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    Posted: 12 October 2009 at 02:37
I'd like to make some comments on Hugo's photo.

I think compositionally he has done very well, getting a rarely captured pose and lining up the eyes and chelicerae in focus so well.

I also like the way that the twig draws attention to the focal point of the photo. The background is still well-lit and does not compete for attention with the viewer.

I'm guessing that the spider also has some pollen tuck to its front left leg .

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Posts: 20649 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 October 2009 at 02:26
Such great pics...

But it is time to start a new thread.

Could the next poster with a new shot please start off Bugs and Spiders...10
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Here's a few of a Praying Mantis. The first 2 were with my 90mm and the 3rd was with the 90mm + 2X TC, using the a200's on-board flash:





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Posts: 254 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 October 2009 at 00:01
Nice shots Chthonid´s
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Posts: 6824 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 October 2009 at 22:35
A couple of Cambridgea foliata, taken with the 50mm macro and Sigma EM-140 ringlight flash.

It was a nice experiment, but I don't recommend using such a short macro lens on such a large spider...you have to get really close.



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This furry one was just wrapping up breakfast when I almost ran into it's web.


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Edited by cruzerpics - 11 October 2009 at 02:02
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Posts: 489 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 October 2009 at 01:28
Well regardless of the bugicity of crickets, I'm posting mine here too


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Originally posted by punkskaphil punkskaphil wrote:

Not sure if this counts as a 'bug' exactly...

Roesel's Bush-cricket.







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He's a crazy looking cricket thats for sure! From what I remember though, not technically a bug. If used in a defining sence in regards to insects, bugs are insects that have adapted mouth parts that form a proboscis, and have specialised fore wings called hemelytra.
Think shield bugs.   
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Thank you!
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Beautiful, Tukki
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Some insect larva, maybe a lacewing.

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A common earwig resting early in the morning.

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Not sure if this counts as a 'bug' exactly...

Roesel's Bush-cricket.




Crab Spider.




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Edited by punkskaphil - 05 October 2009 at 03:19
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Here's a brown widow that was living on my bicycle.



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