And we are very tolerant of "bad" English! :D ROFL Rik! :lol: Good one ... Regi, lass Dir von der Sprache nicht die Freude verderben, ein aktives Mitglied dieser Community zu sein! Niemand wird Dir hier Deine Fehler im Englischen ankreiden. Wenn Du unsicher bist, stell Dir einfach vor, die Kollegen...

Best of luck, Sue!

Sven

When I had him, he visited the Amish ... I think I remember this image (or at least the fact, that there was an image of that kind .. I'm sure Jim still has all F-Stop images in his archive, does he still has the F-Stop gallery up? I'm still visiting NPN from time to time but only the realize, how ...

Harold Gough wrote:I suspect that the setup with the camera body included would be the more successful one!

Maybe

That day I had only one camera bag with me at home for doing macro stuff in my backyard and therefor no second cam with me to take pictures of the setup ...

Sven

F-STOP!!!! :lol: . :lol: :lol: :lol: Hehe Sue, that was quick! :) Yeah, I, too, miss him (and the times back then). He was visiting me in June 2004, traveling half the globe from Danny to me. Here are some more pics: http://www.fototime.com/inv/B4F4D7F3727094F As you can see he had to "cross the po...

Hi Sue, I've another solution for you: http://www.fototime.com/4072052F38B6414/orig.jpg http://www.fototime.com/1853A35B6BCC41E/orig.jpg and here is someone who was using it besides me: http://www.fototime.com/95757BB47D1BAA0/orig.jpg :wink: :lol: On a more serious note: I'm using the MR14 since yea...

Squirrel on balcony - I can relate :lol: Friends of mine live in the middle of Frankfurt and they get visited daily by one very hungry squirrel: http://www.fototime.com/278A6668BEF7A5E/orig.jpg Hope the old man was very busy visiting you all :D Best, Sven P.S.: Here he is .. http://www.fototime.com/...

RobertoM wrote:What do you use for focuing when the light is little?

A small maglite.

Mike B in OKlahoma wrote:So the answer to your question is no, the light on the flash doesn't help focusing, at least for me.

Same here. The focus assist light isn't very useful. And you are lost with moving subjects since there is simply no time. The MR-14 ringflash btw. has the same functionality ..

Sven

salden wrote:These guys are interesting to watch. I have yet to get a good image of them. Nice capture Sven

Thanks Sue Having a pond in the garden helps a lot in that regard.

Best,
Sven

Apparently some of them have colonized the open ocean and live out at sea! :smt103 Thanks Doug and Mike, Mike especially for all the information. Colonizing the open ocean is an interesting behavior. With no plants and other stuff on the water surface out there I wonder how they find prey / food? A...

Ken Ramos wrote:Sven wrote:

Here the strider has killed a small spider ...

I always did like Water Striders! Excellent shot there Sven, we need more of these insects around.

Ha, I knew your are going to write a comment like this

I'm with Ken!

Rik, very cool stuff technically.

Sven

That pretty cool Doug! Besides the behavior I love the tonality of this image. Well done!

Sven

Love that little nose ..

Sven