Heptageniidae nymphs

[anonymous]

Been playing around

[Zach Matthews]

So that is underwater, Will?

My only thought would be that this is really a cool idea, but you want to be sure to express the under-water-ness visually so people know this bug isn’t just sitting out on a rock.

[anonymous]

Yep underwater – I decided I really needed to to do that to get at the real colors/subleties ( ok one day that will happen)

Glad you mentioned that Zach- re ” underwaterness” I have been cloning out

[John Bennett]

As you know it’s similiar in nature to the project I’m working on.
My efforts have been stymied by a) lighting and stalled by b) collecting samples. Really having no luck lately getting specimens.

I spent half a day on the Upper Credit Tues and the only thing I came away other than 1 Golden stone was a gushing nose bleed, courtesy of a slip in the water and putting my camera’s well being ahead of my face
🙂

Two things that I like about my setup and you touched on it.
Air bubble’s and detritus really lend themselves to making the image appear natural. The other would be to visit your nearest aquarium retail outlet and pick up some substrate thats as natural as possible.
Too large and the nymphs will bury themselves, too small and you dont get air pockets and it looks more like a beach rather than stream bed.

Wish you lived in Ont. Would be great to get out together for this stuff.

[anonymous]

Any pics of the nose bleed that sounds exciting:)?

I’ll show off my lack of skill and overall amateur status-

here is a before cleanup and after cleanup- I don’t

[John Bennett]

I’m no wizard at Post. You probably cleaned that better than I could 🙂

Looking closely at them, both have their merits, while I personally do like the air bubbles in #2, thats probably a matter of personal taste.

As for the nose bleed…lol no. My daughter was with me, I probably should have had her squeeze a few off had I been thinking. Once I

[scott bullinger]

Great clean up job on the second photo, the only problem is now you can’t tell it’s underwater.

[anonymous]

John- lol- I mean sympathies- sounds like a fun day:).

Scott – I genueinbubbles/ly love the idea of a pirate castle

[scott bullinger]

Wonder if the water being a little bluer would help?

[anonymous]

Scott- thanks for the thoughts. I am currently building a new micro – aquarium with recirculating water flow

[scott bullinger]

Now with those shots, I can tell they’re in water. 🙂

[anonymous]

Thanks for the “push” all:) it has made me make a few adjustments to my approach , which I hope help.

This working better ? –

Will

[scott bullinger]

Well I like it, I’m not one of the photo experts on the site but I like the addition of the surface water.

[Corey Kruitbosch]

Super nice macros! I like the addition of the added water line and plant life. IMO it does help to draw you into the photo and creates a nice setting for the nymphs.

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