A beginer lookin for feedback

[texasroach]

I had some fun trying out my new camera today, looking foreword to your feedback, today was my first digital photography class at Texas A&M where I am an entomology major, so hopefully I will get better as I learn more, also looking for an ID here ----------> insectnet.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=id&action=display&thread=233

[nomihoudai]

Did you use macro for that (or just macro function )? Because macro has a very thin space where it focuses. Furthermore the picture seems blurry everywhere, high resolution is not everything, maybe in large it looks ok but zoomed in it is just blurry. Also what did you try to photograph ? The flower or the bug ? Because if you wanted to photograph the flower I must say you got a flower pic with an annoying bug on it, if you wanted to get the bug I wonder why you wasted space with the flower. Anyway, photography is a real hard topic and really difficult, I wish you lots of luck and you must train more, I am sure you will succeed then and get awesome results.

Nevertheless it should be ok enough for an ID, unfortunately I can't help in that as I focus on Lepidoptera.

Rgds Claude

[texasroach]

Some more pics I took while trying out my camera

[texasroach]

#3, also if the image is to big when you click it just right click it and select view

[papilio28570]

#3 Looks like a cactus eating another cactus ;D

[saturniidave]

With a small fly just above the 'mouth' LOL

[enyas24]

Dear Texasroach (funny nick),

I will not critic your photographical skills since it's not my area of expertise. This insect also is beyond my interests but i may be able to give an insight.

It seems to belong in coreids and even though i m not familiar with their early stages and also living space for mistakes, i can say that it ressembles a young Hypselonotus sp. Which species excactly i wouldn't know.

I hope that it helps you somehow

Best regards,
Tassos