip that doubles as a handle, and a clever retractable lens hood.

G

I think they call it being on cloud nine George
Let me know when you plan on flying around again and i will have my camera ready.
I will make a nice avatar for you.

You may be closer to the truth than you think. I have been talking with this guy http://tinyurl.com/4knttn who is based in Sydney about getting a K20. I have a family wedding in November i will be photographing and think a 2nd body will be a prudent purchase.

The price looks pretty good about 680Quid in your money. But i'm also thinking if i leave it a few months longer it will come down further.
He assures me they are not grey market but i would check the serial number before i make the purchase. Decisions Decisions

About £711 according to the exchange rate calculator I just used, which is cheaper than SRS by about £30. A good price, but as you say, if you can wait a bit it will come down some more.

Dan

I thought that he looked quite a nice chappy until I followed the link provide by Dan

A great shot though.

My only observation is that it is always best (especially in a stressful situation like a wedding) for the second body to be identical to the first, and to be set up the same way.

So, if you follow this argument, you can either spend less than you were thinking (and buy a second K10D), or rather more.

The world watches and waits.

G