Pics of Wuwu's creatures

[chris_photo]

I had the pleasure of meeting Wuwu today. He brought over some mantids and leaf bugs.

Here are some samples from our photosession.

 

[worldofmantis]

woah nice pictures

 

[Herp13]

Nice pictures, i like the first mantid, and the flower mantid too By the way, how do you get the black background on the photos?

 

[waretrop]

OMG! I am new around these parts and now I am in "overwhelm mode".

I agree, these are beautiful pictures, and beautiful critters. Waiting to find out how you made the background black. Barb

 

[Justin]

Excellent photos! I love the shot of the coronatus especially.

 

[yen_saw]

Very nice!! I really like the orchid pic.

 

[wuwu]

wow, they came out great! good job!

 

[chris_photo]

Nice pictures, i like the first mantid, and the flower mantid too By the way, how do you get the black background on the photos?

Thanks fo the compliments everyone!

I can't thank Wuwu enough for taking the time to share his mantises with me.

To answer your question, I used flash and a black background for these shots.

 

[Jwonni]

some great shots chris

and some nice mantids Wuwu

 

[Rick]

Great pics

 

[yen_saw]

Hi Chris, I was thinking that if you use a lighter background for mantis with darker color such as ghost mantis the effect may be better? i am aware that a lighter color background like white may ruin the pic due to light reflection but maybe using blue or green backgournd? Just my $0.02 opinion.

 

[Herp13]

Thats a good point, but i think the black is still better because overall, the shape color and form is so exotic, it stands out anyways

 

[chris_photo]

Hi Chris, I was thinking that if you use a lighter background for mantis with darker color such as ghost mantis the effect may be better? i am aware that a lighter color background like white may ruin the pic due to light reflection but maybe using blue or green backgournd? Just my $0.02 opinion.

Good point.

However, I like the dramatic effect of the black background. I think what I will do next time is try a different lighting technique to help seperate it from the background.

 

[Kristin]

Great pics!! Hoping you'll satisfy my curiosity: Digital or film? Were you using a ring flash? Will you share what camera and lens you were using?

- Kristin

 

[chris_photo]

Great pics!! Hoping you'll satisfy my curiosity: Digital or film? Were you using a ring flash? Will you share what camera and lens you were using?- Kristin

Digital.

Canon 20D with Canon 100mm 2.8 macro.

I used studio strobes.

 

[cdub11122]

really great pics.

 

[Johnald Chaffinch]

i've found a lot of my best pics could have been loads better with a quieter background, i'll have to set up something similar to this in future

 

[BigBreeder]

I certainly will move to a black background. The shots are beautiful, my hat is off to you.

Mark D.