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Caterpillar Feet

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted February 5, 2015382 views15 comments

This four inch long caterpillar was definitely the most bizarre and interesting i've ever seen. I found it during my recent assignment to the Peruvian Amazon, and it's fluorescent green wasn't hard to spot against the darker foliage. I struggled for a while with how to best to photograph it, and ended up preferring an intimate portrait that focused on it's bizarre features.

Canon 5d Mark iii, 100mm macro lens, 1/60 sec at f/8, ISO 1000

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15 comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on February 5, 2015 at 11:16 AM

Excellent . . .

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on February 5, 2015 at 11:29 AM

This is so cool! Both colors and its features are really interesting.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on February 5, 2015 at 12:06 PM

Cool and creative. Vibrant colors and awesome details. I don't care for the OOF section of the "perch" though.

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on February 5, 2015 at 1:36 PM

What an interesting caterpillar with its camouflage features. Great capture!

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on February 6, 2015 at 12:23 AM

Thomas: Good comp choice and a fine result IMO. Love the color and the fine details on the feet and body. 2 thumbs up! >=))>

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on February 6, 2015 at 12:50 AM

Thomas ...this is fantastic...fine detail...and the larger version is a must see. only wish the bottom half pearch was some natural color. But then thats not always possible.

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by scott lanz on February 6, 2015 at 10:31 AM

Outstanding, Thomas. Like others have commented, the large oof gray llc detracts a little from the image, but the details, design, and pattern of the CP more than make up for it, and I do like how you got in close to show the detail.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on February 6, 2015 at 9:22 PM

The patterns pop out wonderfully, here Thomas. It's a neat and interesting point of view, with your emphasis on the graphic design.

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on February 7, 2015 at 7:36 AM

Looks like you found a cool subject to photograph. It might be a saturniid moth larva. Comp and colors are fun to look at

...................Jim

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Comment posted by Thomas Haney on February 7, 2015 at 2:02 PM

Thanks for all the comments, and you're right Jim, after looking it up it's definitely a species of Saturniid moth. I agree with everyone about the OOF bottom left detracting from the image, and the only thing I could figure out to try is a square crop, which I actually kind of like.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on February 8, 2015 at 8:50 AM

Thomas, as an alternate to a square crop, how about taking about 1-% off the bottom, and 10% off the left (keeping all four pods in the image) thereby reducing the relative size of the oof gray area? Just a thought.

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Comment posted by Thomas Haney on February 8, 2015 at 9:15 AM

Thanks for the suggestion Scott. I'd say that is an improvement. Just wish i'd rotated the camera clockwise a bit before taking the shot!

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on February 9, 2015 at 9:23 PM

Hi Thomas

Awesome and amazing

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Charles Rose on February 18, 2015 at 3:17 PM

What a cool shot! I'm impressed with the detail captured. Congratulation on getting a WP.

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Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on February 28, 2015 at 2:03 PM

Owww nice…. gorgeous detail! Congrats on the weekly pick!
Grt, Ingrid.

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