Creative-Uses

Before you decide if this project is for you, you should answer two very important questions.

1. How much do you like bugs, or other very small, fast moving objects? (If the answer is anything but “a whole heck of a lot,”‘ then you might not be so into this idea.)

2. How much do you like photography? And I’m not talking about looking at pretty pictures, I’m talking actually taking pretty pictures. (If the answer isn’t “I’m obsessed with taking pictures!”, then once agian, this project is probably not for you.)

If you answered sufficiently, however, read on!

So here’s the deal, you bug-nutty shutter-bug, you! A Belgian photographer who goes by the name of Fotoopa has devised a way to take what some are calling the best, clearest and most up-close shots of flying insects (namely: bees) ever. A key component of his contraption is infrared LED lights, as the LEDs are what detect when the bug has flown into optimal shooting range, and then signal the camera to take a picture. In fact, because of the use of IR LEDs, it even works in complete darkness. Before Fotoopa’s invention, the old mode of thought on wildlife and especially insect photography was that you had to take a ton of crappy pictures just to get one or two good ones. And even those were luck of the draw. That’s because human reaction time just isn’t fast enough to capture a tiny insect in flight with as much precision as is needed to take a truly clear picture. If you modify your camera using Fotoopa’s instructions, however, you can get great shots in 10 seconds! Click here to see his DIY instructions for making this ingenious instrument, and say goodbye to the days of frustration and wasting shots. That assuming you already spend a lot of days frustrated over your sub-par photographs of bees. I’m guessing not many of you do, but hey, maybe it’s time for a new hobby!