shhhhh!......the flowers are bugged!
by JayneRyan

Comment by JayneRyan:
He was dead. Is that not allowed? I am new here. I found him on my way back to take a picture of a leaf hopper I found at my barn. I cleaned him up and put him in the flowers! Sorry if I did a no no!

Young Green Heron
by JayneRyan

Comment by Bill666:
Nice shot...but is it a macro?

shhhhh!......the flowers are bugged!
by JayneRyan

Comment by Cory:
hmmm... I think this might be a dead staghorn beetle. Mostly because they don't really tend to hang around flowers too much, and because the wings are parted and the feet seem to be curled up and not hanging on. Still, what a magnificent specimen of this critter!

shhhhh!......the flowers are bugged!
by JayneRyan

Comment by DomD:
Yikes.

shhhhh!......the flowers are bugged!
by JayneRyan

Comment by MaryO:
Yikes! That's one heck of a bug!!! I'd let him eat whatever he wanted. Possibly offer it to him on a silver platter ;-) I might dodge the near eyeball just a bit to make it more blatant how his face is put together, but this is a really cool capture.

shhhhh!......the flowers are bugged!
by JayneRyan

Comment by KarenNfld:
That's a huge bug and a bit scary. Is it dead? Looks like it, did you put it there?

shhhhh!......the flowers are bugged!
by JayneRyan

Comment by Droeger:
He looks dead. is he dead?...

17 year itch!
by JayneRyan

Comment by JayneRyan:

Originally posted by Magnum_za: You have a superb camera with 51 focus points, but they get in the way of Macro/Close-Up photography. Switch OFF APS-C or APS-S and use manual focus or use selective focus points and tell the camera where YOU want it to focus (p78 in the D300s manual) Increase you aperture to f/8 at least for this kind of shot. f/4.4 is not enough. What lens did you use?

Thank you so very much for this advice. I am a total beginner with all this equipment but love using it. I used a Nikkor 200mm f4D ED-IF AF lens which I have only had a short while. I have been so frustrated with the focus, I will try the manual option. Thanks again!

17 year itch!
by JayneRyan

Comment by HarveyG:
You have a superb camera with 51 focus points, but they get in the way of Macro/Close-Up photography. Switch OFF APS-C or APS-S and use manual focus or use selective focus points and tell the camera where YOU want it to focus (p78 in the D300s manual) Increase you aperture to f/8 at least for this kind of shot. f/4.4 is not enough. What lens did you use?

17 year itch!
by JayneRyan

Comment by HarveyG:
Would have been stunning if it weren't for the lost focus on the eye and cropped feelers/antennae.