Mokai 0 Report post Posted September 22, 2007 Did some Macro photography today while on my lunch... Post some of your own here if you like.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KVRNut 0 Report post Posted September 22, 2007 Wow!! Sure wish I could get that close without the magnifying filters making the picture all soft on me. Sure like that second bee shot! Great job Mokai! Here's about the best I can do with the new lens, for now... Ernie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashby 0 Report post Posted September 22, 2007 Now those are some pretty cool pics. Almost too close for comfort with those bees. Here is one of a moth I took while in the desert. I have never seen a moth with these colors, or colored quite like this as far as pattern goes. Ashby Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KVRNut 0 Report post Posted September 22, 2007 That's pretty neat, a moth in it's own form of desert camo. I can see how it would be hard to spot from a distance. Ernie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Graham 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2007 Nice pictures guys, real nice. I like this one, a bee in my back yard, which wouldn't stay still long enough, until, I placed a tiny drop of maple syrup in the middle of the flower. And a fly... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashby 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2007 :bugeyes: WOW Graham, those are some pretty nice pictures. Lover the close up of the fly, all those colors. All this time I thought your avitar was a fly you tied up, now that is one heck of a camera. Ashby Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KVRNut 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2007 Wow Graham!! I don't know what you use to do a Macro like that but that's impressive and then some!! You must have a microscope attached to your camera body. Ernie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Will Milne 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2007 Graham Graham Graham!!! maple syrup you cheat!!!!!!- here the rest of us are working au natural and you resort to that. TY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! for the heads up lol- thats a great pic:))) great thread:) Will Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Will Milne 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2007 Not really a macro but... I,ve been trying to get a hopper pic I liked all summer. They move right when I get the focus set usually:) Will Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peterjay 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2007 Graham Graham Graham!!! maple syrup you cheat!!!!!!- here the rest of us are working au natural and you resort to that. That's nothing Will. You should have seen the stuffed owl he tried to pass off as a wildlife action shot. I've maintained all along that Graham stuffs his bugs with HGH and anabolic steroids until they tip the scales at 20 pounds apiece. That black widow of his will probably devour half the dogs in Southern California if it ever gets loose. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KVRNut 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2007 I've maintained all along that Graham stuffs his bugs with HGH and anabolic steroids until they tip the scales at 20 pounds apiece. I think you may have found his secret Peter!!! Super sized bugs! Oh well, it still makes me wish I had the skill to take pictures like that. Well done Graham! Never thought of the maple syrup, I used drops of sugar water to slow them down a bit. That hopper pic must have taken a lot of patience Will. I can't get to within 2 feet of them before they bugger off. Congrats on that pic! Ernie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashby 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2007 Here is a little guy I just happened to find one day while taking pictures of my wifes flowers. I didn't think I would be able to get this close, but it looks like it worked pretty good. Ashby Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oatka 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2007 Hey guys, lay off Graham. We all know that those are not real bugs, but flies he tied and is now trying to pass off as real bugs. of course, most of us believe they are real because they look so real! and as far as cheating with maple syrup....that's not cheating...that's brilliant! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vito1 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2007 I took this picture of a rose 2 years ago after a late snow fall in April. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Graham 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2007 A real nice collection of photos here. I love it. Thanks for the spirited remarks, I'm starting my day with a big smile. For the fly closeup I used a 200mm macro lens and 25mm extension tube. The red eye'd flies hang out under the orange trees in my backyard, and feed on fallen fruit. I used the same lens without the extension tube for the bee. When I bought my camera my interest was just on doing macro insect photos and photos of my flies. But, one day at the river, white shooting orange dragonflies a white egret landed about 15 feet away from me, and didn't notice me until it saw me taking photos of it. I took a series of photos, including a long curved neck pointing in my direction and a look of sheer surprise on the birds face. I felt so happy to have photographed this bird, and it was close enough that I had to cut off some of the birds legs because the frame was full. That day sort of changed everything, and my focus was on birds instead of bugs. Now that I think about it, I haven't done any of the things I planned on doing when aquiring my camera, like taking new photos of my flies as well as various stream insects. At least I have lots to look forward to. Now that I think about it, I took a nice series of super closeup shots of Hex mayflies in NY this summer, and need to process those and post them. I took shots filling the frame with the entire bug, as well as getting closer for various body sections. Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
