Limacodid Caterpillar ?

[Sagar Patil]

Also called sometimes as SLUG MOTH

I had almost touched its stings while taking shot of another species. Don't know whether their stings are toxic or not.

1/40 | F 2.7 | ISO 125

I would carry a tripod next time, but I have 2 ft min height tripod, can't use for macro of such species on bushes and small plants.

[Bibhav Behera]

1/40 has caused shake... When shooting green in green, try to look for lighting which would make it stand out from the background. Increasing the contrast might help in some cases...

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Agree about the shake...
I've seen this one many times, don't know which sps. it is. The spines may be poisonous I think... anyway don't try to find out.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice composition. I think the focus is on the top of the leaf. The details on the body are good. The water droplets give the feel of the monsoon season.

Keep posting...

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Sagar,
When shutter speed is v. low in macro when in Av mode, what I usually do is go into Manual Mode, adjust the amount of flash output, set the aperture to f8 ( the highest in my camera) and then increase the shutter speed to a fast enough value.
The camera re-adjusts the shutter speed to the fastest value within the flash sync range (i.e. if you go higher than that value). That way I get a shutter speed of about 1/400 at least. That seems to be the fastest flash sync shutter speed in my camera... (it should be mentioned in the handbook, but I couldn't find it...)
If the image turns out too dark, I increase the flash output or increase the ISO.
Try this and let me know whether it is helpful.

[Jitendra Katre]

good one ! simply doubling the iso might have avoided the shake.which make of camera ?