Blue Beauty

by davidstorm

Hooray! The sun came out (a little) today! It gave me the chance to get out in the garden with the K-x and Sigma 105mm DG EX Macro to take a few shots. This is handheld in natural light, no flash.
Uploaded17/06/2012 - 19:29
CategoryMacro
Shutter Speed1/160
Aperturef/11
LensN/A
ISO400
Focal Length105mm

GIULIO57
Posted 17/06/2012 - 20:12 Link
Good use of nat. light.
PPG
analogue
Posted 17/06/2012 - 22:12 Link
GIULIO57 wrote:
Good use of nat. light.

I agree, and it makes a difference!

Very good David, nice contrast between the blue and the green
Posted 17/06/2012 - 22:58 Link
How far away were you?
davidstorm
Posted 18/06/2012 - 00:10 Link
robtay777 wrote:
How far away were you?

Hi Rob, about 3 to 4 inches, not sure exactly, but I was at the closest focussing distance of the lens (Sigma 105mm DG EX Macro).

Regards
David
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Posted 18/06/2012 - 00:13 Link
Thats absolutely amazing how did he not fly away??
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davidstorm
Posted 18/06/2012 - 19:33 Link
robtay777 wrote:
Thats absolutely amazing how did he not fly away??
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Hi Rob, they almost always do fly away! I have to be very quiet, stealthy and careful - slow and deliberate movements until I get to the required focussing distance. It does take a fair amount of patience to get good macro shots of nsects, particularly when using natural light as opposed to flash.

Regards
David
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Nicola's Apartments, Kassiopi, Corfu

Some cameras, some lenses, some bits 'n' bobs

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