Japanese beetles (popillia japonica) on a sunflower leaf, from Kengi. Breathtaking! Click for full size.
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Japanese beetles (popillia japonica) on a sunflower leaf, from Kengi. Breathtaking! Click for full size.
© Kengi. All rights reserved.
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Wow, absolutely wonderful shots! The first one is the best.
Kengi, are you using off-camera lighting or just natural light?
Beautiful!
I first thought the critters looked like these.
Turns out they belong to the same family
Thanks.
Saad: Just natural light. I used to do almost nothing but landscape shots so I never learned how to use artificial lighting. But I got a lot of experience choosing time of day and angles to use natural light the way I want.
All kinds of little hairs everywhere -- on beetles and on the sunflower!
First just a peek-a-boo. Then we see more, including shadows cast by the beetles.
The antennae are nifty, with those three-point ends and then the copper/rosewood armour and the black and white stripes under it.
The colors are just stunning. Great shots.
Ok, I’m going to dig my camera out and go find something pretty!
Awesome. The photos Caine posts on this blog inspired me to try such shots as well. A chain reaction of photography has begun.