Your R System Images - July 2026

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The old bitumen mine at Campo Imperatore, Abruzzo, Italy

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Been out playing with the R7, RF100mm Macro, Godox V100 Flash and Cygnustech defuser, all hand held and stacked using Zerene Stacker (which I'm still getting to grips with) then processed in LRC. All captured in my back yard.
All very alive subjects. Apart from one which flew off to become a spiders snack.

The R7 setting 1st curtain Shutter, MF .
Goddox v100, manual, 28mm focal distance, 1/16 - 1/64 power

I've used Google to try and identify each moth as best I can.

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Yellow-tail moth (Euproctis similis)
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September Thorn (Ennomos erosaria)

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August Horn

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Drymonia velitaris

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Ash-bark Knot-horn (Euzophera pinguis)

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Buff-tip moth (Phalera bucephala)




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Before I came to this site and started looking at all the bug pictures, I did not appreciate how hairy they all are.
Question for all the bug experts: Do the hairs act as some sort of sensors that would detect vibrations of approaching predators? Are they just ornamental to attract the ladies?
The camouflage value is another bonus for them as well. The Buff Tip Moth above looks to me just like the branch he is sitting on.

Those are spectacular photos Si, and thanks for posting them. We are lucky to have some folks on this site that post amazing photos of insects, birds, wildlife, flowers, and everything in the natural realm.
 
SwampGrizz said:
Before I came to this site and started looking at all the bug pictures, I did not appreciate how hairy they all are.
Question for all the bug experts: Do the hairs act as some sort of sensors that would detect vibrations of approaching predators? Are they just ornamental to attract the ladies?
The camouflage value is another bonus for them as well. The Buff Tip Moth above looks to me just like the branch he is sitting on.

Those are spectacular photos Si, and thanks for posting them. We are lucky to have some folks on this site that post amazing photos of insects, birds, wildlife, flowers, and everything in the natural realm.
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Camouflage is the primary purpose, in some cases. The buff-tip looks very much like a broken birch twig. https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/phalera-bucephala/ . I wouldn't think that is purely accidental; an example of evolution.

Other purpose of 'hairiness'. Warmth. Moths are mostly nocturnal. Some adults (imagos) only fly in the cooler months. Also think of how hairy bumblebees are. They are cold-adapted. (There are currently thoughts on climate change affecting them).

Some insects have hairs which protrude between the cells of their compound eyes (I've examples, but not captured with a R series body). It could be to stop 'stuff' getting in their eyes (much like our eyelashes). That's my speculation. It could also be detection of vibrations (like you said).

When it comes to the ladies, moths mostly(?) use pheramones. That's why a lot of them have complex antennae (to detect low concentrations of the pheramones they are 'sniffing' for).
 
Si Keen said:
Apart from one which flew off to become a spiders snack.
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I once rescued a recently 'hatched' long-horn beetle (Salperda scalaris) from spider web. (The species isn't particularly common or widespread. Only ~195 confirmed/verified sightings in the UK).
 
Grumps,
Thanks for responding. I did not think about warmth. Makes sense. Sounds like you have studied up on bugs, and your knowledge is appreciated. There’s a lot more to them than meets the eye.

I haven’t had to use my pheromones for about 27 years now, and don’t even remember where I put them. Probably in a box in the garage. My sniffing antennas don’t work anymore, but that’s ok, I don’t need them and can’t remember how they work anyway.
 
:ROFLMAO:

So sorry. I'm easily amused tonight....

Move along. Nothing to see here.
 
Sitting in the RV at Sugar Pine campground, Lake Tahoe, and reviewing the pictures from the day. Nothing great, but I sat on a rock at the water level and had fun photographing the people.

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SwampGrizz said:
Grumps,
Thanks for responding. I did not think about warmth. Makes sense. Sounds like you have studied up on bugs, and your knowledge is appreciated. There’s a lot more to them than meets the eye.

I haven’t had to use my pheromones for about 27 years now, and don’t even remember where I put them. Probably in a box in the garage. My sniffing antennas don’t work anymore, but that’s ok, I don’t need them and can’t remember how they work anyway.
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Never, ever mistake me for an expert. I may know a little more than some (that's accumulated life experiences), but I also know a lot less than others (depending on subject, of course).

(The first 5 syllable word that passed my lips was 'metamorphosis'. I've since learned that metamorphosis is more complex than my 9 y/o brain could handle.)
 
Dean Wilson said:
First shot with my new gimbal head on my tripod (Fotopro E-6H Eagle + 3-Legged Thing Winston 2.0), using my 50 year old vintage lens (Canon 800mm F/5.6 ssc) on my R5.

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Great exposure and detail in the craters. That is what makes moon shots shine.
 
Grumps said:
Never, ever mistake me for an expert. I may know a little more than some (that's accumulated life experiences), but I also know a lot less than others (depending on subject, of course).

(The first 5 syllable word that passed my lips was 'metamorphosis'. I've since learned that metamorphosis is more complex than my 9 y/o brain could handle.)
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Grumps,
The definition of an expert is somebody that is from out of town, and wears a coat and tie. You may qualify.
If you were using words like “metamorphosis” at 9 years old, then not only are you an expert, but a prodigy as well.
Last I checked, I only have two brain cells left, and they aren’t talking to one another. I do have a tie, however. :D
 
My very first decent moon shot was with an EF Canon 300L f4, a Canon 2X and Sigma 2X stacked. I had to get a Sigma because you could not stack two Canon TC's. The Sigma was second hand and I never used it for anything else. I was inspired by a birder and celestial photographer from the Philippines called Romy Ocon. What we do to get a shot :)
 
David Berry said:
Haute Couture?
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I always say that if you want to take a picture of the Grand Canyon, it helps to be there!
My wife and l love the morning doves, robins, cardinals, and other birds that inhibit our small patch in the urban forrest where we live, but man, you are in the right spot to capture such colorful birds with character and attitude.
 

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