3 months in and it's only getting more interesting :D

pthurgood

I've been taking macro shots with my new Canon 60D and 100mm f2.8 usm.
I'm new to dSLRs...

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

I would love a bit of critique

#1 - Bee - Bendigo Botanical Gardens


#2 - Fly - Airport West


#3 - Beetle - Buninyong


#4 - Fly - Bendigo


#5 - ID? - Bendigo


#6 - Fly - Buninyong


#7 - Fly?? ID? - Buninyong


#8 - Robber Fly - Bendigo


#9 - Praying Mantis, this guy was probably 5mm long... - Bendigo



#8 & 9 represent my recent purchase of a 430EX II Flash & kenko extension tubes! totalling 68mm.
This pushes my magnification up from 1x to 1.68X
the extra magnification is much harder to manage! I still want an mpe-65 though

Lord Vetinari

These look pretty good. Good focus in all of them. I assume most of them were taken in fairly strong sun ?

#7 is a speckled eye dronefly hoverfly - Eristalinus species I assume
Brian v.

pthurgood

Thanks Brian thanks for the ID too. Yeah most of them are in strong light, I'm a bit of a flash fiend. Bad habits from my underwater photography. #8 & 9 were taken at night though

GOLDENORFE

GOOD SERIES, the spotted eye drone is the best, good sharpness. like #5 green lacewing also for composition!
try not to centre the subject in middle of frame.
agree shooting in bright sunlight not good, much better to use flash.

pthurgood

Thanks Phil

Yeah much nicer when its a bit overcast.. but hey, i take what i can get haha