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Cerambycidae sp


Cerambycidae sp
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Copyright: Jesus Linares (jlinaresp) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 466 W: 17 N: 967] (3606)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-07-09
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon SX 110 IS
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/125 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-07-11 9:02
Viewed: 418
Points: 50
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Spanish]
Hello TN friends!

Photographing insects in difficult light conditions, with a compact camera steady in the hand, often rather difficult for the experts just like me. That's why every time I have the opportunity, I try and document it.

This Cerambycidae, was captured with a severely damp and cloudy, have just finished raining.

Despite the conditions, I did not want to use the flash. Actually wanted to achieve a brightness and color as natural as possible.

I decided to play around with the settings for my compact camera:

Using the maximum aperture that the camera allows me to (F2.8) That makes me a little more complicated approach, but I can provide more light and improve the shutter speed even with very little natural light.

I wanted to use the ISO 100 to avoid the noise of my camera with ISO 200 or 400, I put a little more difficult as the shutter and hold my camera in hand. But I think it's worth testing.

The white balance setting in AUTO mode was frankly bad, appeared bluish leaves and insect took an almost red color, totally different from its actual color. Because of this, I decided to use white balance in manual mode, adjusting mode CLOUDY. With this, the result was quite faithful to the real color.

Finally, adjust the shutter speed to a point where it had a nice view but not on display. 1/125s stayed with the limits of what I usually use for pictures with the camera held by hand, avoiding at same time a moved image.

The result of or above is the photo that I now humbly public. I believe that despite the conditions of capture, can be predicted cloudy and the humidity of the environment, while the colors look natural and sober the whole insect, foliage and flowers.

The post processing involves the corresponding picture to improve the composition and bring the whole framework to give also a hint of relevance.

I hope this information can be useful to people who enjoy the hobby of photography, accompanied by a compact camera.

Taxonomic information Cerambycidos the models published in my previous post, because of that, today I confine myself to the information capture process.

Greetings to all,

Jesus
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Ciao Jesus, great capture of fantastic bug, fine details and wonderful sharpness, splendid colors, very well done, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

hello Jesus
excellent capture.......
TFS
Nasos

Olá Jesus,

What beautiful capture with pretty colors!
Fantastic details and sharpness.
Excellent, Jesus!
Great work. TFS.

Regards,
Paulo.

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3816 W: 190 N: 11348] (34987)
  • [2009-07-11 10:16]

Hello Jesús,
A fine capture of this attractive Longhorn Beetle.
Good use of a wide aperture in the poor light that still gave you excellent sharpness with almost all the beetle in focus and a fine OOF BG. The lateral POV on the lantana flower buds and the composition are excxellent.
Thanks and best regards,
Ivan

Hello Jesus, excellent close-up shot of this strange longhorn beetle with nice composition and details.
TFS and regards,
Bahadır

Hi Jesus
Very interesting photo. It nice to see the South American longhorn beetle. I like natural suurounding and blured background. Sharpness is quite good
TFS
Krzysztof

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2908 W: 34 N: 8625] (32146)
  • [2009-07-11 11:03]

Hi Jesus . This is a Bug i have not seen before so thanks for posting. You have taken this Cerambycidae with sharp focusing and fine detail. Your use of the light has given rich colours. well done TFS.
Nick..

Hola Jesús,
un ejemplo más de sacar partido a tu cámara. Cuantos con reflex buenas querríamos sacar esas fotos ... enhorabuena.
Muy agradecido por tu explicación.

Con una luz más bien débil (eso parece) consigues unas texturas muy fieles y no pierdes un ápice de enfoque. En cuanto a las luces, los brillos son reales y sin estridencias, con pocos huecos sin luz como se ve en la base del torax.

Ah... que Dios te conseve el pulso :-)

No vuelvas a decir que eres poco experto, ya que aunque lo fueras, los resultados son de profesional; no lo digo por enjabonarte.

Un abrazo: Josep Ignasi.

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1373 W: 56 N: 4723] (16252)
  • [2009-07-11 12:27]

Hello Jesus.
Excellent this very close-up.I like beautiful composition of this beetle.Very good details on wing-cases and on antenna.Amazing colors and superb green blurry BG.Well done,TFS.
Best regards Siggi

Hola Jesus,
I'm really impressed by the quality of this shot and how you use the full possibilities of your reflex camera. The sharpness on the insect and the colours are perfect. Only some DOF is missing, but it was impossible with this difficult light conditions. Congratulations,
Catherine

Hello Jesus,
Very nice image of the beetle. Good sharpness on the body and legs, pity about the antennae. The DOF at f/2.8 is very small. Thanks.
Alan

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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 647 W: 15 N: 1589] (6203)
  • [2009-07-11 13:04]

Hello Jesus
Another interesting capture taken with great details and beautiful natural colors. Well done.
Regards
Razvan

hello Jesús

with Silvio, Luciano, Bayram & cie your becoming
of TN masters in macro photo, another excellent
one from you, with fine POV, fine focus great
sharpness and details, i also love to see details
of the blurred background, TFS

Asbed

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  • thor68 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 792 W: 138 N: 1312] (5642)
  • [2009-07-11 13:53]

terrific close-up of the interesting beetle! :-) following your notes and difficulties i have to applaud even more.
sharpness, details and colors are fine, and i really like the composition with the nice "square" flowers.
well done & best wishes, thor.

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  • Luis52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1110 W: 5 N: 3457] (12761)
  • [2009-07-11 14:25]

Hola Jesus
Foto de alto nivel en todos los aspectos. Alta nitidez y colorido. Muy interesante la nota escrita.
Saludos Jesus.
Luis52.

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2009-07-11 16:34]

Hi Jesus,

I love this! Not only is the Longhorned Beetle perfect but the setting and composition are superb. The insect is so sharp with magnificent details and wonderful colors. The position of the long "horns" are very effective. It's so nice to see such great shots from a compact. Have a great rest of the weekend.

Jane

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1978 W: 6 N: 5527] (19673)
  • [2009-07-11 16:49]

Hi Jesus,very very great capture! A difficult macro in the shadow taken whit a sharpness really fantastic.My best compliments,have a nice Sunday,Luciano.

Hi and Good Morning Jesus,
An outstanding macro capture of this longhoarn beetle with an impeccable clarity, focus and composition.
TFS and Have a nice Sunday!
Cheers,
Bayram

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  • dejo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 375 W: 51 N: 519] (2238)
  • [2009-07-12 0:50]

Hello Jesus,
nice capture of this beutiful Longhorn Beetle, I like the colors and composition,
TFS
Dejan

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2009-07-12 2:30]

Ola Jesus!

Very good picture straight from rain forest. Beetle looks good and is detailed, with natural colours. Great note! Very interesting tips and description. I agree with you - I'm trying to avoid use of flash almost ever.

Hola Jesus

Haces unas fotos fantasticas.
Este bichito parece de plastico.

Buena imagen como todas.

Un saludo Antonio

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  • foozi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1339 W: 0 N: 2575] (9083)
  • [2009-07-12 7:04]

Hi Jesus,
a nice captured of the long moustached guy. Well presented with the flowers clearly seen too.
good light and sharp features of the beetle.

regards,
foozi

Ciao Jesus. Excellent details on the skin that seems wet. Beautiful colours. Amazing compo in good DIOF.

Roberto.

Hello Jesus
beautiful shot ofthis longhorn beetle with rich colors, superb pose on this pretty flowers, i like composition and POV very much
great sharpness o the insect
Have a good night
Jacqueline

Hello Jesus !
Even if the conditions were difficult, you managed to get a wonderful picture, on all points - sharpness, details, colors, composition, pose of the insect, everything is excellent. I also like the flowers, their shape is beautiful and they are adding a nice bonus to the photo. Very well done !
Valérie.

Hi Jesus,
A nice capture of this beautiful longhorn beetle. Very good sharp details and a lovely composition. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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