...............The Silver Image: A foster-mother's love; a real can of worms

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A photo and lighting place! Here I'll post some stuff I've shot in the process of learning.

Since my move to Fujifilm equipment (WAY sharper & MUCH better than my old Nikon gear) , I now shoot with two Fuji X-E2 bodies and the NEW X-T2 from Sherry on my birthday!

* Fujinon XF10-24 f/3.5-4.8 R (SHARP across the range!)
* Fujinon XF18-55 f/2.8-4.0 R (SHARP across the range!)
* Fujinon XF60 f/2.4 (SHARP across the range!)
* Fujinon XF55-200 f/3.5-4.8 R (Uber SHARP across the range!)

Flash stuff:
* 6 Yongnuo 560-IV with commander/transmitter.
* 6 Nikon SB-25/26/28s (old, manual, reliable, nice),
* (6) Pocket Wizard and (6) Yongnuo RF-603 radio flash triggers

And tons of stands, umbrellas, soft-boxes, brolly boxes, mounts, hot & cold shoes (and some lukewarm ones), cords, spigots, clamps, pocket wizard triggers, reflectors, scrims, backdrops, adapters, snoots, grids, batteries , chargers, bags & cases, gewgaws, clamps, gimcracks, whatchamacallits, doohickeys, thingamajigs, whatnots, widgets, et cetera.

I love to shoot out on the street, but the technical aspects of photography/lighting are fascinating - and sometimes vexing. I am fortunate to shoot with motivated and inquisitive photographers.

I am available for portraits, senior photos & product photography.

Commercially printed copies (up to 24" x 36" of most photos seen here are available on high quality paper or mounted board for framing.

08 September 2010

A foster-mother's love; a real can of worms

Sherry has catalpa trees in her yard and they get a lot of worms late in the summer. Sherry says they're great for fishing, but she got me a coffee can full for some photos, along with the leaves they eat.

~~The mom worms carry their pupae on their backs until they get to ground and bury them to arrive next year.~~ After some research, I found out that a parasitic wasp lays eggs under the worm's skin, which hatch and spin little cocoons on the outside.

I set up on my macro table with a coupla flashes in softboxes. Since I used f/22 to 39 and a low ISO (200), my big sunpak 611s were between full and 1/4 power.

Strobist: Nikon D700 (ISO 200), Sigma EX 105 macro (f/28-f/39), Sunpak 611 flash in softboxes L&R (1/4 power fill, full power main), pocket wizards and slave.

Catalpa Bob and the great Beyond