The creepy crawly thread..... - Aircraft of World War II

Geedee · 09-26-2009, 04:15 PM

Having seen a lot of pics from you guys recently while you are out and about taking pics, there are a lot of macro shots being shown.

Thought it might be an idea to start a thread for these close up shots of the insect kingdom. If it creeps, crawls, slithers, fly's, swims ...whatever, add your shots with a quick 'one-liner' describing where, when why etc.

I'll start the ball rolling with...
1. Common Garden Spider, back garden. Nearly put my head in its web before I saw it !
2. Common Garden Spider, back garden, different area.
3. Common Garden Spider, top view. Check out the spikes all over it !!!!!
4. Ant dragging a Hornet away to the nest for eating later. Cyprus. Strong little dude aint he !
5.Praying Mantis. Outside my bedroom window while I was in Cyprus a week ago.
6. High speed snail...check out the racing stripes !.. on a thorny plant of some sort. I didnt have to ask him to stay still for this shot !
7. Head on with a Fritilary (I think) on a wild flower

B-17engineer · 09-26-2009, 05:15 PM

Awesome shots! I had to do an insect project last year! The teacher kept the insects though, or I would've posted them

lesofprimus · 09-26-2009, 05:44 PM

Great shots Gary....

Wayne Little · 09-26-2009, 09:05 PM

Nice Gary!

Vic Balshaw · 09-26-2009, 10:07 PM

Fantastic shots Gary. Did you have a good holiday in Cyprus, lovely Island, lived in Limassol for 3 years while in the RAF. That was before the invasion, but I've been back a few times since.

evangilder · 09-26-2009, 10:19 PM

Nice ones, Gary. I really like the second spider shot with the shadow in the background.

vikingBerserker · 09-26-2009, 10:32 PM

Excellent shots! I like the ant.

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 09-27-2009, 05:35 AM

I really like the Mantis shot.

Gnomey · 09-27-2009, 01:31 PM

Nice shots Gary!

GrauGeist · 09-27-2009, 01:43 PM

Cool shots, Gary!

I especially like the spider photos

Here's a shot of some fish I took last year...makes ya' just want to get out the frying pan, don't it?

Lucky13 · 09-27-2009, 01:56 PM

Sweet stuff mate!

Geedee · 09-27-2009, 03:04 PM

Cheers guys. Lets see what you've got !

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrauGeist

Here's a shot of some fish I took last year.

Crickey mate, I'm impressed !. I have enough problems with dust spot, let alone algae spots !

GrauGeist · 09-27-2009, 04:27 PM

lmao @ "algea spots" on the lens! There's a "special" technique I use to get the fish shots, but those are very real fish and they are in the Sacramento river.

How about a few more critters, then?

IMG 1: Leaf Hopper - not the best shot, but shows some cool detail and proves you can be too close with a Macro lense...
IMG 2: Praying Mantis
[B]IMG 3:[/IMG] Praying mantis at night...notice his eyes...
IMG 4: Young Black Widow

B-17engineer · 09-27-2009, 04:31 PM

Nice! Next time I have a spider... I'll get my camera, and then the book.... (to kill it. )

Aaron Brooks Wolters · 09-27-2009, 05:03 PM

Great idea for a thread Gary!!

And excellent shots so far you two!

Oh, and Harrison, please don't bash the spiders unless they are lethal please

Sorry, I just think they are neat, that's all .

09-26-2009, 04:15 PM	#1
Geedee Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 765	The creepy crawly thread..... Having seen a lot of pics from you guys recently while you are out and about taking pics, there are a lot of macro shots being shown. Thought it might be an idea to start a thread for these close up shots of the insect kingdom. If it creeps, crawls, slithers, fly's, swims ...whatever, add your shots with a quick 'one-liner' describing where, when why etc. I'll start the ball rolling with... 1. Common Garden Spider, back garden. Nearly put my head in its web before I saw it ! 2. Common Garden Spider, back garden, different area. 3. Common Garden Spider, top view. Check out the spikes all over it !!!!! 4. Ant dragging a Hornet away to the nest for eating later. Cyprus. Strong little dude aint he ! 5.Praying Mantis. Outside my bedroom window while I was in Cyprus a week ago. 6. High speed snail...check out the racing stripes !.. on a thorny plant of some sort. I didnt have to ask him to stay still for this shot ! 7. Head on with a Fritilary (I think) on a wild flower Attached Images __________________ Cheers Gary Not only am I a master of suspense, but I... http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/sta...ect-18113.html "I’ll never worry about meeting a FW 190 in a 51 since I was able to outturn, outdive and generally out-maneuver him at all altitudes, from 23,000 feet to the deck; I could follow him in anything and do a lot more besides.” Richard D Bishop, 11 Sept 1944, 55th FG

09-26-2009, 05:15 PM	#2
B-17engineer Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,675	Awesome shots! I had to do an insect project last year! The teacher kept the insects though, or I would've posted them __________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe36UMRkRbk

09-26-2009, 05:44 PM	#3
lesofprimus Minister of Whoopass Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi Posts: 17,490	Great shots Gary.... __________________ My IL2 Video Tribute to My Grandfather: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtzN5RuNNJk

09-26-2009, 09:05 PM	#4
Wayne Little Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Adelaide Sth. Aust. Posts: 12,507	Nice Gary! __________________

09-26-2009, 10:07 PM	#5
Vic Balshaw Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Canberra Posts: 832	Fantastic shots Gary. Did you have a good holiday in Cyprus, lovely Island, lived in Limassol for 3 years while in the RAF. That was before the invasion, but I've been back a few times since. __________________ Thunder and Lightning

09-26-2009, 10:19 PM	#6
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,804	Nice ones, Gary. I really like the second spider shot with the shadow in the background. __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

09-26-2009, 10:32 PM	#7
vikingBerserker Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Carolina Posts: 3,722	Excellent shots! I like the ant. __________________ "Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it" "Those who dwell in the past, condemn the future"

09-27-2009, 05:35 AM	#8
DerAdlerIstGelandet Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany Posts: 33,152	I really like the Mantis shot. __________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I]

09-27-2009, 01:31 PM	#9
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,217	Nice shots Gary! __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

09-27-2009, 01:43 PM	#10
GrauGeist Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Redding, California Posts: 3,346	Cool shots, Gary! I especially like the spider photos Here's a shot of some fish I took last year...makes ya' just want to get out the frying pan, don't it? Attached Images __________________ "Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future." - Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome > I Support Doug Gillis <

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Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,128	Sweet stuff mate! __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

09-27-2009, 04:27 PM	#13
GrauGeist Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Redding, California Posts: 3,346	lmao @ "algea spots" on the lens! There's a "special" technique I use to get the fish shots, but those are very real fish and they are in the Sacramento river. How about a few more critters, then? IMG 1: Leaf Hopper - not the best shot, but shows some cool detail and proves you can be too close with a Macro lense... IMG 2: Praying Mantis [B]IMG 3:[/IMG] Praying mantis at night...notice his eyes... IMG 4: Young Black Widow Attached Images __________________ "Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future." - Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome > I Support Doug Gillis <

09-27-2009, 04:31 PM	#14
B-17engineer Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,675	Nice! Next time I have a spider... I'll get my camera, and then the book.... (to kill it. ) __________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe36UMRkRbk

09-27-2009, 05:03 PM	#15
Aaron Brooks Wolters Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Abingdon, VA. Posts: 2,283	Great idea for a thread Gary!! And excellent shots so far you two! Oh, and Harrison, please don't bash the spiders unless they are lethal please Sorry, I just think they are neat, that's all . Last edited by Aaron Brooks Wolters; 09-27-2009 at 05:06 PM.

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