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Tom Gessner
{K:2030} 9/11/2006
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Hi James you have a very artistic portfolio and therefore it is very difficult for me give a comment - but this one is really great, sharp and beautiful.
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James Cook
{K:38068} 6/20/2006
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They have been very helpful. Doesn't look like those are wasp eggs (or pupae).
http://bugguide.net/node/view/58847
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James Cook
{K:38068} 6/20/2006
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Well, Pat, I posted the two images I have up here to that bug site. We'll see what anybody has to say. I'll have to dig through and find another picture where the white parts are very clear and post that too.
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Pat Thielen
{K:300} 6/20/2006
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If you want an expert opinion on the fuzzy things you might consider posting the image to www.bugguide.net; they have a page set up for identifying insects and other things. It's a great site with a lot of information on it.
-P-
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James Cook
{K:38068} 6/20/2006
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Well, those are fuzzy things. They all had them. I thought they were fur, but I didn't pet any of them. Tomorrow I will post to this thread a detail of one of the images I have that's clearer so you can see the white things better.
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Pat Thielen
{K:300} 6/20/2006
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Well, I could be wrong, but I think those four white things on him are wasp eggs. Of course, it may be a bit hard to tell from the photo. But that's what it looks like to me.
-P-
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James Cook
{K:38068} 6/20/2006
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Pat, can you tell from something in the image that this caterpillar is definitely infected?
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Pat Thielen
{K:300} 6/20/2006
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Actually, thi sone being dark is a bonus as it sort of sets the mood for our poor doomed caterpillar. He is carrying wasp eggs, that will hatch and the larvae will devour him from within. So, knowing that, the darkness of this image is totally appropriate. Poor little guy... I'm all too happy I'm not an insect. They aren't nice.
-Pat-
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James Cook
{K:38068} 6/17/2006
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I agree: too dark. This was shot on a rather sunny day about mid-day. The caterpillar is on the shaded side of the tree (I turned this image).
I did try to lighten it up a bit in PS, but that washed things out (no surprise).
The real saddle is my camera. I don't yet have a digital SLR (I have a Minolta Maxxum 700si 35mm). So with this, though excellent, point-and-shoot I don't have much control over ap or shutt. I can sometimes fool it into doing what I want, but I typically must choose to lose one thing or another.
So it goes.
I am in the market for a digital SLR, but because K-Minolta's camera division was sold to Sony I'm not sure what my next move will be.
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Bill Krul
{K:5597} 6/17/2006
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Very nice perspective, dof and detail. I think it is not too dark. It appears to accurately depict ambient conditions.
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James Cook
{K:38068} 5/30/2006
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Yeah, too dark. I was thinking of it more as a landscape image, rough and rugged, with the caterpillar as a bonus. I have other shots where the caterpillar is displayed more vibrantly (they'll go up eventually), but I wanted to start with this one.
I don't know the Qu'ran well enough to know the story of which you write. I do know Plato's Allegory of the Cave. Is it similar?
Capisco un po Italiano, ma non parlo bene.
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Giuseppe Guadagno
{K:34002} 5/30/2006
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What I meant it is that if you aimed to do a naturalistic picture than it's too dark to see properly the caterpillar; it's right if you want a moody photo.
The image recalled to me the Maometto's simile as the composition seems a dark cave and the dark caterpillar is on a dark stone.
Excuse me James if I have been non clear enough.
Ciao.
Giuseppe
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James Cook
{K:38068} 5/30/2006
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Non capisco, Giuseppe. Spieghi, per piacere.
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Giuseppe Guadagno
{K:34002} 5/28/2006
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A black ant on a blach stone in a black cave ...(Maometto). A good photo, for me, if you want to show its mimetism.
Cheers James.
Giuseppe
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