Butterfly Practise.

GOLDENORFEGOLDENORFE Super Moderators Posts: 4,747 moderator
edited April 12, 2008 in Holy Macro
Took these at butterfly house on anglesey. really strugled with focusing, every time got focus on eyes they moved slightly as frame was taken. only got less than 20 shots in focus on eyes out of 232 frames :cry .
natural light low used, iso 400 to reduce amount of flash needed.
managed to stack 3 of these shots ok.
phil.
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  • canon400dcanon400d Banned Posts: 2,826 Major grins
    edited April 11, 2008
    GOLDENORFE wrote:
    Took these at butterfly house on anglesey. really strugled with focusing, every time got focus on eyes they moved slightly as frame was taken. only got less than 20 shots in focus on eyes out of 232 frames :cry .
    natural light low used, iso 400 to reduce amount of flash needed.
    managed to stack 3 of these shots ok.
    phil.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

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    2403364961_f0f4f112c6_o.jpg


    2403365559_ef533fd1f8_o.jpg


    2404190688_a4d13ac470_o.jpg

    2403366277_2d29d0051e_o.jpg
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

    Those are excellent shots Phil. I like each and everyone of them. At least it was well worth your while. Well doneclap.gif
    Regards
    Bob
  • GOLDENORFEGOLDENORFE Super Moderators Posts: 4,747 moderator
    edited April 11, 2008
    Thanks for the comments BOB.
    i really should have had a lot more "in focus" shots,need more practise.
    can you use the "reply" tab on the left under post, it will prevent photos being re displayed.

    phil.
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    Phil

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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited April 11, 2008
    GOLDENORFE wrote:
    Thanks for the comments BOB.
    i really should have had a lot more "in focus" shots,need more practise.
    can you use the "reply" tab on the left under post, it will prevent photos being re displayed.

    phil.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/
    canon400d In any case you can edelete the duplicate images posted in edit.gif or edit.gif.

    Don
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  • LeonardoLeonardo Registered Users Posts: 83 Big grins
    edited April 11, 2008
    GOLDENORFE wrote:
    i really should have had a lot more "in focus" shots,need more practise.

    I think there's more than have a bug in focus. There were many occasions when shooting insects with well suported camera and acurate focus I got blury shots of insect or part of it (like wings, legs, tentacles) but it was motion blur (not DOF for sure) as if bug was startled by shutter release noise, on alert to disappear as fast as possible and finaly decide to stay. :D

    Great pictures! thumb.gif
    L.V.

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  • Morning DuskMorning Dusk Registered Users Posts: 35 Big grins
    edited April 11, 2008
    Those are quite lovely! :D
    These remind me of my friend however because she's deathly afraid of butterfliesrolleyes1.gif and no joke about that at all!
    " I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once "
    -Ashleigh Brilliant
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2008
    Wonderful closeups- esp like the first 2 shots - assume #2 is one of the stacked ones- the stack worked well.
    Brian V.
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  • RobinivichRobinivich Registered Users Posts: 438 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2008
    #2 and #5 are my favourites, they all turned out nicely! I wonder if the blurring you're mentioning relates to the preflash being discussed in the other thread? As was said there, manual flash can help a lot with extremely jittery subjects.
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  • GOLDENORFEGOLDENORFE Super Moderators Posts: 4,747 moderator
    edited April 12, 2008
    thanks for the comments, yes brian #2 was stacked from 3 frames out of 5 taken,disgarded last 2.
    i did try manual flash on some shots, i think part of the problem was a constant breeze from the heater fans nearby.
    will just have to go back again to practise.
    phil.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/
    Phil

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    Goldenorfe’s Flickr Gallery
    Goldenorfe photography on Smugmug
    Phils Photographic Adventures Blog
  • TwistedJTwistedJ Registered Users Posts: 193 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2008
    Wow they look great. I know what you mean about taking a bunch of shots, I took 45 of a dragonfly yesterday and 10 where usable. Cheers.....J
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