I found a catapilar. - DPChallenge Forums

09/07/2003 07:15:18 PM · #1

So what did I do? I grabbed my camera, of course.

This little guy was hard to manipulate, as all he wanted to do was climb back down the blades of grass while I try to get a shot off. Tell me what you think of my best attempt:

Shannon

Nikon Coolpix 5700

09/07/2003 07:18:04 PM · #2

Looks really good, you should have entered it into the insects challenge. I especially like the purple flower in the background, very nice contrast with the green. Overall nice capture!

09/07/2003 07:21:59 PM · #3

Originally posted by Shannon:

Looks really good, you should have entered it into the insects challenge. I especially like the purple flower in the background, very nice contrast with the green. Overall nice capture!

I wish I could've. Alas, insects is a members only challenge. Couple things about it that bug me (no pun intended) are the blade of grass crossing in front of it, and how its head is bending around the back side of the blade it's on.

Thanks for your comments.

pitsaman

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

09/07/2003 08:49:15 PM · #4

I found this MONSTER !

RHoldenSr

Canon EOS-5D

09/07/2003 08:58:03 PM · #5

What lens did you use? Did you shoot this with the Canon Powershot?

Originally posted by maranelloboy:

So what did I do? I grabbed my camera, of course.
This little guy was hard to manipulate, as all he wanted to do was climb back down the blades of grass while I try to get a shot off. Tell me what you think of my best attempt:

Calvus

Message edited by author 2003-09-07 20:59:27.

TerryGee

09/07/2003 09:03:00 PM · #6

Is a caterpillar an insect? I missed the thread that went over this....

pitsaman

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

09/07/2003 09:10:51 PM · #7

Originally posted by TerryGee:

Is a caterpillar an insect? I missed the thread that went over this....

What do you think?
Noi a bird for sure!

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

09/07/2003 09:58:37 PM · #8

Originally posted by pitsaman:

I found this MONSTER !

Wow! That's an amazing angle. Any idea what kind of spider that is?

Originally posted by Calvus:

What lens did you use? Did you shoot this with the Canon Powershot?

Calvus

I used my close up set (+7 total) on my A70 at 3x magnification.

Originally posted by TerryGee:

Is a caterpillar an insect? I missed the thread that went over this....

Yes, it is. Although it has twelve 'legs,' only six of them are fully functional. Also, they change into butterflies or moths, which are insects.

Imagineer

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

09/08/2003 02:44:31 AM · #9

I found one too:

pinback

Canon EOS-10D

09/08/2003 04:41:22 AM · #10

I found one yesterday. Here it is:

The head of this guy is about 2mm across.

hortopth

Canon EOS-D60

09/08/2003 04:58:02 AM · #11

Originally posted by TerryGee:

Is a caterpillar an insect? I missed the thread that went over this....

absolutely.

pinback

Canon EOS-10D

09/08/2003 05:29:02 AM · #12

Originally posted by maranelloboy:

I like it, particularly the colours. Unfortunately, as you've pointed out, the blade of grass gets in the way and spoils it somewhat. Could you have moved it out of the way?

TerryGee

09/08/2003 07:05:57 AM · #13

Since I didn't enter my caterpillars, here is one and here is the other.

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Canon EOS-10D

09/08/2003 07:20:22 AM · #14

Originally posted by TerryGee:

Since I didn't enter my caterpillars, here is one and here is the other.

Hairy! I like the second one better for the green background.