Exoskeleton by darylo

Exoskeleton

Happy World Photography Day to you! Happy 1st day of school to me! IT'S STILL RAINING HERE. My English Composition course starts today, and I have been present online a good bit to make sure my course site it up and running. By lunch time, I decided to go outside, have a look around, and weed out the small beds my daughters and I planted this summer. I also picked a yellow bell pepper! We only got two, but they are delicious.

At one point, I was looking under some leaves near the bay leaf tree and there was this exoskeleton, perfectly preserved. So I brought it in to play! My husband came home just as I was seeing how it might work downstairs on the table--he rolled his eyes a bit. :)

Yesterday, I was playing with backgrounds to provide color for my onion shoots (weeds really), and this time, I took the exo creature to my office, plopped it on the tray that is part of my grandmother's lamp with the light producing a green hue and my pepto pink wall in the background.

I used my macro clip converter. I've processed it minimally with no crops. I sort of like it!

So happy 1st day of classes to me! Exo! Exo!
Great macro! And happy 1st day of school :) Had our first day here as well ;)
August 19th, 2013  
Love it! Wonderful macro.
August 19th, 2013  
great photo Daryl hope your first day went well
August 19th, 2013  
Wonderful macro shot! Great colors and details. It looks like a little monster.
August 19th, 2013  
wow that is an amazing close up!!
August 19th, 2013  
Happy Day to you. I'm sorry the little guy can't talk or even make some cheering chirp too!
August 19th, 2013  
Jo
Great macro shot, you have really made use of the macro clip, did you manage to figure out importing!?
August 19th, 2013  
@jo13 Sorry, may have to try tonight. :(
August 19th, 2013  
@jo13 in the meantime, I saw this link for what appears to relate to your problem: http://www.flickr.com/groups/799967@N25/discuss/72157629917494121/
August 19th, 2013  
Jo
@darylo Thanks for that, I'm not that bothered about it and am happy to add Exif myself, but if I can sort it out I will!
August 19th, 2013  
Great shot! I love the DoF, light and colors.
August 19th, 2013  
Happy First Day of school to you . . . but is it really World Photography Day? I thought that was in October . . . the 5th?

Your exoskeleton made me recall my childhood of collecting them, discarded by the cicadas all around my neighborhood. You exude such fun in photographing it! @taffy would agree that we all have spouses that roll their eyes (but in fun) as we do the strange things that 365ers do.

A nice capture for the day!
August 20th, 2013  
I laughed at Junko's note as today, with grandkids and their parents visiting, several of us spent an inordinate amount of time photographing and moving around a rather gross looking spider! I like this exoskeleton and the care you took in creating the right background for the little former creature!

@jyokota
August 20th, 2013  
Wow! what a terrific shot, Daryl! Love the PoV and detail!
August 20th, 2013  
Love this! The gold tones and dof are awesome!
August 20th, 2013  
Coolness---love the dof and Happy Photography day to u too :)
August 20th, 2013  
Looks like something that would battle Godzilla in an old Japanese horror film. I'm married to a photographer and she still rolls her eyes occasionally.
August 20th, 2013  
Wow
August 20th, 2013  
Hope your first day went well! And this is totally amazing macro, with truly beautiful colors!
August 20th, 2013  
Fabulous macro and dof. So cool!
August 20th, 2013  
Woohoo - great shot, wonderful colours, perfect composition!
August 22nd, 2013  
Beautiful tones
August 24th, 2013  
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