Thanks Kenny - not sure I understand all the comment- this is one of the Asian variety.
Out of interest a couple more from yesterday - both fairly awful shots but do show more melanistic forms going towards red on black rather than black on red. They also show the influence of flash angle and background brightness on the flash reflections
Kenj8246 wrote:
What I meant to say is that I think the native? species are much prettier than the Asian species. Wish I could spot some like your last two.
Kenny
Ah see what you mean - must say I think many of the Asian colour/patterns are rather nice.
Brian v.
Dpic_arctic wrote:
Very nice photos, but have you ever tried using a polarizer to cut the glare down? I find it especially distracting on the last one.
Thanks
Well I did play with polarisers ages ago but basically they do not work with flash unless you cross-polarise with polarisers on the flash as well - this results in a rather large light loss (at least 4 stops).
The difference between the first 3 shots and the last 2 shots, is simply because I was shooting with a much lower lens and flash angle in the first series- this helps to reduce the reflections. In the last 2 shots I wanted to capture just the carapace colour/pattern rather than the bug itself so was shooting at a much higher angle.
