And what could possibly be the appropriate title for this picture? Bug love? Bug war? Make bugs – not war….. ??

Yes, I must admit that I was not prepared properly in this scenario.

As usual, I was “just” looking for the flower, so I was quite surprised to find these two couples, in various activities in the same frame, and that they also sat there while I set the camera right.

This photo was the first for the day, so there was a lot to do. Measuring the light, increasing the exposure to compensate for the close up rings, focus, which is in itself a time-consuming procedure with a focal depth of a few millimeters with handheld camera while blowing …..

Hasselblad 503CX
Kodak T-Max 400 TMY-2
Kodak T-Max developer

So I’m quite proud that everything ended up where it should .. 😉

Enjoy!

Tags: analog photography, art, Black and white, blackandwhite, film photography, flowers, Hasselblad 503CX, Kodak, macro, nature, photography, t max

15 thoughts on “And what could possibly be the appropriate title for this picture? Bug love? Bug war? Make bugs – not war….. ??”

Steve Osborne on August 29, 2012 at 05:07 said:

greco-roman wrestling on daisies?

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- LightHouseBlues on August 30, 2012 at 09:07 said:
  
  Hehe…. Thank you Steve!
  
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B. on August 29, 2012 at 08:14 said:

Nice title, Steve! 😀
Wonderful picture!

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Liesl on August 29, 2012 at 13:06 said:

Lovely shot! I know it’s about the flowers and the bugs but the hexagon bokeh in the bottom corner is so great.

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- LightHouseBlues on August 30, 2012 at 09:10 said:
  
  Thank you Liesl! Yes, I love the bokeh too. I didn’t see this when I took the photo, was too occupied with all settings, to be able to take the pict before the bugs leaved, so it really came as a nice surprice!
  
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Luddy's Lens on August 30, 2012 at 02:39 said:

Maybe while the two guys on the right were fighting over her, a third guy saw his chance and stole her away!

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- LightHouseBlues on August 30, 2012 at 09:11 said:
  
  Hehe, yes propably… Stupid bugs… 😉
  
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orchid on August 30, 2012 at 08:59 said:

love the fact that you decided shoot “Bug love? Bug war? Make bugs – not war….. ??” in b/w… so good 🙂

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- LightHouseBlues on August 30, 2012 at 09:17 said:
  
  Thank you very much!
  Yeah, I love bw flower macros, I have difficulties to get it right, so it has become a challenge for me to use bw in these cases, and when I saw this photo when I hang the film for drying after developing it, I was really happy to have used bw.
  
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Arindam on August 31, 2012 at 19:15 said:

Wonderful! The black and white effect making this picture look more beautiful.

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- LightHouseBlues on September 2, 2012 at 20:41 said:
  
  Thank you very much for your kind words! Yes, I agree, bw makes an image kind of cleaner, more focused.
  Happy you like it!
  
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streetpixels on September 1, 2012 at 10:59 said:

Great capture that makes me smile 🙂

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- LightHouseBlues on September 2, 2012 at 20:42 said:
  
  Thank you very much! Yes, one doesn’t find this every day… 🙂
  
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bluebrightly on September 11, 2012 at 19:02 said:

Very funny! Which comes first, the guys on the left or the guys on the right? ; )

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- LightHouseBlues on September 12, 2012 at 08:59 said:
  
  Yes, that we will never know… 🙂
  Thank you very much!
  
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