Eastern Boxelder

Macro shot of a nuisance bug



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Wow, ScreaminScott...

That is an absolutely fantastic photograph... perfect subject sharpness and very nice background bokeh. Thanks for sharing.

My only little "nitpick" would be that the tip of one of the bug's legs is "chopped off", but no huge deal about it, excellent work. :thumbsup:

By the way, welcome to the (coolest :p) forum here at PR – N&W! :)

very nice, for the reasons Alex stated above. isn't a boxelder a tree though?

http://www.ghorganics.com/BoxElderBugs.htm

That's about as good a macro as I've seen, with very wide DOF. Shallow DOF is the biggest problem with macro, so I'm wondering what camera and lens you used?

I used a Nikon D70s coupled with a Lester A. Dine 105mm F2.8 manual focus macro lens. I also had an SB 600 speedlight for fill so as to stop down as much as possible

Excellent macro, and as has been said this has great depth of field . Super job.

That's a screamin' good shot!

Looking forward to seeing more from you. Thanks for sharing and welcome to N&W!

The title of this photo is "Devil Eyes"

Awesome image!

Welcome to Photography Review ScreaminScott ,and congrats on the FP :)