This summer instead of making a bunch of seperate threads, I figured I would just run a single thread and add pics to it as I go.
So here we go - Summer 2006
I got this extra-green grasshopper in a giant thorn bush in my back yard:
Nikon D2X, Sigma 180mm Macro, F/18, 1/60, handheld with dual flash
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Same with this cannibal:
Nikon D2X, Sigma 180mm Macro, F/11, 1/60, handheld with dual flash
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Different grasshopper, same bush:
Nikon D2X, Sigma 180mm Macro, F/14, 1/60, handheld with dual flash
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I think this little fellow was trying to intimidate me. It was this "grabbing" position he was in that caught my attention in the first place:
Nikon D2X, Nikkor 200mm Micro, F/20, 1/60, tripod mounted with dual flash
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So much detail is lost in the downsizing. Here is a 100% crop of the little spider:
Nikon D2X, Nikkor 200mm Micro, F/20, 1/60, tripod mounted with dual flash
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A little skipper butterfly:
Nikon D2X, Nikkor 200mm Micro, F/20, 1/60, handheld with dual flash
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Last weekend marked the start of the "tadpole exodus" as the new almost frogs make their first trips up the beach. Unfortunately as the giant photographer would approach the tiny frogs they would do an about face and tear back into the water. I had to sit in a single place, not moving, until one came in range of the camera. I only got this single frog before my wife had had enough. (edit: I learned afterwards that this is actually a toad) Note the tail:
Nikon D2X, Nikkor 200mm Micro, F/18, 1/60, tripod mounted with flash
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I don't know what the hell this is. Some kind of mutant grasshopper, I guess. They sure could jump! (edit: turns out it is called a "Camel Cricket" aka "Cave Cricket")
Nikon D2X, Nikkor 200mm Micro, F/22, 1/60, handheld with flash
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This one was funny. Ever get the feeling you're in over your head? I think this little spider may have:
Nikon D2X, Nikkor 200mm Micro, F/22, 1/60, tripod mounted with dual flash
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And, of course, the mosquito. This image is cropped about 30%. I'm going to try for higher magnifications in the future:
Nikon D2X, Nikkor 200mm Micro, F/20, 1/60, tripod mounted with dual flash
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More to come!
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So here we go - Summer 2006
I got this extra-green grasshopper in a giant thorn bush in my back yard:

Nikon D2X, Sigma 180mm Macro, F/18, 1/60, handheld with dual flash
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.
Same with this cannibal:

Nikon D2X, Sigma 180mm Macro, F/11, 1/60, handheld with dual flash
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.
Different grasshopper, same bush:

Nikon D2X, Sigma 180mm Macro, F/14, 1/60, handheld with dual flash
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.
I think this little fellow was trying to intimidate me. It was this "grabbing" position he was in that caught my attention in the first place:

Nikon D2X, Nikkor 200mm Micro, F/20, 1/60, tripod mounted with dual flash
.
.
So much detail is lost in the downsizing. Here is a 100% crop of the little spider:

Nikon D2X, Nikkor 200mm Micro, F/20, 1/60, tripod mounted with dual flash
.
.
A little skipper butterfly:

Nikon D2X, Nikkor 200mm Micro, F/20, 1/60, handheld with dual flash
.
.
Last weekend marked the start of the "tadpole exodus" as the new almost frogs make their first trips up the beach. Unfortunately as the giant photographer would approach the tiny frogs they would do an about face and tear back into the water. I had to sit in a single place, not moving, until one came in range of the camera. I only got this single frog before my wife had had enough. (edit: I learned afterwards that this is actually a toad) Note the tail:

Nikon D2X, Nikkor 200mm Micro, F/18, 1/60, tripod mounted with flash
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.
I don't know what the hell this is. Some kind of mutant grasshopper, I guess. They sure could jump! (edit: turns out it is called a "Camel Cricket" aka "Cave Cricket")

Nikon D2X, Nikkor 200mm Micro, F/22, 1/60, handheld with flash
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This one was funny. Ever get the feeling you're in over your head? I think this little spider may have:

Nikon D2X, Nikkor 200mm Micro, F/22, 1/60, tripod mounted with dual flash
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And, of course, the mosquito. This image is cropped about 30%. I'm going to try for higher magnifications in the future:

Nikon D2X, Nikkor 200mm Micro, F/20, 1/60, tripod mounted with dual flash
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More to come!
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