Some macro

dod · 14 Apr 2007 at 18:13

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Joe T · 14 Apr 2007 at 18:36

First two are awesome! As usual!

P.S. I shot some Motox today - am yet to llok at the results tho

Richdog · 14 Apr 2007 at 18:42

Awesome shots... especially the 2nd one, shame about the wing! What kit are you using?

dod · 14 Apr 2007 at 18:45

Richdog said:
What kit are you using?

The 20D and canon 100mm, still the same

Ta for the comments, first time I've taken any macro for a while, bit rusty.

Get on with those shots Joe

J1234 · 14 Apr 2007 at 18:52

Nice, really like them shots, I need to get a 100mm soon.

Richdog · 14 Apr 2007 at 18:53

dod said:
The 20D and canon 100mm, still the same Ta for the comments, first time I've taken any macro for a while, bit rusty.

Get on with those shots Joe

Should put yer specs in your sig mate so people like me don't keep asking.

How did you manage to catch the fly like that, was it just a spur of the moment shot?

dod · 14 Apr 2007 at 19:04

Richdog said:
How did you manage to catch the fly like that, was it just a spur of the moment shot?

Was looking for jumping spiders but they were far too active today, couldn't get one sitting long enough to focus properly. Just happened to hear the fly buzzing in the web and took a couple, this was the best one.

I thought I had a sig, I'll need to see where it is

Richdog · 14 Apr 2007 at 19:13

lol I didn't even notice it was in a web... I thought you'd caught it while it was doing a barrel roll and I was scratching my head wondering how you got such a good shot.

AndyBorzi · 14 Apr 2007 at 19:15

Heh, I like the fly caught up. You could PS the webs out and say you got it in flight!

They seem grainy though the ISO states 200, was it the processing that brought that out? (Not a critism just surprised)

dod · 14 Apr 2007 at 19:20

AndyBorzi said:
They seem grainy though the ISO states 200, was it the processing that brought that out? (Not a critism just surprised)

I started a thread about that ages ago. For some reason darkish greens always seem to show as noisy on my 20D. It really shouldn't be as bad as it is, the spider is more or less full frame, the bee is cropped about 20%

AndyBorzi · 14 Apr 2007 at 19:24

dod said:
I started a thread about that ages ago. For some reason darkish greens always seem to show as noisy on my 20D. It really shouldn't be as bad as it is, the spider is more or less full frame, the bee is cropped about 20%

My wife has a 20d, I shall try shooting something with a dark green background to see what I get. I shall try my 400D with it as well.

Richdog · 14 Apr 2007 at 19:36

Was out in the garden earlier and here's a couple I took with my Pentax K10D and Tamron 90mm

Still got a LOT or learning to do though to get my pics up to scratch...

Nice clean images though at 10.1MP, very happy with this camera so far.

Combat squirrel · 14 Apr 2007 at 19:50

shot 3 = awesome spider shot !

dod · 14 Apr 2007 at 19:53

AndyBorzi said:
My wife has a 20d, I shall try shooting something with a dark green background to see what I get. I shall try my 400D with it as well.

Be interesting to see what you get, here's another green background, 100% crop, unprocessed and it's very obvious

dod · 14 Apr 2007 at 19:54

Richdog said:
Nice clean images though at 10.1MP, very happy with this camera so far.

Very nice indeed

Tachyon · 14 Apr 2007 at 20:42

One I took this morning. Would like to be able to get it with out the catchlights but really needed the flash. Right eye is also out of focus but the working distance was ridicoulsy small and didn't want upset him. 50% crop.