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- Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:03 pm
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Critter Mix 2024
- Replies: 1
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Critter Mix 2024
Decided to pick the rig back up after about a ten month break and go back to chasing semi-active to hyperactive critters. No focus stacks, the tech just hasn't caught up to my kind of macro. Maybe someday someone will use the same tech that's currently used for sensor based image stabilization and c...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:46 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Efficient diffuse macro lighting for SWD objectives
- Replies: 14
- Views: 518
Re: Efficient diffuse macro lighting for SWD objectives
Thanks for the detailed post Beatsy! Although our lighting requirements are different I still learn something from looking at your setups. I'm able to light, and therefor resolve, most surfaces pretty well. The only thing giving me a bit if a fit are glossy black compound eyes, and I'm either runnin...
- Wed Apr 13, 2022 10:10 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Mining Bees
- Replies: 1
- Views: 832
Mining Bees
Went looking for something to point the camera at and found some female Mining Bees foraging for pollen in Dandelions. Fortunately it was windy last weekend and the breeze masked the vibration that I caused when I grabbed onto the stem of the flowers. In both cases the bee was turning away from the ...
- Sun Apr 10, 2022 5:13 am
- Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Managing Backgrounds in Macro
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3306
- Sun Apr 10, 2022 12:26 am
- Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Managing Backgrounds in Macro
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3306
Re: Managing Backgrounds in Macro
I wouldn't presume to know how viewers might react to an image. Each viewer is an individual with unique interests, tastes, and sensibilities. While not disagreeing with the second sentence above, I’d challenge the first. Isn’t a fundamental element of photography to understand how people will reac...
- Sun Apr 10, 2022 12:21 am
- Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Managing Backgrounds in Macro
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3306
Re: Managing Backgrounds in Macro
I wouldn't presume to know how viewers might react to an image. Each viewer is an individual with unique interests, tastes, and sensibilities. I have to confess, though, that when I look at your photos in this thread, my eyes are drawn to the detail of the bees more than the color of the background...
- Sun Apr 10, 2022 12:19 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: European Blue Mason Bees
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1469
Re: European Blue Mason Bees
Thanks!leonardturner wrote: ↑Sat Mar 26, 2022 3:49 amStriking and very well-lit images, which succeed both visually and informatively. Well done!
Leonard
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 10:07 am
- Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Managing Backgrounds in Macro
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3306
Re: Managing Backgrounds in Macro
Relying on a flash fall-off to create a black background is a choice that's not necessarily based on esthetics or ease of use. An academic, for example, may find a more natural color background distracting when the purpose of an image is to call attention to the structure and details of a subject. ...
- Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:31 pm
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: European Blue Mason Bees
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1469
European Blue Mason Bees
My Mason bees have been hatching off an on for the last two weeks. Seems like the weather cannot make up its mind and we have had a few false springs. Unfortunately I have not had much time lately, but I did manage to get a couple of shots. ech Specs: Canon 90D (F11, 1/125, ISO 200) + a Canon MP-E 6...
- Sat Mar 05, 2022 12:37 pm
- Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Managing Backgrounds in Macro
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3306
Re: Managing Backgrounds in Macro
I have been working a lot on mixing light sources -using a flash to expose a shaded subject and set the ISO and shutter to expose for the natural light in the background. Managed to find a semi-cooperative subject today. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51920080190_65ce1cb1f4_b.jpg Foraging Honey...
- Sat Mar 05, 2022 12:35 pm
- Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Managing Backgrounds in Macro
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3306
Re: Managing Backgrounds in Macro
Sounds like a really good idea!MarkSturtevant wrote: ↑Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:20 amVery good. A trick that I use sometimes is to have a selection of paint swatches (free), purloined from a hardware store. Of course the area they cover will be small, and one must plan for that.
- Tue Feb 22, 2022 1:02 am
- Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Managing Backgrounds in Macro
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3306
Re: Managing Backgrounds in Macro
Thanks! I like the way that one looks as well.
- Mon Feb 21, 2022 12:14 pm
- Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Managing Backgrounds in Macro
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3306
Managing Backgrounds in Macro
Let me kick this one off by saying that you can simply let the background go black due to flash falloff. But the suspension of disbelief applies to still images (not just video) and some people will look at your photos and they will not be able to relax and enjoy the shot because "That insect is not...
- Sat Feb 05, 2022 6:15 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Another Critter Mix Part XI
- Replies: 2
- Views: 746
Re: Another Critter Mix Part XI
Thanks!
- Thu Feb 03, 2022 12:57 pm
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Another Critter Mix Part XI
- Replies: 2
- Views: 746
Another Critter Mix Part XI
I have been going through my back catalog and editing images that I just did not get around to. Hoping that "critter season" starts soon. Cool temps and partly cloudy weather provided the perfect conditions to go looking for a dormant solitary bee. Not sure about the species, and unfortunately it to...