nicest would be the chestnut bob. Need to improve with the composition/framing. Well done
some correction
#4 - Chestnut bob and #5 - Common mormon
Today is Hot at USR. Billy and Luenny was shooting spiders in their spider "Studio". Andi and Shadow was shooting everything. Andy (doubleace) and yours truly went searching for butterflies. Here are some of my shots.
Shot with Canon 20D 100mm Macro+2xTC. f8 1/200
#1 Common Five Rings
#2. Common POsy
#3. Chequered Lancer
#4. Common Dartlet
#5. Banded Swallowtail
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nicest would be the chestnut bob. Need to improve with the composition/framing. Well done
some correction
#4 - Chestnut bob and #5 - Common mormon
ok heres mine.. first time taking macro.. Any comments are welcome.. Some of the insects i still dont know the name. Please help to identify.. Thanks.
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5 - Nisitrus Vittatus
#6 - Common Posy
#7 - Damselfly
#8
#9
#10
#12 - Common Mormon
#13 - Common Five Rings
#14 - St Andrew's Cross Spider
Last edited by doubleace; 25th May 2008 at 19:59.
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Simon,
Thanks for correcting the names. Anyway I think Billy's spa is a good place to shoot macro. Plenty of spiders and butterflies.
Andy,
Good first effort. Try to post bigger photo, small photo hard to see well. The Multiply text is distracting leh. #9, spider and #13, Five Rings are my favorite.
Both orb web spiders are shot on the wrong side, show their back or face is nicer.
Get the 2 spiderman, Billy and Luenny to show you how to shoot spiders.
Pic #1, background is too distracting.
Your St Andrew's Cross Spider shot turn out better than mine, mine is out of focus.
Go out and shoot more.
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billy spa? when did USR become billy spa :P
USR does have several rare sighting but because of the low lighting conditions, it is more critical to understand how to control your settings correctly. I brought benetay and jeff there once to shoot the common posy, you should check out the settings used.
take for example the common posy, you shot at 1/200s at f8, which I think you should have used below 1/100s and f8 to add some light at the background
Richard, nice one.
The chestnut bob is the best.
Don't mind I hijack your post , lazy to create another one. Bought the kids out to Botanical Garden this morning, to relax after their school exam, managed to squeezed in some macro shots in between .
Just like to confirm whether I get the name right.
Arhopala centaurus nakula (Centaur Oak Blue):
And some unknown fly:
Simon,
OIC, I set at 1/200 to kill off the background. I thought it might distract the beautiful pair. And agreed that the location for the common posy is low light. Should have tried different settings as they refused to move.
As for billy spa..........well it was just a joke.................same as simon spa
Hi Loke,
Thanks, you shot the butterfly pretty well too. I think you got the name right, I still no expert in their names yet.
The second picture tell what is really on your mind
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Thanks Richard.. sorry about the multiply text and i"ve reupload all the image again and yes pic #1 really out of focus.
The rest of the spiders are really hard to get their top view unless I have to catch them like what Billy and Luenny did today. Thanks for letting me join you guys today.. Really fun although the weather is hot.
Corydoras & Pleco Community Biotope Tank • Planted Tank Journal
Keeping fish as pets can be a rewarding hobby.
Designing and maintaining your aquariums is a wonderful creative outlet.
Watching your fish swim around is both relaxing and fun.
The common posy location is really dark, 1/15, 1/25 max at 1/30s at ISO 400 for my camera, anything higher then ISO 800 the noise starts to get disturbing. My pick for Richard's series same with Simon on #2, Chestnut bob. Composition wise can slowly pick up, get use to the system first & their habits.
It's not easy getting in plane with the subject when looking through the view finder in the beginning but i'm sure it will be second nature when you've master it. Shooting at f/8 - f/13 will render sharpness(without handshake) But in seriously dark places & if your camera is like mine, unable to shoot higher then ISO 400, you might consider opening up the aperture. You got to be very very parallel to the subject for wider apertures. For butterflies, remember if you focus on the wings at f/3.5 - f,5.6 on medium size butts like chocolate yellow the eyes might not be sharp at all.
If there is a good subject willing to pose & not move around, try shooting from f/2.8 to f/16, you can see the difference between light VS sharpness VS background.
You can also use a monopod or a tripod for low light setting without the handshake.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Benetay
Question.... who is marco?
aren't you guys using flash?
why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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Benetay,
Thanks. That's why guidance is still needed. We were shooting happily away and forgot to play around with the settings
The only thing we play around with is the extension tubes and the 2xTC. Andy had a hard time (being his first macro shoot) with the extension tubes and most of his shots were hand held as those places is quite impossible to use a tripod. I was better off with the monopod and the 2xTC is quite amazing.
Justine, oops, my bad, wrong spelling
Choy, yes we were all using flash.
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Loke
your ID for the butterfly is correctly, the fly should be a long legged white tip fly
if you flash, why need to use such high ISO?
why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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the reason for the high ISO is to allow the user to use a slower shutterspeed/apeture to allow ambient light for the background. So the flash should act as a fill in flash with appropriate flash compensation so as not to blow the subject
yes Simon I believe that's one of the technique for those prefering a non-black background. except that I found it incongruent from Richard's remarks and guessed he may not have been doing it consiously
why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica
Wah!!! Looks like a fruitful outing! Too bad I was recovering from an extremely hectic work week. Shame.
Cheers,
I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?
DoubleAce: That cricket you have there is probably a Nisitrus vittatus.
Loke : The fly that so signifys your intentions on little mei meis... that one is a Micropezid fly.. probably Mimegralla albimana.
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