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The bookworm
The bookworm
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Challenge: Books IV (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Date: Oct 6, 2022
Date Uploaded: Oct 6, 2022

 Firstly, this is a real centipede, not a fake one :-).

Funny BG story: I had found one of these dead several years back and kept it in my "treasure box". The box is with a lot of paraphernalia and sometimes I have to rummage a bit to find what I am looking for. So, I was looking for something else when this fellow fell out ... odd, because the box may fall out, but I was surprised to find the animal. I am really squeamish when it comes to creepy crawlies, so I took a piece of paper to pick it up - carefully so I wouldn't break him and was surprised that he was very pliable .. hmmm. The idea came for the bookworm, I set it up (there is a small stone inside the book to make the hole for him). All set, I played with my setting and when I next looked I could have sworn he had moved. I chided myself for being such a sissy and letting my imagination run wild ... re-positioned the centipede, played with the camera, got focus and .... watched the animal move!!! (it didn't help I had a ghost set up above to photograph for Halloween!!) :-P. It took me several minutes to realize that the thing was indeed still alive and was not my original dead one in the treasure chest, but a new one ...
Thank goodness I had not touched it!!! Yikes ... :-)))

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Place: 4 out of 24
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Olympus OM-D E-M5
Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 8-18mm f/2.8-4 ASPH
 10/25/2022 03:06:27 AM
Thank goodness I had not touched it!!! Yikes ... :-)))
You can be really glad you didn't as those centipedes give a very nasty painful bite
Canon Canon 1d x Mark II
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 FG HSM Art
 10/24/2022 07:24:32 PM
I’m glad it was real. I didn’t mark you down because I thought it was unreal.
Sony Alpha a7 III
Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS
 10/24/2022 03:31:33 AM
Among the top three winning images for me. I really like it a lot. Congratulations!
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Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra
Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS
 10/21/2022 01:45:27 PM
I think (I hope) I see a fake bug :-) Love the DOF!
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