First Macros: Butterfly Weeds, Hoverfly, and Spider

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New to the macro side of things and still a relative beginner when it comes to photography as a whole, these are some of my first macro attempts. All were shot with a Nikon D90 and Tamron 90mm f/2.8 macro lens, I used a tripod unless otherwise noted. Full exif data is available on each photo's linked flickr page. Any c&c or tips and advice is always appreciated... chasing little flies around is a whole lot harder than I thought

1) Some little butterfly weeds that sprouted in my yard, shot is a little busy but I wanted a little background on this one


2) A solo butterfly weed in my bird bath, I wish the top petals were sharper but I like the bottom petals and the reflection


3) First hoverfly attempt, these guys are tricky. Shot handheld and used sb-600 flash in hotshoe


4) An orb spider I found outside one night, shot with an sb-600 flash in hotshoe, this was actually my first attempt at shooting a spider or bug and I think next time I might try using more DOF

bendruckerphoto

#2 is very cool.

xstartxtodayx

bendruckerphoto wrote:

#2 is very cool.

Thanks.

Jake

I like number 2 (although I wish it was all sharp), still the isolation is very nice. Image three is quite nice as well.

thequiet1

Beautiful! The first one is my favorite. Great color.

Lord Vetinari

Good series - like the idea/execution of #2
Brian V.

xstartxtodayx

Thank you all for the comments. I need to go out and try my hand at some more macro shots in the next couple of days b/c they were fun and challenging.