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Our backyard is shaping up like a release of Lightroom!

Here are 3 Bronze orange bugs, Musgraveia sulciventris, AKA stink bug, in 3 different stages of development. All shot with D300 and Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D with SB-800 and softbox. No cropping, just raw conversion and a bit of sharpening in Lightroom 2.1 RC.

Gorgeous photos Andrew - I adore the first shot of the nymph - fantastic camouflage while young, and then becoming such a wonderful vibrant orange when it reaches adulthood I think I prefer the last shot of the adult - but both are great

Bring on Summer

Thanks for the comments, Rel. They are much appreciated.

None of the shots are of adults, though, just various stages of instars. The adults look like this:

they do too  LOL shame on me
Lovely adult shot though

blacknstormy wrote:Lovely adult shot though

Thanks... I thought it was good at the time, but now I have discovered softboxes, I can see the light is a little harsh. I'll have to get a better one when the young-uns grow up.

ATJ wrote:

blacknstormy wrote:Lovely adult shot though

Thanks... I thought it was good at the time, but now I have discovered softboxes, I can see the light is a little harsh. I'll have to get a better one when the young-uns grow up.

Even if the light is too harsh, your dedication in getting these shots is awesome! I don't think I can be patient enough to capture these critters... I was inspired by your fish shots as well.