amber caterpillar (9 macros)

My 2nd entry to Xpilar macro photography contest.

Правила конкурса:

• только собственные работы.
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• конкурс продлится неделю, можно делать новый пост каждый из 7 дней.
• тема этой недели - "Насекомые".

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location:	Russian countryside	June 2020	natural light
camera/lens:	Canon 350D	Tamron 60mm	raw-conv
f/2.8	t 1/200	ISO 400	no editing

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And now let me tell the story behind it. I captured this series of photos this Summer. As my main camera (5d) was broken almost from the start, during the first week on my summer vacations life, I used my spare Canon 350D camera, equipped with Tamron 60mm macro lens (usually, with the full-frame, I use a different dedicated lens - Sigma 150mm).

This caterpillar I found at my village place, when I was working with showel in the garden. Happily, the camera was not far away, and this insect isnt as fast and smart, as some butterfly or beetles. It was not sitting stil, actually, always was trying to hide back into the ground. Therefore, it changed a lot of positions, and in the end it looked like its posing me :)

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One more frame from the set. View from the top of the head. The soil was well lit with direct sunlight (ideal for macro shoot). And I had this contrast between the black soil, and the golden-amber-yellow color of a caterpillar. It all benefitted to the pictures.

Now, the key word: what is the name of this creature, whats it iD to know it better ?.. The answer is: I dont know!!! But I have strong suspicions its a larvae for some very well-spread butterfly, or maybe a beetle. When I was digging ground, I found a lot of copies of the same specie. So, I figure out it must be something ordinary and well-spread! Not something unique. Actually, I will be grateful if some of the insects experts will correct and direct me, in this certain identifying request. A huge thanks in advance!!!

Now I am into macro ophotography for two years already (with a little tail), I am sonstantly raising up my level... and so far I totally understood a thing: macrophotography is a lot about working with light, like it was back 100 years ago. If you have no sun (i.e. no light) and you do not use external flash (like me), you will be getting no intresting result. Look, how the soil was lit here from aside by the sun beams, making it a perfect, magic texture background. I think this is, what makes this photo intresting.

On this photo from aside, you can see clearly its tail!

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And the last frame -- view from the bottom. Normally I dont took pics like this... but this time it just happened, as it changed her position all of the time. After that I finished the session, and let the creature to go to rest. It performed a lot of posing work for me!

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