Cricket

[GardenersHelper]

These were captured hand-held in our garden with an EF-mount Laowa 100mm 2:1 macro on a 2X teleconverter on a Sigma MC-11 EF to E adapter on a Sony A7ii with a Yongnuo YN24EX twin flash front-mounted on the lens.

The raw files were processed with presets in DXO PhotoLab and Silkypix, and then image-specific adjustments in Lightroom to produce 1300 pixel high JPEGs which were then adjusted in Topaz DeNoise AI.

There are 1300 pixel high versions of these images in this album at Flickr.

#1 I think that is a sawfly leg behind the cricket.

1664 16 2020_06_30 DSC05340_PLab3 SP9 LR 1300h-DNAIc by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#2

1664 17 2020_06_30 DSC05344_PLab3 SP9 LR 1300h-DNAIc by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#3

1664 18 2020_06_30 DSC05346_PLab3 SP9 LR 1300h-DNAIc by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#4

1664 19 2020_06_30 DSC05349_PLab3 SP9 LR 1300h-DNAIc by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#5

1664 20 2020_06_30 DSC05354_PLab3 SP9 LR 1300h-DNAIc by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#6

1664 21 2020_06_30 DSC05358_PLab3 SP9 LR 1300h-DNAIc by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

#7

1664 22 2020_06_30 DSC05362_PLab3 SP9 LR 1300h-DNAIc by gardenersassistant, on Flickr

 

[alfbranch]

Yet another great set Nick

 

[GardenersHelper]

Yet another great set Nick

Thanks again Alf.

 

[Graham]

I really like how you get the whole of the insects you photograph in focus where as I can not get this much.
Speckled cricket I think.

 

[davholla]

Very nice, I often see this species but haven't yet - hopefully I will soon.

 

[GardenersHelper]

I really like how you get the whole of the insects you photograph in focus where as I can not get this much.

That's because I'm using extremely small apertures. These were f/45, and the magnification would make the effective aperture even smaller (for example f/90 at 1:1, which these probably were). I can't get apertures that small with my close-up lens setups, which is why I'm exploring this new setup because I do like the extra depth of field that comes with very small apertures. Unfortunately that comes along with the loss of a lot of detail and very soft images. Post processing becomes very important. (Also more weight, bigger and no autofocus. Not very keen on any of those either.)

Speckled cricket I think.

Thanks. Just looked that up, and it looks right to me; a speckled cricket nymph.

 

[GardenersHelper]

Very nice, I often see this species but haven't yet - hopefully I will soon.

Thanks. I find them relatively easy to photograph because they move around at a fairly sedate pace and quite often stay more or less in one place for a good while. I hope you get a good opportunity soon.

 

[Deleted member 3428]

Super series Nick.

 

[GardenersHelper]

Super series Nick.

Thanks Alby.