liewwk Nature Photography Blog
beetles order of coleoptera and it consist millions of species… it is cute and good to shoot as normally it is quite big in size …
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update 2013 Feb 5
update 2013 Jan 2
![... Dogbane Beetle [Chrysochus auratus] ...](https://i0.wp.com/farm9.staticflickr.com/8493/8336912536_01d590bc27.jpg?resize=500%2C333)
update 2012 Nov 23
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one of the best model for macro photographer .. weevil, they move slow, cute, and play “death” game with us …
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– very cute weevil, with long neck (male) .. but some with short neck too and very tiny + skittish insect
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– can see the pollen ..
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– one of the cute one
more Weevil
was my first experience shooting fireflies from top … look awesome … too bad the timelapse need more time to prepare .. so let me share the picture I capture …
will have more to share about fireflies .. and I think I fall in love with it …
I love to capture this beetle but too bad this beetle is skittish/shy .. and not easy to get close so have a closer shot .. so most of the shots I use SIGMA150 instead my MP-E65
1. the green one .. and most difficult to get close
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animation make this beetle look scary
As we know anything >1:1 macro, we have very limit DOF … I had it share before … what we DOF have while we shooting macro e.g. at crop body, F16 at 1:1 .. the dof we have is just ~1mm … so how we have more DOF ?
1. angle is important , if we want the main objects “focus”
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at certain angle, we have not possible to have both object focus .. e.g. choose one , shoot small to crop , or using stacking method I use (discuss before HERE)
by using the stacking … we can get both beetle focus as below
or discuss http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=922
of if we do not want to do much on post process… choose the best angle to have both object focus e.g.
more beetle collection click HERE
a bug that really make my day, we had a short night outing in a reserve jungle within KL …. within 2 hours .. we found few interesting model e.g. Spotted Litter Frog… , juvenile Spiny Turtle, Lovi’s Reed Snake & Marbled Forest Gecko
a nothing special while you see it at picture …..
have a look how interesting is this firefly
I didn;t able to capture it’s head due to the environment … and would love to see it again
thanks Andy Paul for the ID
adult larviform female of a firefly from the lamprigera spp.