greyhoundman

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You'll get the hang of it. Summer is a great time to shoot a lot.
No end of of bugs and other small things.

BTW, your second photo above was better than my first attempts.

Comment by greyhoundman posted on First attempt at macro. Not quite right. at 06/08/2009 - 17:06

greyhoundman
Yep, the little buggers do like to make it difficult. Practice will allow you to improve your speed at getting the shot.
Grasshoppers are a pita. I caught this one taking a break on my door frame.
[IMG]http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu25/wildlifephotog/hopper-web.jpg[/IMG]

Comment by greyhoundman posted on First attempt at macro. Not quite right. at 06/08/2009 - 16:38

greyhoundman
The second one is sharper. Looks good.
Macro is a specialized area, and just takes practice.

Comment by greyhoundman posted on First attempt at macro. Not quite right. at 06/08/2009 - 12:41

greyhoundman
I have this lens. I had the over exposure once. I did not have both adapter tabs in their notches. After redoing it, the lens has been super.

Comment by greyhoundman posted on Tamron 90mm f2.5 with PKA overexposing at 03/08/2009 - 13:23

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Thanks George and Sanderscapes.

It may well be a tad too light. I'm working off a temporary monitor while mine is checked for a short. The strange shapes are grass and weeds in the background. The "stem" on the right is a piece of the wire fence.
Couldn't get the whole beasty if I cut that out. When I get my screen back I'll see what I can do for the photo.

And I wish a blue-eyed blonde had stopped to help.

Comment by greyhoundman posted on Came to Supervise at 02/08/2009 - 02:47

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I was out repairing the wire fence. He came and landed right next to my hand. He stayed until I was done.
[IMG]http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu25/wildlifephotog/damselfly-80k.jpg[/IMG]

DS, 1/350, f6.7, iso 400
Lens was the Tamron 70-300 set to 180mm macro mode.

Comment by greyhoundman posted on Came to Supervise at 01/08/2009 - 22:21

greyhoundman
Here is a site that may help in building a new bellows. I've downsized the idea to make several small bellows. I've used black cloth inside, with a black plastic garbage bag material outside.

http://home.earthlink.net/~eahoo/page2/page2.html

Comment by greyhoundman posted on Pentax bellows maintenance and repair. at 31/07/2009 - 13:28

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I have not seen any Pentax gear, in the flesh so to speak, for many years. The last shop here shipped what they had left back to Pentax.
I might find something if I wanted to drive a 2-3 hour round trip.

Comment by greyhoundman posted on Is it hard to find Pentax gear in the shops in your part of the world ? at 30/07/2009 - 22:25

greyhoundman
I've got the OP/Tech rain sleeves. They work excellent when I remember to take them with me.

Comment by greyhoundman posted on An idea for when using big lenses in showery conditions... at 28/07/2009 - 18:10

greyhoundman
I have this same lens. The pin has never been a problem on either of my DS's.
Nice lens too.

Comment by greyhoundman posted on Sigma 28mm f2.8 Miniwide II at 27/07/2009 - 20:17

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