This Assassin Bug I photographed one morning on one of our orange trees he didn’t really like me photographing him; one of the disadvantages of 60mm macro is you have to get in close but he wanted to finish his breakfast so he just kept an eye on me and when he was finished he just knocked off the self contained meal from his proboscis. These guy’s are stealth killers, lying in ambush and when the target comes within reach they really stick it to there victim with there long rostrum and then inject a lethal saliva that liquefies there insides and then they just suck there victim dry much like a spider does, oh boy sounds yummy.
Using my tripod like a monopod holding the remote shutter release and the tripod with my left hand manual focusing with my right hand, aperture priority shot at f/8, 1/25, iso100 into a raw format. Then into camera raw, basic adjustments then I use Topaz Labs Detail, NIK Define or Topaz’s Dnoise both are noise reduction software, then sometimes I use NIK’s Output Sharpener. I usually use Topaz Detail on most photos before I use noise reduction software it’s backwards from what they say to do but I feel the pictures come out better.
The Bug Facts:
Common Name: Assassin Bug
Order Name: Hemiptera
Family Name: Reduviidae
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