Greeting to all photographers sifu around, im a newbie who just got my D3000 last month
I have a bunch of exotic pets consisting of Scorpions, Tarantulas and Centipedes and love to take picture of them but i don't have a macro lens yet so all of the shot was taken using kit lens
Comment and critics are most appreciated

Below is a old photo of my 1st scorpion with her babies taken using a compact camera
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These are a few of my shot on the 1st day i got my D3000, also the 1st time using manual mode lolz...
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Continue later...

This post has been edited by RyoKenzaki: Apr 29 2011, 06:11 PM

Yeah, my 1st shot, i feel it's kinda under exposed too
Anw, here's some more recent shot
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Tell me what do u think

This post has been edited by RyoKenzaki: Feb 5 2010, 11:28 AM

Haha, that is a very gravid scorp tats why so fat
Its a local species commonly found under tree bark btw

I get what u mean, goldfries, something like these?
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Hmm, is there a way to take pic with no shadow?
Can playing around with lighting setup eliminate shadow?
Maybe i ll try to setup a good lighting setup and try again when i know how to do it hmm
Thanks anw

They are arachnid not insect
Anw they eat basically anything they can overpower, but i used to feed them cricket and mealworm

Actually those pic was taken sometimes ago before i saw ur reply here, just thought of posting this but i do get what u mean actually haha
Just wan to see some comment on it since its the first time i try white background picture
I just got my +10 macro filter, will post more pic real soon

Good idea... Since i got my DSLR i never try shot like that, must have been forgotten bout it

Interesting idea, woll try

Not as good as those who have macro lens but definitely will try my best

Will start posting pictures on Friday

Close up picture of their mouth sure ain't easy
I tried a lot of times but still cant get a good result but nonetheless here's some new pictures to share

Lets start with some creepy centipede
#24 Munching a cricket


#25 It's legs, everyone's worst nightmare


#26 The last pair of legs aka the terminal legs


#27 Overall picture


Here's some close up pic
#28 In this pic u can see a tiny mites on the right hand side of it's head


#29 Detail of the cricket


#30 A ''not so nice'' shot


#31 Another....


#32 See the two bulky thing at the front? They are the chelicarae (Pincher like mouth part) of the scorp

Some random macro shot
#33 One of my scorp babies enjoying cricket drumstick


#34 It's really small...


#35 Our own local beauty, Liocheles Australasiae, they can give birth without the present of male through parthenogenic


#36 This is a spermatophore aka the sperm of a scorpion


#37 A close-up shot of one of my Tarantula's head


#38 These hairs here are known as urticating hairs, they ll kick it off the air and can cause itchiness when contacted with our skin


#39 One of my scorpion molting


#40 Finish molting


Critics and comment pls

This post has been edited by RyoKenzaki: Feb 14 2010, 02:56 PM

Long time didn't update, old pic thou
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