Mother Bugger !!!

James, that Bug Vader mask you found is... "Impressive, most impressive!"  (I love the 'action' pic you took of the mantis too!)

Excellent photo's James. I love seeing detailed close ups of mini beasts.

James, awesome picture. How small is it? And what is it sitting on?

Fantastic pic James How do you get them to sit still

Nico wrote:Fantastic pic James How do you get them to sit still

I think he uses Super Glue Andy.

(James just has a natuarl talent for taking these shots!)

Commander Clint wrote:James, awesome picture.  How small is it?  And what is it sitting on?

It is about 1/4 " long at best and he was crawling across the lid of our large outdoor trash bin

Nico wrote:Fantastic pic James How do you get them to sit still

Verbal threats

In this stage they are not very fast movers so he was a piece of cake to photograph

ourchickenshack wrote:It is about 1/4 " long at best and he was crawling across the lid of our large outdoor trash bin  

Do you still use the auto setting on your camera for these super close-ups?

Commander Clint wrote:

ourchickenshack wrote:It is about 1/4 " long at best and he was crawling across the lid of our large outdoor trash bin  

Do you still use the auto setting on your camera for these super close-ups?

Yes , all I'm smart enough to use is the auto setting

Luckily my camera is smarter then I am so it switches to the macro setting when I get close to the objects I photographing - the little flower icon will pop up on my camera screen anyway , which I think is the symbol for macro

ourchickenshack wrote:Yes , all I'm smart enough to use is the auto setting

Luckily my camera is smarter then I am so it switches to the macro setting when I get close to the objects I photographing - the little flower icon will pop up on my camera screen anyway , which I think is the symbol for macro

Respect.   I know we practically have the same camera.  But I shake to much, in order to get such great close ups, like you do.  I have to lean on something to steady my self when shooting stuff like this, and still don't get as good pictures in manual mode.

I've been using a small tripod thing to steady the camera which would not work for shots like that, great work James

Commander Clint wrote:

ourchickenshack wrote:Yes , all I'm smart enough to use is the auto setting

Luckily my camera is smarter then I am so it switches to the macro setting when I get close to the objects I photographing - the little flower icon will pop up on my camera screen anyway , which I think is the symbol for macro

Respect.   I know we practically have the same camera.  But I shake to much, in order to get such great close ups, like you do.  I have to lean on something to steady my self when shooting stuff like this, and still don't get as good pictures in manual mode.

I tend to brace my elbows on things if I can but luckily I have pretty steady hands , which is a miracle considering my daily coffee intake

I think what helps me the most is using the 2 second delay timer - it gives me just enough time to steady the camera after I press the button .

great mantis picture along with the rest .. that vader is insane dude

Never thought I'd see a Vader made out of insects lol hmm.

I definitely haven't paid enough attention to this thread James, you've got a great eye.

Here's a little guy I saw in Fort Mac Alberta a couple weeks ago:

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Cool creepy pic

Great macro shot Chris

Really awesome pic Chris

Yeah the benefits of not having to buy my own gear lol that's the L series canon 100mm macro. It's actually pretty affordable as L series lenses come, around $1200 CAD. Still, it's not mine lol.

I haven't seen a mantis in my area in years, feels like I used to see them all the time when I was a kid, but then again lol I'm not playing outside as much as I used to

Love it