Gulf fritillary caterpillar (3/6)

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• marhowie (302)
• [2005-11-19 7:33]

Nice shot Alejandro. You have better exposure here than the last shot. I like the composition and the BG works well. TFS!

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• scottevers7 (12267)
• [2005-11-19 9:35]

Hi Alejandro,
Nice macro shot here. Great job to get nice detail in the head area were he is covered in pollen.

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• dew77 (13209)
• [2005-11-19 9:44]

Hello Alejandro!
Wonderful capture.Vivid colors,details,sharpness and POV are excellent.TFS...:-)

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• RII (2812)
• [2005-11-19 13:09]

Hola Alejandro.
Interesante ejemplar,bonitos colores pero a mi gusto falta de nitidez.
Saludos....RICARDO.

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• extramundi (12818)
• [2005-11-19 17:09]

La intencion fue muy buena, y la verdad es que conseguiste una foto curiosa, pero quizas demasiado dificil de ver por la complejidad de la planta y de la oruga.
Aprecio algo de ruido en el fondo (característico de las Lumix), facilmente eliminable con algun filtro tipo Neat Image o similar. Gracias por compartirla.
Recibiste mi mensaje acerca de la imagan de la presentacion?

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• liquidsunshine (11494)
• [2005-11-20 3:12]

Hi Alejandro
Another busy day/early morning rush.
Well worth the big green smiley.
Thanks for posting.

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• Dave (2173)
• [2005-11-20 5:07]

Alejandro,
The flower appears to be a passionflower Passiflora. These grow where I have migrated, Northcentral Arkansas, but the fruits do not fully mature like my native South Louisiana. We called the fruit "maypops" down in Louisiana, and they were quite a treat. When ripe the exterior is like a wrinkled egg, and the interior is filled with what almost looks like fish eggs. But, they are so delicious. Unfortunately, it has been too long since I have last enjoyed one. Do you have these in Bolivia?

Your pollen covered caterpillar is nicely captured. I have never seen one covered in pollen like this. Interesting!
Thanks for sharing,
Dave

may·pop n. 1. A vine (Passiflora incarnata) of the southeast United States having purple and white flowers, three-lobed leaves, and edible yellow fruit. 2. The fruit of this plant. [Alteration of maycock, from earlier maracock, perhaps of Virginia Algonquian origin.]
definition supplied by the "American Heritage Dictionary"

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• delfi (90)
• [2005-11-27 5:46]

Hola, Como estas ?

This pic is very noisy, Alejandro. You can see a lot of color-dots, especially in the red and the green (RGB, color-noise ?).

Try this (not sure): On your camera there's an ISO-setting which regulates "film"-speed. This adjusts the global sensitivity of the camera for light. Try to select ISO 100 (or auto), for the least sensitivity if possible (broad daylight): this has the least noise. ISO 400 for example means more sensitive to light(clouded, forest). In this case signals are boosted by an amplifier inside the camera, which introduces a lot of noise.

Tip: more light, less noise ! (film or CCD)

It is also possible that you have introduced noise at post-production by boosting brightness-levels too much (as to compensate for an under-exposed picture), although I doubt it: looks quite different.

Another suggestion might be to switch noise reduction to "on" (or auto) on your camera.

Also possible is to change your position so that a little bit more light falls on the subject, or to use a "fill-in" flash, but this might introduce over-exposure (macro), incase your camera does not compensate for the extra light of the flash: in this case try to experiment with manually compensating exposure [AE] +/- ev.

Don't worry, caterpillars aren't that fast ...