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DetmoldDick · Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:55 pm Post subject: Macro

Here is the result of my first session of macro photography.

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Boxer6 · Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:49 pm Post subject:

Very impressive effort DD.

Was the fly flying, or a dead 'un strung up?
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DetmoldDick · Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:58 pm Post subject:

The fly was very much an ex-fly. The shot was taken with the fly on its back and then rotated.
I used the limited depth of field to try to give the impression that the wings were flapping.
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Big TC · Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:26 pm Post subject:

You could add blurr to the wings in PP....?

A good shot anyway!
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DarthBalls · Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:50 am Post subject:

great shot - all my insect macros have been a bit crap.

What did you use for lighting/setting up the shot?
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the old man · Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 2:39 am Post subject:

Great shot DD, what lens did you use? I have the Sigma 105mm EX DG macro and it is a lovely lens to use.
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the old man · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:25 am Post subject:

Two cracking Orchid shots. Great DoF in both.
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Matt · Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:29 pm Post subject:

I don't tend to do Macro much, but I used the Sigma 105 today for a change.

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Matt · Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:05 pm Post subject:

Took a few today.

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Boxer6 · Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 9:56 pm Post subject:

I don't think these are as good quality as any of those above, but any (constructive!) criticisms are welcomed.

This one was off the back of a "snatched" shot earlier - posted it in the "silly/pretty" thread.

Mr bug just wouldn't keep still, and I missed him taking off from our fence and flying away!! Got him on the wall a few minutes later, but not as crisp as I would have liked.

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Matt · Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 12:15 pm Post subject:

I got a couple of bee shots yesterday, which turned up to the plant I was shooting for a change and not me having to track them until they land!

The first was over-exposed as I forgot to adjust the shutter with the enjoyment of having got it sharp with manual focus, but the second was OK, just not much definition on the bee.

The water droplets on my empty bottle made for a fun subject, too.

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Matt · Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 12:17 pm Post subject:

Great capture, Boxer. Only thing I'd suggest is perhaps removing some of the yellowy tinge and make the white balance towards the bluey-aqua end. That's just superficial enhancing though, there's no problems with the composition to my eye.
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Boxer6 · Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 12:35 pm Post subject:

Matt · Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 1:39 pm Post subject:

I didn't see the other shot you took before I posted my reply, I thought it was pouring water on its own, not in a glass, so that ambiguity makes it even better, imo.
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Boxer6 · Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 9:26 pm Post subject:

Got these two today. Biggest problem(s) being,

1. The wind kept moving the bloody things, and

2. My pain pills are playing nasty tricks with my close-up focus!

Anyway, here we go.........

This one I've "tweaked" somewhat in Irfanview, rather than ELements - I still haven't learned it well enough yet!!

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Matt · Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 9:33 pm Post subject:

Plants, especially yellow ones reflect ambient light really well, so a full stop under when exposing cures some of the issues in the picture above and then saturation can be post-processed back in to a picture.
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Matt · Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 11:53 pm Post subject:

These were taken under flashlight just now.

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Boxer6 · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:20 pm Post subject:

A couple from today....

And lastly, my favourite.....

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Boxer6 · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:56 pm Post subject:

Dunno what happened there - one minute I was mid-post, next ~ nothing!!

Anyway, I played about on PB with the bubbles in glass shot from earlier ... this is my favourite.

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Matt · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:01 pm Post subject:

Your favourite flower shot is excellent and I like the 'Tron' style of the water shot.

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Boxer6 · Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:51 am Post subject:

the old man · Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:45 pm Post subject:

A Hoverfly

Strange beetle

Waterlilly

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Big TC · Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:03 am Post subject:

Here's one I took on my recent wildlife photography day out, with an 'effect' added later, courtesy of Digital Photo mag and instructional dvd.
Dunno if it works or not, really...

Lens was a 80-300 (I think) Sigma Macro, on a Nikon D40
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Rodge · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 10:29 am Post subject:

Taken last week in the garden

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Boxer6 · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:07 pm Post subject:

Really excellent shot, Rodge.

Taken on my phone a couple of weeks ago...... nothing like as good as Rodge's though!

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Matt · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:28 am Post subject:

I was using the manual focus on my Canon G10 today.

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