A majestic isopod - Porcellio expansus "Orange Tortosa"

[ItalianTermiteMan]

Time for another isopod share, and this time we have one of my personal favorites: Porcellio expansus, specifically P. expansus "Orange Tortosa".
This is a species of beautifully shaped and patterned isopods endemic of northeastern Spain (specifically the province of Catalonia as far as i know) that can reach truly impressive sizes, especially in some localities it seems. It is one of the classic "Spanish giants", and personally i think one of the nicest species in the hobby.

 

[Saga pedo]

Wonderful photos!
How did you photograph them?

 

[ItalianTermiteMan]

Wonderful photos!
How did you photograph them?

I have very little competence in photography, i don't even remember the name of the stuff i use! When i can i'll check the camera and the objective and let you know the models.

 

[ItalianTermiteMan]

Here i am (a bit late tough). Camera is a Sony Alpha 6700; objective is a Sony FE 2.8/90 Macro G OSS. I also used a flash.

 

[Saga pedo]

Interesting!
Did you process the photos on the computer or is this the natural focal depth of the camera?
For deeper field of view one can do a focal stack.
Although one will need a program for this.
But yeah I am currently experimenting myself with macrophotography.

 

[ItalianTermiteMan]

Interesting!
Did you process the photos on the computer or is this the natural focal depth of the camera?
For deeper field of view one can do a focal stack.
Although one will need a program for this.
But yeah I am currently experimenting myself with macrophotography.

No processing, the pics are straight from the camera.