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Walking Scrub Brush
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Walking Scrub Brush

by Wayne Jones

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted November 3, 2008569 views14 comments
This is NOT an oak tussock moth caterpillar. CORRECTION: John Wheatley just E-mailed me to let me know I misnamed it here! Strange thing is that I looked it up back in September and found the same thing he did -- this is a MILKWEED tussock most larva, Euchaetes egle. THANKS JOHN. (Just forgot when I posted it weeks later because I found this in an area with lots of oak but not much milkweed :redface: )
With all those brushes, it’s often hard to tell the head from the tail, so I was happy to get this profile that shows its legs and shiny black head.

Canon 20D
Sigma 150 macro
f/22 @ 1/200 sec.
Diffused flash & reflector

Comments

14 comments
Comment posted by Jay Martin on November 3, 2008 at 9:25 PM
Awesome detail in this shot Wayne! great capture. I've seen some small dogs that resemble this guy :biggrin:
Registered on December 6, 2005, 200 Posts, 2209 Comments
Comment posted by Ganesh H Shankar on November 3, 2008 at 10:04 PM
It looks so cute ! Lovely image Wayne. The blue background adds a lot to this image. :wavey:
Registered on March 1, 2004, 324 Posts, 1867 Comments
Comment posted by Scott Reeves on November 3, 2008 at 10:48 PM
Well composed, Wayne. BG works well. Very good technically.
Registered on May 30, 2007, 28 Posts, 261 Comments
Comment posted by Darren Ch'ng on November 7, 2008 at 12:36 PM
I am awed by the sharpness of the details. Well captured!
rgds
Darren
Registered on February 2, 2008, 0 Posts, 4 Comments
Comment posted by Barbara Logan on November 11, 2008 at 12:14 AM
WOW! A great Macro! I love photos of bugs close-up! Thanks for sharing Wayne! (SMILE)
Registered on October 26, 2007, 38 Posts, 117 Comments
Comment posted by Doug Benner on November 11, 2008 at 7:09 AM
Nice job here. Congrats on the double EP.
Registered on December 8, 2003, 482 Posts, 1868 Comments
Comment posted by Larry Lynch on November 11, 2008 at 7:52 AM
Congrats on your WP. Well deserved.
Registered on September 16, 2006, 773 Posts, 9940 Comments
Comment posted by Carol Hyman on November 12, 2008 at 12:45 AM
Exquisite detail, Wayne.

Quite a job ! I'm glad you can spot his head; all I see is a very colorful and detailed scrub brush :wink:

Congrats on the EP :jump:

Carol
Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments
Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on November 12, 2008 at 11:51 AM
What a cool shot Wayne, And congrats EP, very well deserved. Take care, talk to you soon.
John & Patty
Registered on May 12, 2006, 626 Posts, 8700 Comments
Comment posted by Kent Johnson on November 16, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Amazing shot, great detail.
Registered on May 17, 2007, 3 Posts, 25 Comments
Comment posted by Stan Rose on November 18, 2008 at 1:53 AM
A fantastic shot, breathtaking, actually! Ive got tot get into this stuff sometime...
Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments
Comment posted by liliane buntinx on November 19, 2008 at 4:35 PM
i have never seen one like this before.
but i live on the outher site off the world hi hi(belgium)
its an nice thing lovely collors and great detail :wink:
Registered on June 24, 2008, 6 Posts, 3 Comments
Comment posted by Simone Tossani on January 10, 2009 at 7:42 AM
Hello Jones.

Wow incredible.

What great subject! :eek:
Correct exposure and good color balance and a truly remarkable detail.
My compliments.

Sincerely Simone Tossani
Registered on January 7, 2009, 12 Posts, 37 Comments
Comment posted by Skipper Anding on February 17, 2010 at 10:10 AM
Amazing camo! Nice shot too!
Registered on January 12, 2010, 1 Posts, 12 Comments