A quick set from this morning...
Posted 08/05/2010 - 12:07
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Entertaining macro shots - and the flash complemented each of them IMO. Thanks for posting.
PS Aphids are the bane of our rose bushes...
PS Aphids are the bane of our rose bushes...
Posted 08/05/2010 - 12:54
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The first and last photos appeal a lot to me, Mat. Real nice focusing efforts.
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Posted 08/05/2010 - 13:31
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All good but that first shot is just stunning. Wow...
K.
K.
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Posted 08/05/2010 - 15:41
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Thanks for the comments everyone! The Dandelion was amazing to look at through a macro lens (the DFA 100 is a smasher in my view) - there are so many layers to it and it's a bit of a challenge to keep what you want in focus (note to self - use a tripod!) but am pleased with the result - I took quite a few shots that look more o less like this. The snail was teeny-tiny as well... I would estimate about a centimetre and a half nose to tail - I think the dead looking conifer it was on has become a snail nursery as there are loads of the tiny things on it
Thanks for the vote of confidence Mike on the PPG front - I think I'll enter it.
Thanks again all
Mat W
Thanks for the vote of confidence Mike on the PPG front - I think I'll enter it.
Thanks again all
Mat W
Posted 08/05/2010 - 15:56
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First and last for me too. The snail is good but wish the flash reflections weren't there. The dandelion is very impressive, brilliant even
Tim
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Posted 08/05/2010 - 16:08
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No.1 for me.
"Grabbed a couple of shots........" !!!!
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best regards,
Roger
"Grabbed a couple of shots........" !!!!
Inspirational!
best regards,
Roger
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Posted 08/05/2010 - 17:36
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Thanks Tim and Roger, much appreciated. Tim, I agree with you on the flash reflections on the snail, although the light was pretty poor this morning and this was a dank dark corner of my yard so I was stuck with flash... If the weather perks up mind, then I'll be out there again...
Mat
Mat
Posted 08/05/2010 - 17:45
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Mat, if this is what you do under duress and by just "popping out into the yard"...
Excellent work and revelling in what your new lens can do!
Best wishes,
Andrew
P.S It is so cold here that I didn't take the camera out. It's not often I say that!
Excellent work and revelling in what your new lens can do!
Best wishes,
Andrew
P.S It is so cold here that I didn't take the camera out. It's not often I say that!
Best wishes,
Andrew
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Andrew
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Posted 08/05/2010 - 22:23
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Nos 1& 3 are great, love the dandelion its my favorite.
Colin
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First up, a dandelion between showers...
and a blade of grass likewise
The garden pests march down the underside of a bud (keeping dry perhaps)
and a tiny, almost transparent, snail pretends to be king of the castle
All were taken with flash and hand-held... hope you like them. As usual, any C&C welcome.
Regards
Mat W
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