How-to Photograph Insects, or Creepy-Crawlies.
Even if you have never wondered how photographers manage those fantastic insect shots, the following will be of interest to you. Maybe.
To photograph any insect, carefully capture it with a net or seize it carefully from the backside or topside, depending upon the insect,
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Then chill it in a container that has protected ice.
Check? For how long?
Long enough for it to cease action (that is, to go into hibernation).
This cannot be good for the insect. Not that I care. You know, just saying. Anyway, the insect chills in the fridge for a bit and then gets photographed.
I bet you are thinking, “what happens if BusHitler, his oil cronies, and SUVs send a sudden burst of Global Warmening my way; causing my little critter to thaw before I am done?”
If the insect should warm too quickly, it will fly to a sunny window. You can recapture it, rechill it, photograph it; then finally give it its freedom sooner than if it had been caught in an early fall or spring freeze!
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the proper bug shooting technique: Induce temporary hibernation. Yeah, that’ll show ‘em who’s boss! Try to fly off and ruin my shot! Ha! Sleep!
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