I wish there were some Damselflys here...

Raikiri

Raikiri

Raikiri

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But there aren't, so here's a load of other stuff :p

Hoverfly
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Bee Fly
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Running crab spider
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Mouse spider
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House Fly
housefly.jpg


Unknown #1
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Unknown #2
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Grub of some sort
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I took some pics of some damselflies yesterday at the Barnes Wetland Centre but the weather was poor and the results not at all good. Your pics are stunning. What was the macro lens and exif data? I cant get the exif data from the images.
 
Thanks, I used my 400D with a reversed Canon EF-35-80mm.

Exif would be:
1/200s
f/16
ISO100
35mm (gives max magnification when reversed).
 
Raikiri said:
Thanks, I used my 400D with a reversed Canon EF-35-80mm.

Exif would be:
1/200s
f/16
ISO100
35mm (gives max magnification when reversed).
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Well, that shows my photographic noobness! I've no idea what a "reversed lens" is! Its off to Google I go and do some reading on macro.
 
Right, now I've googled I understand more. I've got some extension tubes, what's the difference between using tubes or reversed lens in terms of IQ/ease of use?

I would be using my Canon nifty fifty.
 
I shouldn't think there's much difference at all, I favoured the reverse lens though as it seemed to offer greater magnification.

Edit: May as well add these as well:

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I looked down to see something land on my leg, pointed the camera down and snapped a shot before it flew off... remarkably it was a mosquito and in focus :p

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While it's half out of the frame I still quite liked the shot...

I also got this:

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Hate spiders.

Quite a lot of damselflies around our way. Saw a lot around last night when I was fishing at the lake. Nice shots man. The mosquiito snap is cool.
 
I've got to be honest none of these really grab me at all. Composition wise and the use of DOF just doesn't really work for me and they come across more like you thought 'I've got a macro lens so I'll just take some random close up grab shots'. Macro is actually quite hard to master and come up with something that makes you go wow. Definaltely keep doing it though as you'll get better and better.

Sorry absolutely don't want to sound harsh but without people telling you (thats the generic you, not 'you' you) things could be imporved nobody would ever get better!
 
While I appreciate your honesty what you've said isn't really constructive, in the sense you haven't said what you specifically don't like and how they could be improved upon; would you care to elaborate at all?

For example, what would you have done differently for the shot of a Bush Cricket?

Thanks :)
 
Sorry about that, the trouble is...I'm not really that good at macro either to give proper informed advice lol. But the general rules for me would be, the bug should stand out from the surroundings so that the background and foreground should be clutter free and OOF to make the bug pop.

But for example number 4 the house fly, thats the closest to what I would say works as a good macro for bug photography. Nice OOF bakground, nice light on the main subject and the DOF is pretty good BUT you have chopped the feet off at the bottom.

Most of the others you seem to just be looking down on the subjects which doesn't really show them off very well.

The best advice I can really give is check out Messiah Khans macro stuff, its top notch and explains what I'm trying to say without me bumbling on lol
 
Thanks, you're right although it's near impossible to get the nice bokeh on a lot of them due to the foliage around them, I'll definitely try to take them from better angles though :)
 
all great shots, but you know...the one of the mosquito is my favourite. probably because the composition is different. probably a good job you had to rush the shot!
 
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