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Shield Bug

by Photon

This one was still long enough for me to photograph it.

Uploaded20/05/2011 - 22:47

CategoryMacro

BodyPENTAX K20D

Shutter Speed1/125

Aperturef/22

LensN/A

ISO400

Focal Length100mm

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Tagsinsects shield bug close-up macro

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Date Taken	16/05/2011 - 12:05
Make	PENTAX
Model	PENTAX K20D
Program Mode	Aperture Priority
Metering Mode	Center-weighted average
Shutter Speed	1/125
Aperture	f/22
ISO	400
Focal Length	100mm
Lens	N/A

coker coker

1547 posts
16 years
Wiltshire

Posted 20/05/2011 - 23:28 Link

Great image of a smashing creature, Colin.
Was this with flash?

Roger.

The more I look, the more there is to see!

Plus Member Photon Photon

18 posts
17 years
Berkshire,
England

Posted 21/05/2011 - 00:45 Link

coker wrote:
Great image of a smashing creature, Colin.
Was this with flash?

Roger.

Yes Roger, my new toy; a Pentax AF160FC Ring Flash, it is proving a great help! Until recently my bug photography was with the aid of my home made flash bracket; fashioned to reduce the angle of the pop-up flash of my K20D. The problem with that was that the underside of the subject creatures were always in shadow. With the ring flash that problem is eliminated! A very expensive piece of equipment but I am over the moon with it!
Regards
Colin

All five minute jobs take a minimum of eight hours!

Edited by Photon: 21/05/2011 - 00:47