South Korean Caterpillar

[ifly223]

Shot this lil guy a few days ago out behind our base here at Camp Stanley, South Korea. Went back a couple of days later and it was much bigger; will post those pics later. Gonna go back after duty today to check on him.

I was experimenting with using my on camera flash and smaller AP settings. It was a cloudy and windy day when I shot this and figured I could use all the help I could get and should figure this thing out anyway.LOL

PS: These were shot in RAW NEF format, processed and converted with Nikon ViewNX2. Resized in CS2 Image Ready and a lil bit o Topaz DeNoise5 to pretty up the background just a smidge. Background looked okay already, just wanted an excuse to play with the trial version of Topaz. : )

[MichaelW]

Really nice shot of a most unusual creature.

[TxPhotoShooter]

Love the colors and very good detailed shots. Well done James.

[DigitalScape]

Very nice images, James - sharp, good colors.

[auddii]

I agree, nice details in the shot! He's super cute except for that bulbous orange thing on his head

Are you still using the flower setting on your camera or have you gotten a macro lens yet?

[scottbuckel]

Very nice job on this little caterpillar!

Scott

[ifly223]

Originally Posted by auddii

I agree, nice details in the shot! He's super cute except for that bulbous orange thing on his head

Are you still using the flower setting on your camera or have you gotten a macro lens yet?

Haven't gotten a Macro lens yet; still waiting on my new debit card to get here since my old one expired. Got that money burning a hole.LOL I have a 55-300 VR DX lens but, was using the 18-55 VR DX kit lens on these shots. Shot at 55mm and ISO mostly at 800 and one shot at 1600 (this lil D5100 seems to handle high ISO; have shot at 3200 with no problem). Shutter speeds were from f/80-125 and ap was f10-16. Tried f22 without much sucess.

[Daniel Bates]

Still waiting on that card? Dang.

[jfoureyes]

Fantastic little worm....very nice job on these!!!

[ifly223]

Originally Posted by Daniel Bates

Still waiting on that card? Dang.

Yep, BOA said they messed up the address when they sent the card. However, how did the envelope containing the PIN and another containing my statement make it here ok? : ( Thats OK, just gives me more money to go nuts later.LOL

[Kenj8246]

Nice looking catt, James.

[r0xikat]

eek! Reminds me of a Wiggler - those caterpillars from the Super Mario games

[Marhowie]

Sharp details, nice colors - Great set!

[ttusa]

Cool critter!