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by SteveB
Fri Feb 11, 2022 12:39 pm
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Brood X Seventeen Year Cicadas
Replies: 4
Views: 957

Re: Brood X Seventeen Year Cicadas

I have a soft spot for cicadas, so I can imagine seeing this famous hatch is really special. I like the "insect on its landscape" shots. It gives one an idea of what it's like to be there.
by SteveB
Wed Apr 07, 2021 11:54 am
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Pair of butterflies
Replies: 7
Views: 1881

Re: Pair of butterflies

What a lovely photo! We have a species of Colias in South Africa that used to be very common. Now I only seem to see them a few times a year.
by SteveB
Fri Feb 05, 2021 1:17 pm
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: You too may wish to curse these flies!
Replies: 7
Views: 2281

Re: You too may wish to curse these flies!

Absolutely wonderful story and photos!
by SteveB
Fri Apr 17, 2020 11:41 am
Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
Topic: The Olympus MC-14 Teleconverter with the Olympus 60mm 2.8
Replies: 19
Views: 8202

Wow your images are stunning, yet still getting better and better!
by SteveB
Mon Apr 13, 2020 10:25 am
Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
Topic: The Olympus MC-14 Teleconverter with the Olympus 60mm 2.8
Replies: 19
Views: 8202

I see you have also got the MC-20 now. How do you feel the two compare optically? I think I preferred the pictures you posted with the 2x TC better, but you may have refined your lighting or stacking technique. Can you use either of them (withought the diopters) handheld?
by SteveB
Mon Apr 13, 2020 7:35 am
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Crab Spider Feeding on a Honeybee
Replies: 6
Views: 2900

Lovely picture! There is so much "magic" in nature even close by if we just care to look for it.
by SteveB
Tue Mar 31, 2020 2:27 am
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Macros from the archives
Replies: 6
Views: 2660

Thanks Hayath, your photography is inspiring!
by SteveB
Tue Mar 31, 2020 2:22 am
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Fun in the sun before the lockdown
Replies: 2
Views: 2263

Thanks Mark. I had hoped to be able to spend a lot of time there while we were anticipating the isolation, but in the end the rules here have been a lot more strict than I had anticipated. My garden at my house is very small, but I have planted quite a lot of the right food plants and we don't use p...
by SteveB
Sat Mar 28, 2020 8:36 am
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Fun in the sun before the lockdown
Replies: 2
Views: 2263

Fun in the sun before the lockdown

Here are some pictures from my last trip up the Magaliesburg before the lockdown. Bright memories to help us through! http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/6547_P3210396cs_1.jpg http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/6547_P3210496cs_1.jpg http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/...
by SteveB
Mon Feb 10, 2020 12:43 pm
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Some video-stacked flowers
Replies: 14
Views: 3108

I really like these photos! I suspect that with normal techniques quite a few of them would have had quite distracting backgrounds. While not the answer to every situation, stacking is clearly a great tool with which to keep the whole of what you want sharp sharp, and isolate that from the backgroun...
by SteveB
Thu Nov 28, 2019 11:11 am
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Maratus volans with prey.
Replies: 2
Views: 2287

Absolutely stunning!
by SteveB
Sun Aug 25, 2019 12:38 pm
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Macro variety
Replies: 10
Views: 5744

Thanks for sharing your lighting setup. Your pictures are absolutely stunning!
by SteveB
Sun Aug 25, 2019 12:31 pm
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Metallic Wing - 2
Replies: 4
Views: 2916

Another beautiful picture! I really like your style of photography.
by SteveB
Sun Aug 25, 2019 10:50 am
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Environmental butterfly photos
Replies: 2
Views: 1643

Environmental butterfly photos

I hope the moderators will allow this first photo. I know it's not macro, but I certainly had to get closer for this shot than I normally do for my normal macro type shots. I have started to feel that one could get the impression from my pictures that I spend much of my time in lush, "tropical" plac...
by SteveB
Sun Jun 23, 2019 11:56 am
Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Venus Fly Trap and Sundew (Macro Photos and 30 Day Timelapse
Replies: 10
Views: 2773

Very very good!