Caterpillar

We were out for a family walk in the coulees the other day and came across the caterpillar pictured below.  I didn't have my macro tubes with me and it's not my best picture ever, but he was so intricately patterned that I had to take his picture.  He was huge too!  He was at least 3.5 - 4 inches long.

Grasshopper!

 

I took these photos on the same day that I took the shots of the yellow flowers seen in this post.  The first two were taken with my Canon Rebel XS using a 50 mm, f 1.8 lens with the macro extension tubes that I talk about here.  I used a piece of cardboard wrapped in aluminum foil to brighten up some of the shaded areas of the shot.  The third photo was taken by my photog buddy, Scott.  It showcases the effect of using the aluminum reflector.