The "Post your pictures here" thread.

knowlesy · 20 Aug 2009 at 10:21

that one was for the d90......

DAM YOU BOTH !!!!!!!

wedge ^^^ did you get a good picture when attaching to your telescope ive been reading about it and it looks very much like trial and error ... Im very tempted as my parents just got a static up next to a beach and some decking so I might drop my telescope off up there

Wedge · 20 Aug 2009 at 10:52

Mark A said:
Would i be able set this up to take repeated shots at 30s exposure time for doing star trails?

Hey Mark the one i bought from ebay does, do you have a D80 or D90, im pretty sure they have the same connection anyway, so yes that will work

knowlesy said:
that one was for the d90......

wedge ^^^ did you get a good picture when attaching to your telescope

Yeah, it was alright

http://www.flickr.com/photos/titl3ist/3786021659/sizes/m/

ScarySquirrel · 20 Aug 2009 at 11:17

That moon shot is awesome wedge!!

ps. I had a dream last night that I had a pet dragonfly which I trained to hover dead still whilst I took macro shots of it. Weird huh?

MoNkEyMiKeY · 20 Aug 2009 at 11:22

Awesome moon shot. My dad has a high power mirror telescope, think I'll see if I can hook mine up some how.

Just got one of those remotes from the bay too. Pretty good for the money quite well made. Did take 13 days to get here though.

Wedge · 20 Aug 2009 at 11:34

Cheers guys, but it was all the telescope

That one was with my old D40X and Meade LXD55 Schmidt-Newtonian (10"), My Father in-law also now has a Meade LXD75 Achromatic Refractor (8") for those who know there telescopes, so looking forward to setting that up with my D90

@ ScarySquirrel LOL

2Thumbs · 20 Aug 2009 at 15:56

famas · 22 Aug 2009 at 12:13

ChazHurst · 22 Aug 2009 at 12:23

never seen a butterfly like that before. very nice

famas · 22 Aug 2009 at 12:28

cheers, its a common blue butterfly. As the name suggests there pretty common

Busa · 22 Aug 2009 at 14:02

A couple from me of the same species, taken with my phone

famas · 22 Aug 2009 at 18:31

couple more

Raikiri · 22 Aug 2009 at 18:38

As we're all posting macros:

Click that last one for a large version

Wedge · 22 Aug 2009 at 20:04

^^ Nice Macro's peeps

knowlesy · 22 Aug 2009 at 20:19

Wedge said:
^^ Nice Macro's peeps

+1

famas i guess your first shot is a grasshopper right ? (not a clue tbh) its so crisp its unreal !!!! it looks like its under a microscope!!

jr1104 · 22 Aug 2009 at 21:09

Took this back when I first had my camera, and thought I'd have another go at processing it:

ScarySquirrel · 23 Aug 2009 at 13:29

Do you all use flash for macro?

Raikiri · 23 Aug 2009 at 13:32

Varies, I used the flash (SG DT 500) for the grasshopper but not the other two.

famas · 23 Aug 2009 at 14:01

cheers knowlesy, yeah its a Melanoplus bivittatus two-striped grasshopper.

Do you all use flash for macro?

if im going beyound 1:1 then yes i always do, if not then only sometimes, its good for a bit of fill in light and can stop harsh shadows.

Wedge · 23 Aug 2009 at 14:19

famas said:
cheers knowlesy, yeah its a Melanoplus bivittatus two-striped grasshopper.

if im going beyound 1:1 then yes i always do, if not then only sometimes, its good for a bit of fill in light and can stop harsh shadows.

Where do you position your flash, i cant seem to stop a dark shadow filling 1/3 of the bottom of the shot

Raikiri · 23 Aug 2009 at 15:04

Using the onboard flash or a flashgun? If the latter they usually have a built in wide angle diffuser you can pop down which will give a much more even light.