A co-operative centipede or why newspaper is great

[davholla]

It is unusual for centipedes to co-operate but this one stayed still long enough for a couple of photos which I then stacked and it went to explore on flickr. To help overcome the small size of my garden I have blueberries etc in pots and some of them have newspaper round the plant to suppress weeds, this is a great habitat for woodlice, springtails and of course centipedes etc. I have quite a few pots so I can leave them alone for weeks between photo shots. The biggest disadvantage is that it a) it looks untidy and b) sometimes family members remove them when I am not looking
Centipede stack of 2 photos EF7A2822 by davholla2002, on Flickr


I thought that this springtail had also been good but I discovered that is antennae were different in every single shot of the 10 I took - never mind still a nice specimen, from the top of my water butt. I regularly find about 4-5 species in the garden but only this one is on top of the water butt.
Springtail EF7A2925 by davholla2002, on Flickr

 

[Andy Johnson]

Nice shots.A bit of a red colour cast perhaps on the springtail, could try altering the White balance a bit.

 

[davholla]

Nice shots.A bit of a red colour cast perhaps on the springtail, could try altering the White balance a bit.

I think you could be right, I don't think the water butt is that colour, I didn't change the colour in editing, maybe the white balance should have been set to flash.

 

[alfbranch]

Nicely shot David
That springtail is not the right colour try setting the WB to daylight in PP if shot in RAW and it should be a good place to start as flash is daylight balanced.

 

[davholla]

Nicely shot David
That springtail is not the right colour try setting the WB to daylight in PP if shot in RAW and it should be a good place to start as flash is daylight balanced.

Thanks I will try that, I can choose in darktable a defined white balance for my camera so it should be easy or I could just reduce the red a bit.