Idolomantis diabolica

macro junkie · Dec 8, 2007

i got 2.Im not hoping to breed them just use them for pics.

4:1

macro junkie · Mar 1, 2008

thought i would update this thread..

macro junkie · Mar 1, 2008

Female

macro junkie · Mar 1, 2008

Male Subadult

macro junkie · Mar 1, 2008

sub adult female

macro junkie · Mar 1, 2008

Adult male48 hours after shedding

macro junkie · Mar 1, 2008

adult male

idolomantis · Mar 1, 2008

thats one heck of a defense pose :blink:

macro junkie · Mar 2, 2008

macro junkie · Mar 2, 2008

Kruszakus · Mar 2, 2008

Just, just... great! Man, you're the man when it comes to pictures.

macro junkie · Mar 2, 2008

Kruszakus said:
Just, just... great! Man, you're the man when it comes to pictures.

buying a good camera is really good..i enjoy looking after my mantids and taking pics as they progress over time..its cool to go back and look at nymphs that are now adult.thanks for your comments.but im not the man,,.igor is..

Tunedbeat · Mar 2, 2008

I don't know why but these always remind me of that monster from the movie "Jeepers Creepers". And, wonderful pictures by the way. Igor is more of an artist really, plus that full frame camera really helps him bring in alot of details.

macro junkie · Mar 3, 2008

Tunedbeat said:
I don't know why but these always remind me of that monster from the movie "Jeepers Creepers". And, wonderful pictures by the way. Igor is more of an artist really, plus that full frame camera really helps him bring in alot of details.

iv been told by some of the best macro photographers on thew canon forum that full frame sensors wont make your macro pics any better,,iv been told there good for landscape shots..hes got good detail because hes defusing his lights and using a good lens..

macro junkie · Mar 3, 2008

Tunedbeat said:
Igor is more of an artist really, plus that full frame camera really helps him bring in alot of details.

a 1.6 crop sensor gives you an effective higher magnification,For a Ful Frame camera to have better resolution and the ability to maybe crop it to a 1.6X crop equivalent with the same pixel level then it would need somewhere around 20mp sensor,canon do make a Full Frame camera like that but it costs about £6000..

Malnra · Mar 4, 2008

Very nice shots MJ .. thanks for sharing the images

macro junkie · Mar 4, 2008

Geoff_K said:
Very nice shots MJ .. thanks for sharing the images

more to come..just editing them now..his eyes have gone red now..This is the best species i have..

Tunedbeat · Mar 5, 2008

macro junkie said:
iv been told by some of the best macro photographers on thew canon forum that full frame sensors wont make your macro pics any better,,iv been told there good for landscape shots..hes got good detail because hes defusing his lights and using a good lens..

It's the combination of both, lens and camera. No denying that under the right conditions, a full frame camera will always beat out those with a smaller sensor. And, just diffusing the lights will not help you bring in more detail.

macro junkie · Mar 5, 2008

Tunedbeat said:
It's the combination of both, lens and camera. No denying that under the right conditions, a full frame camera will always beat out those with a smaller sensor. And, just diffusing the lights will not help you bring in more detail.

yer hes good at what he does,

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