Few macros from today

[pxl8]

Nice day for shooting natural light macros, bright but not harsh so I took the Sigma 150 for a tour of the garden :)

Couple of bees:
http://photo.pxl8.co.uk/albums/upload/web_8159.jpg

http://photo.pxl8.co.uk/albums/upload/web_8194.jpg

Hoverfly:
http://photo.pxl8.co.uk/albums/upload/web_8185.jpg

Ladybirds hatching:
http://photo.pxl8.co.uk/albums/upload/web_8197.jpg

http://photo.pxl8.co.uk/albums/upload/web_8203.jpg

[Ewan]

#3 and #4 are awesome! On another forum I used to go on, a pic very similar to #3 got chosen as picture of the week.

Very nice :D

[moomike]

1 & 3 for me mate, excellent shots as usual, tack sharp & nicely coloured :thumbs:

[matty]

1,3 5for me, love the detail, ladybird is missing some spots

[pxl8]

Thanks folks,

Matty:
They hatch spotless and as they dry out the spots appear and they turn red. I was out in the garden a few mins back and the two above are now red and sporting their spots :)

[Grendel]

Stunning shots :clap: Can I ask - did you take these hand held or on a tripod / monopod and did you use any sort of flash or were these all with natural light?

[Hacker]

The macro maestro strikes again, excellent as always.

[Venomator]

Super stuff ... :thumbs:



Great pics a joy to review ... imgo ... :D

http://smileyonline.free.fr/images/gif/animaux/vignette1/thumbnails/1036535522_gif.gif






:p

[Messiah Khan]

Some seriously nice shots there.:thumbs: Makes me wish the weekend would come sooner so I can get out and start swinging my 150mm Sigma around. I took it out briefly last night after work, but it was far too dark and overcast. I was having to use ISO 800-3200 on f2.8 and still only getting 30-100th:( Looked at at the pics I took, then just scrapped them all.

[madmitch]

All great shots but 1&3 special :clap:

[pxl8]

Stunning shots :clap: Can I ask - did you take these hand held or on a tripod / monopod and did you use any sort of flash or were these all with natural light?

Cheers,

most were on a mono but a couple I went hand held with the mono just hanging. No flash - I'm a die hard natural light shooter ;)

[Grendel]

Thanks for that ;) I'm really trying to improve my macro work so any words of wisdom from the master are most helpful :notworthy: :)

[dod]

#3 for me as well, great shot :)

[PaulBoy]

The macro maestro strikes again, excellent as always.

:agree: - Stunning :notworthy:

Paul :thumbs:

[RobertP]

You make the natural light shots seem so easy!!

:clap:

[Flunter]

No. 3 is a great shot, sharp and colourful.

[Richard]

All excellent shots, especially the ladybirds!