Insects Anyone ?

[rupal]

Heres a pic of a Long Horn Beetle shot on my (Horseman 45FA, 150mm Rod Sironar-N, f16, 1 sec) Uncropped.

[Bosaiya]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3241/3026816851_0262ce544e.jpg

From my Angels & Insects (http://www.angelsandinsects.com) collection

[csant]

Bosaiya, those insects of yours are just fabulous.

[Bosaiya]

Bosaiya, those insects of yours are just fabulous.

Thank you very much!

[cosmicexplosion]

hey great close ups bosaiye, what lenses do you use?

[mdm]

Not large format but worth a read anyway. http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnhallmen/5379235010/
They dont leave much to the imagination though.

Cairns. Happy Australia day, Australians.

[Bosaiya]

hey great close ups bosaiye, what lenses do you use?

Thanks!

I make (made) a point of using whatever lens I had laying around at the time. Everything from funky old Polaroid and cheapo garage sale enlarger lenses held on with rubber bands up to expensive Schneider macro lenses. Bellows were silver dryer vent tubing held together with spring clips and the massive light-leaks were blocked with towels and drapes.

One of my personal goals was to prove to myself that the gear used was just a means to an end, a craftsman's tools.

[walter23]

I'm glad this thread popped up to the top. I remember seeing your work (Bosaiya) a long time ago, but I only saw maybe 5 or 6 images. Maybe it was the beginning of your project, maybe you'd just put a few up on a forum somewhere. Anyway I'm glad to see how much you have done on this because the subject and technique combined like this makes for a pretty unique body of work. There are lots of insect macrophotographers, but few are so bold (insane?) to do it with large format ;)

[austin granger]

Bosaiya,

I just wanted to add my voice here and say your insect photos are really extraordinary. You've inspired me to think about using my camera in ways I hadn't even considered.

Thank you.

Austin

www.austingranger.com

[mdm]

One of my personal goals was to prove to myself that the gear used was just a means to an end, a craftsman's tools.

Fantastic! You are the photographers messiah.

[Bosaiya]

Thanks for the nice comments. Insanity can be amusing, in my case it's purely hysterical.

Ignorance is bliss and I ever strive for nirvana. There's nothing worse for creativity than learning how to do something correctly. Don't let accuracy or common sense stand in the way of art.

[eoghan]

I have a few, mostly 8X10, some 8x8 all wet plate collodion

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