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Walking Stick

by John Tobias

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted December 19, 2011185 views4 comments
Had the opportunity to photograph the New Guinea walking sticks at the Miller Park Zoo. The specimens were between 4-5 inches long.

Canon T3i

1/125 @ F5.6 ISO 200
Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens @ 55mm plus 20mm X-tube
Exturnal Flash @ -1/3
Tripod, MF, 2-sec shutter delay, live view

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on December 20, 2011 at 10:21 AM
The walking sticks around here sure don't have spines on them! That is one hefty looking fellow!
Registered on December 13, 2011, 216 Posts, 1671 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on December 20, 2011 at 12:06 PM
Like the POV, great details John..Looks pretty intimidating! :eek:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by Tonia Graves on December 20, 2011 at 12:14 PM
John, this looks very menacing up close! Nice to see all that detail in the mouth & face.
Registered on October 29, 2011, 92 Posts, 1035 Comments
Comment posted by Iain Campbell on December 27, 2011 at 12:39 PM
Hi John,
I love the detail and the POV. It looks as though you may have overdone it on shadow highlights as there seems an unnatural halo around its left leg (on our right) and the antennas.

Cheers,
Iain
Registered on December 21, 2010, 23 Posts, 11 Comments