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Little Break


Little Break
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Copyright: Grzegorz Wieczorek (red45) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2703 W: 74 N: 8857] (30219)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-05-24
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS 400D, Tokina AT-X M100 Pro D 1:1
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-05-25 13:11
Viewed: 469
Points: 28
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Little break from butterflies today. This is insect from Neuroptera, I don't know exact ID. Picture taken with my Tokina lens. Tokina isn't easy lens - you must be really close to subject to take good photo and it needs lots of light, but results are sometimes stunning. Of course I must to learn very much how to take better photos with this lens full of potential. I like this picture because of unusual composition.

The insect order Neuroptera, or net-winged insects, includes the lacewings, mantidflies, antlions, and their relatives. The order contains some 4,000 species. Traditionally, the group that was once known as Planipennia, with the Neuroptera at that time also including alderflies, fishflies, dobsonflies and snakeflies, but these are now generally considered to be separate orders (the Megaloptera and Raphidioptera). Sometimes the name Neuropterida is used to refer to these three orders as a group. This is either placed at superorder rank, with the Endopterygota becoming an unranked clade above it, or the Endopterygota are maintained as a superorder, with an unranked Neuropterida being a part of them. Within the endopterygotes, the closest living relatives of the neuropteridan clade are the beetles. The common name lacewings is often used for the most widely known net-winges insects - the green lacewings (Chrysopidae) - but actually most members of the Neuroptera are referred to as some sort of "lacewing".

The adults of this order possess four membranous wings, with the forewings and hindwings about the same size, and with many veins. They have chewing mouthparts, and undergo complete metamorphosis.

Neuropterans first appeared during the Permian Period, and continued to diversify through the Mesozoic Era. During this time several unusually large forms evolved, especially in the extinct family Kalligrammatidae, often referred to as "the butterflies of the Jurassic" due to their large, patterned wings.

After some net search I think this could be Dichochrysa ventralis
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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2860 W: 34 N: 8481] (31692)
  • [2009-05-25 13:16]

Hi Greg, It looks as if you have mastered the lens ok. You have a fine result with this one. The insect is so clar with fine detail and natural colours. I like the manty diferent shades of green. Well done TFs.
Nick..

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  • batu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1056 W: 289 N: 3914] (13202)
  • [2009-05-25 13:38]

Hello Grzegorz,
simply perfect! Light and exposure are professionally handled.
Sharpness is impressive and results in a particularly brilliant
presentation of the insect against the well-designed background.
Best wishes, Peter

Hejka!
Co do oznaczenia to nie pomoge zbytnio, choc z pewnoscia jest to rodzina Chrysopidae :) Fajnie zakomponowane zdjecie, do tego jest to jeden z tych owadow, co do ktorych "ciagle" mam plan zrobienia zdjecia... poki co bez skutku :(
Pozdrawiam,
Radek

Deeply impressed with your Tokina 100mm, Greg. What a marvellous capture!
The leaf's plane with the Neuroptera clinging to it has acquired an amazing three-dimensionality through the play of light from above. The shadows of objects on the leaf further intensify that impression.
This is perhaps one of the rarest images I have ever seen in which the natural light has been utilized with such intense perception and exceptional skill to create an image of extrordinary beauty and technical excellence.
It is these strokes of genius that place you as a class apart among the hordes of mediocre and amateurish nature photographers like me who clog the innumerable cyber highways feely available to them :).

Hy Greg
Sincerly, I like the insects from Neuroptera family, even I don't know really the names. In fact, I forgot them!
I like this one, with clear wings, in fact, a little colored, a pale turqoise.Also I like the details in the antenna. Well done!
Kind regards, Oana

Hi,
Beautiful simple composition and great many details, good lighting too. tfs.
nagraj.v

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1689 W: 0 N: 3811] (15342)
  • [2009-05-26 2:02]

Bonjour Greg,
I never have seen such a beautiful and fine shot of this Neuroptera insect. I know it from my mountain meadow, it has also these blueish color, but I never managed to make such a perfect shot. At the time I made the shot I found the ID, but unfortunately it disappeared im my computer-crash of last year.
Have a nice day
Anne

Ciao Greg, this is a great breack, fantastic macro of lovely creature wuth wonderful wings, fine details and splendid sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2399 W: 63 N: 4206] (13770)
  • [2009-05-26 14:33]

Hi Greg,
I never used a Tokina, so no comments on that, but the result looks very good. Focus, sharpness, lighting, setting, color tones and details are very nice.
TFS
All the best,
Selen

Hello Grzegorz,
a wonderful picture of this insect taken with outstanding sharpness and fine details, splendid colours, i like the very nice composition.
TFS
Best regards
Maurizio

Hi Greg,
This is an awesome shot of the Lacewing with perfect focus on the head and great detail.

Like you,I am having some difficulty using my new gear.
I just bought the Canon SX10 IS and it is much harder to use than the Lumix.
I am having big problems trying to photograph fungi well.I can't seem to get the results I got with the Lumix.
The Canon is very good at bird shots though.
The optical image stabiliser is so good that you can shoot hand held at 20x zoom !
Its going to take a while to master that macro though.
Steve

Hello Grzegorz
great shot of this insect, amazing details especially on the head,
superb composition, colors, pose and BG are excellent too
Have a good night
Jacqueline

Hi Grzeg,

"Model" changed, but not the level. No butterfly, but an extremely excellent shot with plenty of details, superb sharpness and wonderfully blurred background - not to mention perfect natural colors. Bravo bravissimo - this pic is the "visual insect aria". :)

Although I never photographed with DSLR yet (I didn't feel I need to jump through the bridge category after the compact cameras) I felt the same with my Panasonic Lumix. After the first few hundred (mostly test-) shots I thought I will never be able to handle it as well as the compact cameras. But during practising a lot with Lumix I learned a lot of things which were new to me in photography - so, good luck to test Your Tokina lens and to know its "soul" more.

Your Hungarian friend, Wladyslaw :)

Hello greg !
So many wondeful butterflies in your gallerye, and then, in the middle of them, this strane insect - my eyes were immedatly attracted by this one. It's of the best uality, as usual from you. Shapnes, details, colors, composition, POv, all of this is excellent. The insect in itself is beautiful, too. I like the transparent wings, and I also like the two round things above the insect. Very well done !
Valérie.

Czesc Grzesiu
Sliczne zdjecie. Po prostu wspaniale. Mikrokosmos. Piekne tlo, dobra ostrosc i naswietlenie. Bardzo mi sie podoba ;-)
Pozdrawiam
Krzysiek

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