Some more personal firsts (macros this time)

Lord Vetinari · August 8, 2005

Some shots haven't made before.
Comments/critique please.
Brian V.

First Bee in flight- like the blue pollen

First wasp believe it or not.

First pair of dragonflies mating (shot with my 70-300mm APO lens)

Allen · August 8, 2005

Outstanding! First time, huh? Now how are you going to improve on these, nothing to look
forward to. This hobby is all about getting better and you just blew your chance.:):
Lovely closeups,
AL

Higgmeister · August 8, 2005

Hi Brian,
Cool shots. The bee butt shot is quite good. Lots of DOF and good clarity. I just took some wasp and fly shots this weekend. Wasps are hard because they are skiddish and move around a lot. I finally got my fly shots, I'll have to share sometime later. I used your method of having a paper towel on the outside of a home made light diffuser on the flash to get the shots. Very little blown highlights which made me very happy

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I also like your colors in the Dragon shot

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Thanks for sharing,
Chris

Lord Vetinari · August 8, 2005

Thanks for the comments Chris.

Brian V.

tmlphoto · August 8, 2005

Very nice work Brian. You just keep raising the bar...

Netgarden · August 8, 2005

Nice job Brian. Got a "bee butt" shot, now you are initiated into the BB club like I was, lolol.
You did great! Love the dragonflies and the color with that. The wasp might have been better with his wing not cropped. I know, they are tricky little guys. But the clarity is great!

tmlphoto wrote:

Very nice work Brian. You just keep raising the bar...

Lord Vetinari · August 9, 2005

tmlphoto wrote:

Very nice work Brian. You just keep raising the bar...

Thanks Thomas.

Netgarden wrote:

Nice job Brian. Got a "bee butt" shot, now you are initiated into the BB club like I was, lolol.
You did great! Love the dragonflies and the color with that. The wasp might have been better with his wing not cropped. I know, they are tricky little guys. But the clarity is great!

Thanks Netgarden- At last a member of the BB club

Did a rotate/recrop of the wasp-
Brian V.

Lord Vetinari · August 9, 2005

Allen wrote:

Outstanding! First time, huh? Now how are you going to improve on these, nothing to look
forward to. This hobby is all about getting better and you just blew your chance.:):
Lovely closeups,
AL

Thanks Al-
as with everything can always get a better shot (I hope!)
Brian V.

BigAl · August 10, 2005

Great series Brian - I like the wasp as I know how difficult it is to pin them down other than at their nest.

regards
alan

ps: Jeff Lapoint is selling a Canon 100mm macro. Pity about the location...

Lord Vetinari · August 10, 2005

BigAl wrote:

Great series Brian - I like the wasp as I know how difficult it is to pin them down other than at their nest.

regards
alan

ps: Jeff Lapoint is selling a Canon 100mm macro. Pity about the location...

Thanks Alan
At least the wasp was foraging in one area though always on the move. It's odd this year I have seen very few wasps much to the relief of she who must be obeyed (my wife goes a bit frantic when wasps are around).

ian408 · August 10, 2005

Hey this is a family site

Ok, all of them are nice shots.

Ian

BigAl · August 10, 2005

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Thanks Alan
At least the wasp was foraging in one area though always on the move. It's odd this year I have seen very few wasps much to the relief of she who must be obeyed (my wife goes a bit frantic when wasps are around).

Gee, doesn't that sound familiar! Mudbuilding wasps like to make their nests inside the outside electrical outlet, and the paperbuilding wasps under the retractable awning. Both types get very irate when either of these devices are opened! At the end of winter (more or less now) I have to remove these nests before the season's offspring emerges :eek1 otherwise :toni

regards
alan