{"id":2154,"date":"2012-05-31T17:53:15","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T21:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2012-05-31T17:53:15","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T21:53:15","slug":"bugshot-2012-student-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/31\/bugshot-2012-student-portfolio\/","title":{"rendered":"BugShot 2012 Student Portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m applying for a student fee waiver for <a href=\"http:\/\/bugshot.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">this summer&#8217;s BugShot Insect Photography Workshop<\/a>, and spent today putting together my image portfolio. After some ruthless culling and extra time spent with edits, I&#8217;ve arrived at 10 photos which I feel best represent my insect photography. Going through my photo library was an enlightening experience, and I&#8217;m quite happy with the progress I&#8217;ve made since my first attempts at macrophotography 5 years ago. Of course there&#8217;s still plenty of room for improvement (hence my hopeful application to learn from the masters), and there are a number of different techniques and ideas I want to play around with, so I don&#8217;t see myself running out of subjects or projects anytime soon!<\/p>\n<p>Click the images to view at a larger size\u00a0(650px long edge).<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2154 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/31\/bugshot-2012-student-portfolio\/air-up-there\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Air-Up-There20110627-500x331.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Long-legged fly (Dolichipodidae) from Ontario\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2155\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Air-Up-There20110627-500x331.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Air-Up-There20110627-300x198.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Air-Up-There20110627.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2155'>\n\t\t\t\tLong-legged fly (Dolichipodidae) from Ontario\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/31\/bugshot-2012-student-portfolio\/budding-membracid\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Budding-membracid20110627-500x344.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Treehopper (Membracidae) from Ontario\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2156\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Budding-membracid20110627-500x344.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Budding-membracid20110627-300x206.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Budding-membracid20110627.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2156'>\n\t\t\t\tTreehopper (Membracidae) from Ontario\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/31\/bugshot-2012-student-portfolio\/clusia-lateralis\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Clusia-lateralis20110627-500x331.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Clusia lateralis, a druid fly (Clusiidae) from Ontario\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2157\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Clusia-lateralis20110627-500x331.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Clusia-lateralis20110627-300x198.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Clusia-lateralis20110627.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2157'>\n\t\t\t\tClusia lateralis, a druid fly (Clusiidae) from Ontario\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/31\/bugshot-2012-student-portfolio\/dancing-droplets-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"312\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Dancing-Droplets20100608-500x312.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Dance fly (Empididae) from Ontario\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2158\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Dancing-Droplets20100608-500x312.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Dancing-Droplets20100608-300x187.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Dancing-Droplets20100608.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2158'>\n\t\t\t\tDance fly (Empididae) from Ontario\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/31\/bugshot-2012-student-portfolio\/proper-halictid-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"310\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Proper-Halictid20110423-500x310.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Halictid bee from Ontario\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2159\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Proper-Halictid20110423-500x310.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Proper-Halictid20110423-300x186.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Proper-Halictid20110423.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2159'>\n\t\t\t\tHalictid bee from Ontario\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/31\/bugshot-2012-student-portfolio\/puppet-master-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"342\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Puppet-Master20110630-500x342.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Formica sp. (Formicidae) from Ontario\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2160\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Puppet-Master20110630-500x342.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Puppet-Master20110630-300x205.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Puppet-Master20110630.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2160'>\n\t\t\t\tFormica sp. (Formicidae) with aphids from Ontario\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/31\/bugshot-2012-student-portfolio\/rainieria-sp-micropezidae-costa-rica-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Rainieria-sp.-Micropezidae-Costa-Rica20100805-500x333.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Rainieria sp. - Micropezidae - Costa Rica\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2161\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Rainieria-sp.-Micropezidae-Costa-Rica20100805-500x333.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Rainieria-sp.-Micropezidae-Costa-Rica20100805-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Rainieria-sp.-Micropezidae-Costa-Rica20100805.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2161'>\n\t\t\t\tRainieria sp. stilt-legged fly (Micropezidae) from Costa Rica\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/31\/bugshot-2012-student-portfolio\/something-lurks-beneath-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Something-Lurks-Beneath20110627-500x331.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Spider illuminated from beneath in Ontario\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2162\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Something-Lurks-Beneath20110627-500x331.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Something-Lurks-Beneath20110627-300x198.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Something-Lurks-Beneath20110627.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2162'>\n\t\t\t\tSpider illuminated from beneath in Ontario\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/31\/bugshot-2012-student-portfolio\/urophora-affinis-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Urophora-affinis20110627-500x331.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Urophora affinis fruit fly (Tephritidae) from Ontario\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2163\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Urophora-affinis20110627-500x331.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Urophora-affinis20110627-300x198.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Urophora-affinis20110627.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2163'>\n\t\t\t\tUrophora affinis fruit fly (Tephritidae) from Ontario\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/31\/bugshot-2012-student-portfolio\/wolf-eye-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Wolf-Eye20100804-332x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Wandering spider (Ctenidae) from Costa Rica\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2164\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Wolf-Eye20100804-332x500.jpg 332w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Wolf-Eye20100804-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Wolf-Eye20100804.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2164'>\n\t\t\t\tWandering spider (Ctenidae) from Costa Rica\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m applying for a student fee waiver for this summer&#8217;s BugShot Insect Photography Workshop, and spent today putting together my image portfolio. After some ruthless culling and extra time spent with edits, I&#8217;ve arrived at 10 photos which I feel best represent my insect photography. Going through my photo library was an enlightening experience, and <a href='http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/31\/bugshot-2012-student-portfolio\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[21,262,598,402,216,15,289,35,171,12,26,401,46],"class_list":["post-2154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insects","category-photography","tag-arachnida","tag-clusiidae","tag-diptera","tag-dolichipodidae","tag-empididae","tag-formicidae","tag-halictidae","tag-hymenoptera","tag-membracidae","tag-micropezidae","tag-photos","tag-portfolio","tag-tephritidae","category-23-id","category-17-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2154"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2169,"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154\/revisions\/2169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}