Woodpress

A few days ago I took this photo on a walk near work. I really like the stripey pattern on this bug… and the subtle colors on the wings.

On Sunday I took a nice long walk with my good friend Matt. I took pictures. I also got a mild sunburn, but there’s a nice non-burned area on the back of my neck where my camera strap was. Like some insects and arachnids I’ve worked with, Matt was a very cooperative model. Unlike an […]

It’s been a while since I’ve posted. Life has been busy, and I need to get to sleep, but here are a couple insect photos I’ve been meaning to post for a while.

I decided to play around with the wasp photo I just posted. I overlayed color contours on the original photo and added a border. I like how it turned out, but I still prefer the original. I also posted a [higher resolution version of the original on deviantART.

I’m not sure exactly what type of flying stingy thingy this is… wasp, yellowjacket, or something. I’m considering spending more time studying insects, because it’d be nice to know about what I’m photographing and be able to say something more informative than “here’s a bug picture I took.” For now though, here’s a bug picture […]

Grasshoppers freak out my wife. Something about them getting stuck to your clothes and losing legs when you pull them off, I think… but she’s pretty quick to change the subject, so I really don’t know much about this particular phobia. I figure if I keep bringing it up, eventually she’ll either tell me about […]

I saw this little critter on my wall. It sat completely still while I took pictures, so I got to experiment a bit. I’m sharing my favorite. For this picture I used a sheet of paper as a flash reflector (the flash was otherwise blocked by the lens because I was so close). I like […]

A couple of the six joints in a spider’s leg are hydraulic. The spider flexes muscles that increase pressure and straighten those joints. When the spider dies, those muscles relax and the legs curl up.