Storm

DeVilDeVil Registered Users Posts: 1,037 Major grins
edited October 24, 2011 in Holy Macro
kia950.jpg




Setup is the same as here http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=207939 ...only I have sprayed butterfly with garden spray :D:D:D


This is how it looks on the field
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IOH7t2zc1E&feature=player_embedded
Predrag Petkovic

http://www.flickr.com/photos/devil_macro

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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited October 19, 2011
    Interesting idea - not sure if the spray adds or detracts from the shot.
    Brian v.
    Brian V.
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  • GOLDENORFEGOLDENORFE Super Moderators Posts: 4,747 moderator
    edited October 19, 2011
    Nice visual effect , but why ?

    Background too distracting for eyes to focus on the subject !
    But the more times I look ay it , the more I like it :D
    Phil

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  • DeVilDeVil Registered Users Posts: 1,037 Major grins
    edited October 20, 2011
    Thanks Brian and Phil for comments :)
    GOLDENORFE wrote: »
    Nice visual effect , but why ?
    -When I successfully take series of photos and the insect is still "cooperative" something in me(:D) forces me to try some "unconventional" methods to get a unusual photos. I think I'm on the right track and it's worth to tray to improve this technique.


    GOLDENORFE wrote: »
    But the more times I look at it , the more I like it :D
    -Thank you for this one :)
    Predrag Petkovic

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  • paddler4paddler4 Registered Users Posts: 976 Major grins
    edited October 20, 2011
    My question is mundane. I looked at your earlier posting. I want to know how the &^#@ you set up a tripod, adjust that wonderful but slow geared head, get the reflector set up, and then grab a spray bottle, all while the bug just sits there. My bugs are neither so patient nor so unfrightened. Or maybe I am just a lot slower.

    BTW, I think you are the person who recommended that Manfrotto geared head. I bought one and love it, but I use it for flowers, which stay put. And on your earlier posting, #3 is my favorite because of the backlighting.
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  • DeVilDeVil Registered Users Posts: 1,037 Major grins
    edited October 24, 2011
    Paddler4, I do not think I'm faster than you - it's just a question when you get up from bed :D
    Insects are cold blooded, as are fish and reptiles and if you find them early in the morning success is guaranteed!
    They stand still until they warmed up and that condition should be used ;)
    This butterfly has stood still for more than half an hour (at 10°C at dawn)




    Here are some more photos made that day :)


    with the larger drops (rain imitation)
    22-950.jpg






    and with longer exposure
    11-950.jpg






    only with natural light
    44-950.jpg
    Predrag Petkovic

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  • paddler4paddler4 Registered Users Posts: 976 Major grins
    edited October 24, 2011
    DeVil--thanks. will get up early in the day...

    Dan
    http://dkoretz.smugmug.com/
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