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Ladybird
31-08-2007, 14:12
Please be gentle, my first attempts with a macro lens :D :D :D

Yep this is the pretty end! i liked the colours
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/993/bunny_and_macro_052_fly_rear.jpg

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/993/bunny_and_macro_055_fly_side.jpg

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/993/bunny_and_macro_056_fly_front.jpg
Ladybird
31-08-2007, 14:16
a couple of prettier ones! . . . .

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/917/bunny_and_macro_034_fuschia.jpg


http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/917/bunny_and_macro_041_Lavender.jpg
Joe T
31-08-2007, 14:17
Looks like you had fun with my lens! :D

Very definitely not much depth of field is there??!!!! :)
CT
31-08-2007, 14:18
Good effort LB. The noise is your biggest problem with the fly shots, but it's not easy. :)
Ladybird
31-08-2007, 14:31
He was a very tiny fly! Joe, got any bigger lenses????????? :D :D :D
Ajophotog
31-08-2007, 14:38
Nice start Ladybird, like CT says your noise is quite bad you need flash and a lower iso setting. you could run these shots through neat image or Noiseware community software which is freeware and pretty good you can get it here. http://www.imagenomic.com/download.aspx
I like your dancing fuchsia shot best :)
torque22
06-09-2007, 07:29
Dancing fuchsia for me too. Good title Ajophotog
chuckles
06-09-2007, 07:36
Very good efforts..... I don't know what ISO you were using, but your noise is coming from being under exposed [and Joe] (at least, it's not helping). The fly shots have a -1EV and the fuscia has -0.67EV. The D70 is very good usually without any compensation.... ;)
Marcel
06-09-2007, 08:54
Great effort :)

To expand on what chuckles has said.
If you're using a higher ISO, you really need to nail the exposure in camera. If you use a higher ISO, and then do too much adjustments in your editing software afterwards, this can have quite a detrimental effect on noise.
I suffer from the same problem, in that I really struggle taking shots at higher ISO's because I sometimes have to do too much tweaking later on, which exaggerates the noise, so that's one area I need to work on personally :)

With the fly shots, I'd try lowering the ISO, and using a bit of flash to 'freeze' the action.
Nice way to start a thread though,......with a fly's bum :D
Marianne
06-09-2007, 09:03
on the whole, I prefer macro shots without using flash....I love the colours in the fly especially his rear end! The fuschia is lovely and vibrant . Nice compositions BTW! ;)
mmcp42
08-09-2007, 20:58
fuschias do it for me :thumbs:
don't like the fly pix, but then, I don't like flies - sorry!
Ladybird
08-09-2007, 22:10
fuschias do it for me :thumbs:
don't like the fly pix, but then, I don't like flies - sorry!

Thanks! (i'm not too keen on flies either TBH, but he did pose nicely! :D)
Ajophotog
08-09-2007, 23:03
Ladybird I liked your two flower shots but the noise is quite annoying so I fixed it for you with Neat Image hope you don't mind.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1299/1347671949_4c3dbea333_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1061/1347672527_8638f80ee6_o.jpg
Ladybird
09-09-2007, 21:20
Ooh! very nice! thanks! :thumbs! I think I may have got my settings on the camera a little off ::embarrassed::