daveh
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Post by daveh on Jun 15, 2012 21:40:39 GMT -5
To add to the last post: most photos tend to be from behind the bee, because the photographer is on the same side of the flower as the bee is. A face on shot is always better. I certainly haven't sorted out the best way to get the majority of shots from the front - as shown above: 5 from behind, 1 from the side and 1 from the front.
I'm sure that I will have left something important out from the previous list.
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Post by julio1fer on Jun 16, 2012 20:25:25 GMT -5
Thanks for these tips. Certainly I need them! My only insight was that macro is easier with digital. The use of flash is a revelation to me.
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Post by daveh on Jun 16, 2012 21:42:55 GMT -5
Julio, there is good and bad with flash. It's good in that the light is much more controllable: it's bad in that it often results in irritating reflections. This was taken on the Pentax *ist DS with ringflash. As you can see there are reflections of the flash right down the body of the insect. I've better (or should that be worse?) examples of this, but can't find them at the moment. Mind you, you can get similar reflections with sunlight. This set of the bumblebees were taken with the Canon 7D + EX580-mark II + Sigma 50mm 2.8 macro. The flash has a diffuser on the head, and tilted right down. I did have the inbuilt wide angle diffuser in place too, in an effort to lessen the directness of the flash further. It most shots it was okay, but in some the shadow cast is evident. Ringflash is probably easier than this set-up , though I think that the Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX is likely to be the best (in the Canon fitting that is). The trouble is it costs around £600 here. Dave.
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Post by jimrh on Jun 17, 2012 0:07:41 GMT -5
I've been a macro shooter for many years. All of these shots are excellent! A bug in flight is a tough cookie to shoot. Very impressive. I once shot a series of macro bug shots, and he had a spider web strand across his back. I entered my photos in competition, and they were rejected for having scratches on them. Go figure!
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Post by daveh on Jun 17, 2012 5:00:49 GMT -5
I once shot a series of macro bug shots, and he had a spider web strand across his back. I entered my photos in competition, and they were rejected for having scratches on them. Go figure! Jim, thanks. I had similar (though not macro shots) with some slides in the local photo club monthly competition. I didn't bother with it, the club, thereafter.
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