A few wide-open flower shots

coscorrosa

These were all shot at f/2.8 with the Canon 100mm macro yesterday at a local garden. For flowers, I actually like the lower DOF on macros, and most importantly, I can be lazy and hand-hold the camera and not use a flash











And the lone critter(s) shot (would have been better at a smaller aperture, but I didn't have a flash or tripod):

JavaLover

Nice, thank you for explaining how you took them. I really like the 'bell' flowers and the bee.

MichelleL

I like the 2nd and last ones - nice photos.

Lord Vetinari

LOvely series - Like #3 and the last shot with bee and thrip best.
Brian V.

coscorrosa

Thanks for the positive feedback everyone.

I was lucky with the bee shot (manual focus at f/2.8, had to crank the ISO to 1000 since it was pretty dark), the little guy was moving all over the place, at least the bumble bees tend to stick around a little longer before flying away.

I have no idea how some of the people here get in-focus critter shots with the 5x macro, that requires a level of skill and patience I haven't achieved yet, maybe I'll have to buy that lens so I can learn

Skippy

coscorrosa wrote:

These were all shot at f/2.8 with the Canon 100mm macro yesterday at a local garden. For flowers, I actually like the lower DOF on macros, and most importantly, I can be lazy and hand-hold the camera and not use a flash


And the lone critter(s) shot (would have been better at a smaller aperture, but I didn't have a flash or tripod):

I love the last shot with the Bee and the bonus small bug on the flower
What a fluffy bee, must have washed it's hair and cant do a thing with it.

Lovely Series .... Skippy
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GOLDENORFE

good series ,like last shot best.
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

D.Rodgers

Nice job they have a great painterly feel to them.
I really like the 3rd,what kind of flower is it?

coscorrosa

D.Rodgers wrote:

Nice job they have a great painterly feel to them.
I really like the 3rd,what kind of flower is it?

Thanks! Unfortunately, I can't name any of the flowers (except the iris).