Common Woodlouse - Macro side view, Heeswijk-Dinther, Netherlands
Opening a small macro set from a nearby forest. On this very hot day, I went out to try a new lighting setup:
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I already had the ring flash units and added the Rogue foldable soft box. My main flash unit, a SB-910, flashes upwards into the soft box, and sends down diffuse light. Goal of this setup is to try and reduce hard flash shadows, but also to allow me to shoot f/11 - f/16 by day without it looking like a night shot.
I saw a berch tree with some very loose bark, so I pulled it to find a few woodlice and ants inside. Oniscus asellus is a presumed species, I'll check it with an expert.
A second species of woodlouse found in the same place:
"Oniscus asellus", the common woodlouse, is one of the largest and most common species of woodlouse in the British Isles and Western and Northern Europe, growing to lengths of 16 mm and widths of 6 mm.
