Photo Competition #42 - Insects - ends 17 October, 2010 Photo Comp

[SwedishBloke]

Gentlemen start pressing your shutter release buttons....

The topic this time is
insects.

The rules are pretty straight forward. Post your favourite insect photo of a living insect. ie a dead nailed one is not ok!

Post processing is allowed.

It doesn't matter when the photo is taken, to counterbalance that there are not many insects around for us living in the northern hemisphere at the moment.


Go nuts! :)

Cheers Roger

[Bushie]

Gentlemen start pressing your shutter release buttons....

The topic this time is
insects.

The rules are pretty straight forward. Post your favourite insect photo of a living insect. ie a dead nailed one is not ok!

Post processing is allowed.

It doesn't matter when the photo is taken, to counterbalance that there are not many insects around for us living in the northern hemisphere at the moment.


Go nuts! :)

Cheers Roger

So ------------- no pics of spiders :D:D


Martyn

[SwedishBloke]

Heh! Spiders are not insects technically, but they are OK too!

[Chucaro]

Scarlet Jezabel -also known as Northern Jezabel. Delias argenthona
Family Pieridae

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP1246.jpg


Orange Potter Wasp, (Eumenes latreilli) mating

http://www.plottier.net/albums/userpics/10002/_AAP0750-detail.jpg

[Cap]

Well I wont bother posting if I have to compete against Chucaro :cool:

[Bushie]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/10/1043.jpg
Dragonfly

Exif (prior to cropping and a bit of PP)

Filename - IMGP8313.PEF
ImageWidth - 3936
ImageLength - 2624
BitsPerSample -
Compression - -1 (Unknown)
PhotometricInterpretation - -32733
Make - PENTAX Corporation
Model - PENTAX K10D
Software - K10D Ver 1.30
DateTime - 2010:07:17 11:22:23
ExposureTime - 1/350 seconds
FNumber - 5.60
ExposureProgram - Aperture priority
ISOSpeedRatings - 100
DateTimeOriginal - 2010:07:17 11:22:23
DateTimeDigitized - 2010:07:17 11:22:23
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
MeteringMode - Multi-segment
Flash - Flash not fired, compulsory flash mode
FocalLength - 280.00 mm
ExposureMode - Auto
White Balance - Auto
FocalLengthIn35mmFilm - 420 mm
Contrast - Hard
Saturation - Normal
Sharpness - Hard
SubjectDistanceRange - Close view

Maker Note (Vendor): -
Mode - Auto
Quality - RAW
ISO - 260
White Balance - Auto
Lens Type - Sigma APO 70-200mm F2.8 EX (Don't know why the lens reports this way it's a 100-300 F4)

Martyn

[300+]

Well I wont bother posting if I have to compete against Chucaro :cool:

I was thinking the same thing as I scrolled down!

Cheers, Steve

[locorr]

Well I wont bother posting if I have to compete against Chucaro :cool:

There's no fun in winning if the competitions low.
I don't have a macro but I'll try.

[Chucaro]

There's no fun in winning if the competitions low.
I don't have a macro but I'll try.

It is not a macro lens, give it a go mate, it is fun :)

[dullbird]

Hey Bushie bloody good photo mate:cool:

[Fifth Columnist]

I was thinking the same thing as I scrolled down!

Cheers, Steve
Ditto

[PSi]

I was following the fly as it flitted from leaf to leaf, finally catching up when it landed on a half-rolled up leaf. Snapped a few quick ones, then off to the computer to see if they were any good ... and discovered half its head being devoured by the sneaky mantis!

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/10/1034.jpg

I went back to get this shot from a different angle ...

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/10/1035.jpg

[PSi]

Oh, just re-read the rule about dead insects not allowed so I guess my earlier entry is for the mantis even if focus was on the fly :D

Here's one more of a colourful fellow eating on the fly ...

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/10/1033.jpg

[Bundalene]

Found this little fellow last night when getting some logs for the fire at our block at Elong. The pic is taken under torch light.


http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/4541/dscn9609c.jpg (http://img259.imageshack.us/i/dscn9609c.jpg/)

Erich

[Bushie]

Comp now closed, votes can be placed in this thread until 9:00pm Tuesday night.


Martyn

[WhiteD3]

1) Psi

[werdan]

1/ PSI

[Bundalene]

PSI

Erich

[SwedishBloke]

1. Chucaro's first
2. PSI's last.

[PSi]

Chucaro's mating wasps

[Chucaro]

PSI second image in the first post
Martyn

[Bushie]

OK with some difficulty I'm going to declare PSI the winner for this week, unfortunately I don't really know which pic he won with :(:eek:.

With 3 votes for Psi - but generally not indicating which pic, and Chucaro getting a vote for each pic it would at worse be a draw.

So congratulations Psi - You now have the honour of thinking of a new topic for competition #44 to finish on 31/10/2010. The new topic can be posted up anytime between now and Saturday.


Martyn

[PSi]

Thanks, guys. I agree it did get confusing ...:confused: