Flowers from Zion - Macro

SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
edited July 7, 2006 in Holy Macro
Wishing we had stayed longer in Zion, I lagged behind on one of the hikes so I could get some Macro shots :rolleyes yeah I know the Scenery was just gorgeous, but I really wanted to get a couple of shots during the trip :D

I love my Canon 100mm Macro Lens :lust these were shot with Kenko Ext's added and an External Flash.

Enjoy........... Skippy (Australia)

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  • boogieboogie Registered Users Posts: 553 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2006
    #3 is a knockout! Sharp and detailed. Great macros Skippy.

    Catch any bugs on your hikes???

    boogie
  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2006
    Very nice Skippy. I deleted all my shots of these little flowers, they were sub par. You managed very well. Nice work.
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2006
    Wow, what great color in that first shot!

    This is why it's so cool when you see the work of many shooters from the same place. Different people see different things in exactly the same locale. Me, I'd never had made that shot, would never even have thought about it.

    Very nice! thumb.gif
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  • tmlphototmlphoto Registered Users Posts: 1,444 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2006
    Very nice work there Skipster!
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  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2006
    I really like the lighting especially on the second one -it has an almost "magical" look to it! :):
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2006
    boogie wrote:
    #3 is a knockout! Sharp and detailed. Great macros Skippy.

    Catch any bugs on your hikes???

    boogie

    Thanks Boogie........ well I kinda did, but I think the Dead Dragonfly was my best shot rolleyes1.gif Skippy (Australia)
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2006
    GREAPER wrote:
    Very nice Skippy. I deleted all my shots of these little flowers, they were sub par. You managed very well. Nice work.

    Hi Greaper, the tiny flowers we saw were so pretty, I'm sure a lot of folks didn't even notice them, but us Macro folks are always looking at the ground, and me I'm always looking for bugs rolleyes1.gif thanks for looking.
    Skippy (Australia)
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2006
    wxwax wrote:
    Wow, what great color in that first shot!

    This is why it's so cool when you see the work of many shooters from the same place. Different people see different things in exactly the same locale. Me, I'd never had made that shot, would never even have thought about it.

    Very nice! thumb.gif

    Hey there Mr WxWax....... yep your not wrong, all those people all in the same place, many with the same gear, yet we all saw things differently, kinda odd how that works hu headscratch.gif .. thanks for looking :D Skippy
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2006
    tmlphoto wrote:
    Very nice work there Skipster!

    Thank you Thomas.........awwwwwww I wished we had been there longer, it was such a pretty place, too much to take in for the short time we were there.... Skippy (Australia)
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2006
    Dalantech wrote:
    I really like the lighting especially on the second one -it has an almost "magical" look to it! :):

    Thank you Dalantech......... I have a Canon 580 Flash that I use 99% of the time when I do Macro's, it will often give me a dark back ground which I really like, and this tiny flower obsorbed the light from the flash quite nicely on this particular day....... Skippy (Australia)
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  • gluwatergluwater Registered Users Posts: 3,599 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2006
    You did what I kept thinking about Skippy. I was really surprised at the variety of flowers at Zion. I also think I liked Zion better than Bryce. I'm definitely glad we went to both but if I'm ever in the area again I'll definitey go back to Zion. The only flower shots I took were with the 17-40, surprisingly it has a very small minimum focusing distance and some of the shots came out pretty well.
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  • ThusieThusie Registered Users Posts: 1,818 Major grins
    edited July 7, 2006
    Ohoo nice Skippy! Have a very soft spot for the first one, spiderwart flowers are so pretty with those little feathery jobs in the middle. clap.gifclap
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited July 7, 2006
    Wonderful shots Skippy :)
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited July 7, 2006
    gluwater wrote:
    You did what I kept thinking about Skippy. I was really surprised at the variety of flowers at Zion. I also think I liked Zion better than Bryce. I'm definitely glad we went to both but if I'm ever in the area again I'll definitey go back to Zion. The only flower shots I took were with the 17-40, surprisingly it has a very small minimum focusing distance and some of the shots came out pretty well.


    Well time was what we didn't have on our side hu Nick......Zion was my favourite of the two places too, but I really did enjoy the Post ShootOut, especially in the Arches area, and Monument Valley, ohhhhh and man those Antelope Canyons were just stunning.

    Trying to cram so much into so few days, and trying to cope with time zone changes and extreme temps, and lack of sleep...... I dunno how we accomplished what we did rolleyes1.gif I wished I'd had the time to spend doing more Macro's too........ Take Care...... Skippy (Australia)
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