What are you looking At?

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Posted by Joel DeYoung on August 27, 2010 at 7:57 PM

Ummmmm....A bug on a leaf. :-)

On my way back from dragon hunting, I ran into a group of these bugs. If you know what this is, let me know.

Cloned out a few bug feet from below the leaf.

Nikon D300 w/105mm micro Nikkor
1/10sec. f/22 ISO 400
Tripod, Manually focused

Posted by Bruce Palla on August 28, 2010 at 1:03 AM

Excellent shot of a Milkweed Bug, Joel. Really sharp on all levels!

Posted by Jack Graham on August 28, 2010 at 1:48 AM

I Hope this gets in the Macro forum this week.... FANTASTIC!
JG

Posted by Joel DeYoung on August 28, 2010 at 8:14 AM

Thanks for the comments.

And thank you Bruce for the ID. It makes sense as I found this one with a few dozen of it's friends on a milkweed.

Posted by Toni Lankerd on August 28, 2010 at 10:20 AM

Excellent closeup, Joel!

Glad you decided to post this one here, as we seldom get insect images like this one posted in this forum...thanks for sharing!

Posted by Ramamohan Pai on August 31, 2010 at 12:24 PM

Awesome perspective, Joel

. Very Very Nice.

Posted by Patrick Nixon on September 1, 2010 at 2:58 PM

Hey, this is great! Humorous! Let's hope the national infestation of bedbugs in hotels (comcast.net) is not as fierce. What wonderful color!

Posted by Michael Dougherty on September 7, 2010 at 5:39 PM

That's a very cool shot Phil!

Posted by Michael Dougherty on September 10, 2010 at 5:07 PM

Sorry, clearly meant Joel.

Posted by John Kerr on September 14, 2010 at 2:10 PM

Cool shot Joel. I've always liked this POV with insects, nicely captured.

Posted by Kerry Leibowitz on September 20, 2010 at 12:59 AM

A wonderful example of macro/closeup photography!