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Once came across a caterpillar... Put him on a dried anthoruim... He loved the whole idea and cuddled... Called him Cuddly Cat......
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Once came across a caterpillar... Put him on a dried anthoruim... He loved the whole idea and cuddled... Called him Cuddly Cat...
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cameraCanon EOS 550D

settings Aperture f/5.6 ISO 400 Shutter 1/200 

upload_dateFeb, 2014

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8 Comments |
JudyAnn Platinum
 
JudyAnn March 05, 2014
Beautifully done.
Handyreis11
 
Handyreis11 March 21, 2014
Great Macro
AlimKinoglu Platinum
 
AlimKinoglu April 11, 2014
Once came across a caterpillar... Put him on a dried anthoruim and called him Cuddly Cat... He loved the whole idea...
VaWildflower
 
VaWildflower April 14, 2014
Absolutely Beautiful.
joyouschild
 
joyouschild April 25, 2014
Such a beauty love the color
Ana_Thrush
 
Ana_Thrush April 26, 2014
brilliant work. work of art!
muratkilci
 
muratkilci July 19, 2016
Another master piece from Alim. Wow.
AlimKinoglu Platinum
 
AlimKinoglu September 16, 2017
Thanks... I am proud of ????him as well...

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken while sitting at my balcony at home, having my morning coffee when I noticed the caterpillar slowly making its way thru the geranium leaves.

Time

Time of the day was around 10:00 am on a cool sunny February day.

Lighting

It was taken under pure daylight...No artificial lighting was used.

Equipment

This was shot with a Canon EOS 550D, with an EFS 18/55 1:4- 5.6 IS II Canon Zoom Lens and M250 Raynox Macroscopic Lens, at 5.6 Aperture, ISO 400, shutter speed 1/400... No tripod was used.

Inspiration

My Raynox M250 Macroscopic lens had just arrived and I decided to start my journey into the "Macro" world, which I had grown quite an interest lately. I picked him up and placed him on a dried (dead) anthorium leaf where it posed for about 10 shots. The way it moved gave me the inspiration to call it "The Cuddly Cat" Apparently it loved the idea too ard cuddled around the leaf to give me this best shot.

Editing

No post processing .. Just the original outcome, with a beautiful bokeh in the background...

In my camera bag

Canon EOS 550D body,EFS 18/55 1:4-5:6 ISII zoom lens, EFS 55/250 IS, EF 100mm 1:2.8 USM Macro, EFS 50mm 1:1.8 prime (plastic fantastic), EFS 10/18mm 1:4.5-5.6 IS STM wide angle, Raynox M250 macroscopic lens, filters, a spider type tripod, spare cards, RC 6 remote shutter control shooter, a pen and a note pad to take notes.,

Feedback

I never thought this was going to be hand-picked to be featured on the ViewBug Wall and that I was going to receive an honor that, as the editors say, most ViewBug members never receive, but it has happened to me and for astounding 3+ times! The planning and design of the setting was authentic. Finding the dead leaf, placing the guy on top of it, putting it back on to its place again and again was real work. No pain no gain. One really has to be very patient to finally come up with a good and satisfying shot. Then of course comes the reward of being appreciated... Thanks ViewBug, I am really honored...

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