I found this little guy at work today. No lie! He was crawling along my desk, so I scooped him up in a small plastic container I keep at work for just these purposes (yeah, I know - I'm a little bit weird like that). I brought him home, and tried setting up to get some shots of him. He doesn't like to sit still, so I only managed two decent ones before I decided to let him go back to sleep for the night. I might try a couple more tomorrow and then release him when it is nice and warm outside.

Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM, 1/200 sec at f/16. Canon Speedlight 580EX II flash in auto mode and wireless control. Image Stabilization on. ISO 400. RAW processing and cropped in Adobe Camera Raw.

Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM, 1/200 sec at f/16. Canon Speedlight 580EX II flash in auto mode and wireless control. Image Stabilization on. ISO 400. RAW processing and cropped in Adobe Camera Raw.

Both shots are just a tad off on their focus. The first one would have done better to be focused on his face, but unfortunately, I was not expecting him to twist towards me like that and was focused more on his back. Like I said - he just didn't want to sit still.

Oh well, I'll keep trying.

- Bill