what is this?

Posted by Bruce Sherman on Fri Nov 21, 2014 2:31 pm

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I have been playing around with the technique described by Steve Maxson's "A Portable Lightbox Studio for Macro" article here on NSN.

Here's a shot I got today. I have no idea what it is. I think it has six legs, so I guess that would mean it's some stage in some insect's life. Anyone have any idea?

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by Tom Whelan on Fri Nov 21, 2014 10:00 pm

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Excellent lighting and detail - a beetle larva, perhaps?

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by kevinfeenstra on Fri Nov 21, 2014 10:01 pm

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Hi Bruce:

This is a detailed portrait that is quite nice and has a great pose. I am not sure on this but I think it is a scarab beetle larva also called a white grub. This is what I found that looks like it:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/985625/bgimage

Nice work!

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by CactusD on Sat Nov 22, 2014 11:00 am

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Great work here. Loving all the details.

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by D7avid on Sat Nov 22, 2014 4:44 pm

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Love the technique.Grreat job

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by Matthew Pugh on Mon Nov 24, 2014 6:56 am

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Hi

A fine shot of an interesting subject - if you like images of this sort try looking up product photography techniques. Lots of useful lighting ideas and the like which would all translate well into image of this nature

All the best
Matthew

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by dissent on Sat Nov 29, 2014 9:25 am