More Winter bugs

Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
edited January 30, 2010 in Holy Macro
Sprayed this camelia bush with some sugar/honey spirullina spray before the sun hit it to see what was about. As soon as the sun hit the bush there were about 20 bluebottles on it but shortly after some hoverflies appeared. Have a guilty feeling the drone fly must have been hiding somewhere when I sprayed the bush. The other two hoverflies spent about 30 mins trying to avoid the camera.
Brian v.

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Crop from above shot

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Smallish hoverfly- think it's either Platcheirus or melanostoma sp.

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Larger hairy eyed hoverfly- think it's Eupeodes sp.

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Crop from above shot

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  • canon400dcanon400d Banned Posts: 2,826 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2010
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    Sprayed this camelia bush with some sugar/honey spirullina spray before the sun hit it to see what was about. As soon as the sun hit the bush there were about 20 bluebottles on it but shortly after some hoverflies appeared. Have a guilty feeling the drone fly must have been hiding somewhere when I sprayed the bush. The other two hoverflies spent about 30 mins trying to avoid the camera.
    Brian v.


    Great shots with excellent detail Brian.
    Regards
    Bob
  • rhondavidrhondavid Registered Users Posts: 433 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2010
    WOW!!! These are excellent. Love the lighting and the detail you have been able to capture. Just incredible.
    David

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  • StefanLStefanL Registered Users Posts: 10 Big grins
    edited January 22, 2010
    Hairy eyes? Now that´s WEIRD!!!

    A question though. At how many X magnification do you take these pictures? 5X?

    /Stefan
  • Daver2112Daver2112 Registered Users Posts: 157 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2010
    Just incredible!! Really like the 2nd shot the detail is fantastic.clap.gif
  • GOLDENORFEGOLDENORFE Super Moderators Posts: 4,747 moderator
    edited January 22, 2010
    superb shots Brian

    what % is the crop?
    phil
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited January 23, 2010
    Thanks for the comments :)

    Stefan think these are around 1.5X to 2.5X.

    Phil - neither is a 100% crop although the 2nd one is closer to that. Funnily enough I asked a question about how to express lower crops on POTN and it seems there is no accepted way of doing it. But the originals are uncropped.

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  • DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited January 23, 2010
    Wow. :D So excellent. The sharp details awesome... APYU
    Michael
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited January 24, 2010
    DaddyO wrote:
    Wow. :D So excellent. The sharp details awesome... APYU
    Thanks :)
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  • AtomicpixalAtomicpixal Registered Users Posts: 9 Beginner grinner
    edited January 27, 2010
    Super captures! bowdown.gif
  • Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2010
    The second in particular is absolutely stunning. Mind you, so are the remainder in the series!!!


    Paul.


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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2010
    Paul Iddon wrote:
    The second in particular is absolutely stunning. Mind you, so are the remainder in the series!!!


    Paul.
    Thanks Paul :)
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  • NihilationNihilation Registered Users Posts: 75 Big grins
    edited January 29, 2010
    The images are insane! Love it!

    Sorry for my newbness but I've gotta confess I'm a bit lost on how these shots were taken.

    Stephan asked about magnification and you said 1.5-2.5x. Is that different than using a teleconverter? Something done in post processing or in-camera?
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2010
    Nihilation wrote:
    The images are insane! Love it!

    Sorry for my newbness but I've gotta confess I'm a bit lost on how these shots were taken.

    Stephan asked about magnification and you said 1.5-2.5x. Is that different than using a teleconverter? Something done in post processing or in-camera?
    Thanks - glad you liked them :)

    THe magnification was slight shorthand - meaning 1.5:1 to 2.5 :1. this translates as 1cm of subject giving an image 1.5cms long to 2.5cms long on the sensor. I was using an MPE-65 lens which zooms from 1:1 to 5:1 magnification so it's all optical magnification.

    Brian V.
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