Whats are these?

teamracephotos

The first shot needs an ID. They look like fleas to me. The other two are from the same outing. MM

Lord Vetinari

Lovely series - esp like #2 interesting use of DOF.
Bugs in #1 are aphids - piercing stylet on the front and twin exhaust pipes on the back of the abdomen are very characteristic.

Brian V.

tlee

I really like #2 !

teamracephotos

They look like a clone army!
Thanks Brian, hey why is it some day I can get the lighting OK then others I just cant seem to get it right? MM

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Lovely series - esp like #2 interesting use of DOF.
Bugs in #1 are aphids - piercing stylet on the front and twin exhaust pipes on the back of the abdomen are very characteristic.

Brian V.

teamracephotos

Thank you very much!
I liked it too, until I got it home and... still liked it but wish it was better in focus. MM

tlee wrote:

I really like #2 !

Lord Vetinari

teamracephotos wrote:

Thanks Brian, hey why is it some day I can get the lighting OK then others I just cant seem to get it right? MM

Re the light - assume they are flash ?

You need to take account of the background when using flash. If the background is dark or is far away from the subject then apply -ve FEC upto 1 stop. If the background is bright and close apply +ve FEC upto one stop.
The exposure control for flash is similar to normal exposure control so the camera tries to do an average exposure for an 18% grey card. If most of the frame is darker than this it will overexpose the subject and vice versa with a light background. Problem with macro you are much more likely to be getting fairly monotone/even backgrounds than with normal photography.

Brian V.

teamracephotos

Thanks again.

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Re the light - assume they are flash ?

You need to take account of the background when using flash. If the background is dark or is far away from the subject then apply -ve FEC upto 1 stop. If the background is bright and close apply +ve FEC upto one stop.
The exposure control for flash is similar to normal exposure control so the camera tries to do an average exposure for an 18% grey card. If most of the frame is darker than this it will overexpose the subject and vice versa with a light background. Problem with macro you are much more likely to be getting fairly monotone/even backgrounds than with normal photography.

Brian V.

Yes it is flash.
I think I followed you pretty well with that... I will give it a try this weekend. Thanks MM

Skippy

teamracephotos wrote:

The first shot needs an ID. They look like fleas to me. The other two are from the same outing. MM

Aphids are not all green your little team here have their heads down and their bottoms up.

Your doing really well with your Macro's Teamracephotos
Nice Work ... Skippy
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teamracephotos

Skippy Thank you!
I feel I am very lucky... I get to take to take pictures almost every day. But for some reason some days the turn out better then others. MM

Skippy wrote:

Aphids are not all green your little team here have their heads down and their bottoms up.

Your doing really well with your Macro's Teamracephotos
Nice Work ... Skippy
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