Just for those macroholics

Lord Vetinari

Some shots from this mornings expedition.
First on the door step a dead moth being dismembered by ants


Then a trip to the tropical rainforest



Fly beating Rodney's previous bubble blowing record (11 consecutive bubbles) really coffee coloured these ones



Midge (I think) about 5mm long practicing levitation of a ball



Another midge (???) about 8mm long



and lastly a midge on the disco floor

TristanP

Wow, once again, a killer series. How do you light them?

Higgmeister

These are really cool,
The background colors go really well with all the shots. My favorites are #5 and #6. A dark subject against a dark background is a very hard capture, but you pulled this one off and I really like it. Your caption for #6 is quite humorous.

Thanks for once again sharing wonderful macros,
Chris

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TristanP wrote:

Wow, once again, a killer series. How do you light them?

Pic of the rig I use here- http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1031&message=13654064
Using flash with camera set to manual normally 1/200th sec, F11-F16. Flash in ettl mode. When taking the pics I try to angle the rig so the flash is straight on to the subject. For the last pic- no suprises I took the flash off and was hand holding it underneath the leaf, whilst handholding the camera and taking the pic- quite suprised it came out!
A lot of the pics are taken on one of my bonsai Acer trees which have nice leaf colours.

Brian V.

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Higgmeister wrote:

The background colors go really well with all the shots. My favorites are #5 and #6. A dark subject against a dark background is a very hard capture, but you pulled this one off and I really like it. Your caption for #6 is quite humorous.

Thanks for once again sharing wonderful macros,
Chris

Thanks Higgmeister
Yes sorry about#6 just wondered if I could get enough light through the leaf- I did - I actually darkened the pic slightly.
brian V.

John Mueller

On the disco floor :roflD
Nice captures

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John Mueller wrote:

On the disco floor :roflD
Nice captures

Thanks John,
Been a few years since I've been to a disco - they do have underlighting on the floors don't they? :

nzmacro

Who's a macroholic, never heard of them

Can you guess which one I like the most Brian. I bet you can Beautiful sharp shot of that and I also like the coloured edges. Interesting effects you are getting with your flash technique. Very nicely done Brian.

All the best in the UK, you macroholic

Danny.

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nzmacro wrote:

Who's a macroholic, never heard of them

Can you guess which one I like the most Brian. I bet you can Beautiful sharp shot of that and I also like the coloured edges. Interesting effects you are getting with your flash technique. Very nicely done Brian.

All the best in the UK, you macroholic

Danny.

Thanks Danny
Have to guess the bubble shot :
I actually liked shots #1 and#5 the best possibly because they are the exact opposite of each other- one random chaos and the other styalised design.

Cheers

Brian V.

nzmacro

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Thanks Danny
Have to guess the bubble shot :
I actually liked shots #1 and#5 the best possibly because they are the exact opposite of each other- one random chaos and the other styalised design.

Cheers

Brian V.

Now how did you guess that Brian : . Love them all but that shot is a favourite subject. The 5th shot is very unique in its perspective. Always love the unusual and thats one of them. Excellent work Brian.

All the best and keep them coming. I'll post up a katydid and the drop trick. you might like those.

Danny.

Jekyll & Hyde

J: Very nice work!

H: You, and your setup, do a very nice job.

J: I like the POV you take, and how you work the lighting.

H: And the titles are killer!
J&H

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Jekyll & Hyde wrote:

J: Very nice work!

H: You, and your setup, do a very nice job.

J: I like the POV you take, and how you work the lighting.

H: And the titles are killer!
J&H

Ok keep yourself together!
Thanks J&H- think it's about getting a rig that works and then practice a lot.
One thing that maybe obvious, is that with this type of shot you really do not know what it is going to look like until you get on the PC. Partly because I'm not sure how the background will come out and also I have to wear reading glasses to see anything on the camera LCD but do not use them to shoot so I never get around to seeing the shots on the camera!

Sorry about the titles- sometimes my imagination runs away with me-

Brian V.

Jekyll & Hyde

Lord Vetinari wrote:

One thing that maybe obvious, is that with this type of shot you really do not know what it is going to look like until you get on the PC. Partly because I'm not sure how the background will come out and also I have to wear reading glasses to see anything on the camera LCD but do not use them to shoot so I never get around to seeing the shots on the camera!
Brian V.

J: Yeah, know what you mean. My keeper percentage is pretty low (on technical grounds alone!).

H: But it's nice to every once in a while bring one up and go WOW!

J: I may have to get bifocals one of these days. It's getting harder and harder to see the LCD.

H: Keep up the good work. Macros are so much fun.
J&H

tmlphoto

Very nice work LV. I like the bubble shot, but the last two are just great. Very original. Keep posting great shots.

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tmlphoto wrote:

Very nice work LV. I like the bubble shot, but the last two are just great. Very original. Keep posting great shots.

Thanks Thomas

Brian V.