*WARNING*Not for the FAINT HEARTED (Blood)

[Ajophotog]

A Mosquito had a good feed off the back of my hand today.
Safe landing.

[Cobra]

Terrific sequence! superb!
You have omitted the final shot though, the one where your other hand comes down and splats the little bugger :D

[Ajophotog]

Terrific sequence! superb!
You have omitted the final shot though, the one where your other hand comes down and splats the little bugger :D

Haha you forget I had the camera in the other hand :lol::lol:

[ShawWellPete]

Wow - how did you keep the camera steady with one hand and was it a coincidence that the mosi landed on you?

[Messiah Khan]

You are producing some stunning work recently Ajophotog. You and that kit of your is a deadly combination. :clap:

[Ajophotog]

Wow - how did you keep the camera steady with one hand and was it a coincidence that the mosi landed on you?
I just took the opportunity as it arouse. I shot quite a lot one handed when bugs are out of reach but I what the shot.:D
You are producing some stunning work recently Ajophotog. You and that kit of your is a deadly combination. :clap:

Thanks MK :D I use it more than my Canon gear these days.

[Cobra]

Haha you forget I had the camera in the other hand :lol::lol:

:D well maybe you should have hit it with the camera then and kept shooting for a close-up of the demise :lol:
I'll say it again a brilliant sequence!

[Ajophotog]

:D well maybe you should have hit it with the camera then and kept shooting for a close-up of the demise :lol:
I'll say it again a brilliant sequence!
Thanks again Cobra:D:D

[Lady Pitstop]

That is AMAZING!!! :clap::clap: Fantastic set of pictures - what camera did you use?

[torque22]

absolutely amazing pictures, again.
what flash do you use, your pictures are always well illuminated.

seriousely, these pics are above and beyond the call of duty. I would have splat it then took pictures.

[Ajophotog]

That is AMAZING!!! :clap::clap: Fantastic set of pictures - what camera did you use?
Thanks for looking LP, the camera is my Panasonic FZ8 with the Raynox msn 202 connected.:)
absolutely amazing pictures, again.
what flash do you use, your pictures are always well illuminated.

seriousely, these pics are above and beyond the call of duty. I would have splat it then took pictures.

Thanks for looking Torque, I just use the onboard flash as it doesn't have a hotshoe and a home made diffuser, made from a toilet roll tube, tin foil and kitchen paper all held on with a rubber band. :)

[Yv]

:clap: stunning set AJ!

[madmitch]

Great shots AJ, does it itch now? :clap:

[torque22]

Thanks for looking LP, the camera is my Panasonic FZ8 with the Raynox msn 202 connected.:)


Thanks for looking Torque, I just use the onboard flash as it doesn't have a hotshoe and a home made diffuser, made from a toilet roll tube, tin foil and kitchen paper all held on with a rubber band. :)

Like to see a picture of that....sounds like a real Blue Peter job.

[Ajophotog]

:clap: stunning set AJ!
Thanks for looking LL :D
Great shots AJ, does it itch now? :clap:
Thanks for looking Mitch, No it fine, I'm a big tough boy I am:lol::lol:

[Marcel]

Oh.....my.....lordy........:clap:

Cracking stuff :)

[TomB]

I'm so tempted to buy one of these Raynox doodahs for my old Sony H1 thats knocking about.

Stunning macros.

[King_Boru]

Oh.....my.....lordy........:clap:

Cracking stuff :)

Took the words right out of my mouth.

[moomike]

Excellent mate, awesome shots :thumbs:

[photostar_1]

Wow! (Hope you've had your malaria tabs :lol:)

Seriously....these are wonderful. I can't believe you sat still enough to take these one handed and actually let the little B***er drink from you!

Top class stuff :clap:

[irw1]

Horrible little things, but stunning shots, nice one!:thumbs:

[scraggs]

Fantastic shots, funny cause I tried this last night and gave up in the end.

[JPS]

Excellent stuff, one handed macro - I have trouble with using both hands....... :lol:

[Ajophotog]

Oh.....my.....lordy........:clap:

Cracking stuff :)
Thanks for looking Marcel:D
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Thanks for looking KB:D
Excellent mate, awesome shots :thumbs:
Thanks for looking Mike:D

[Ajophotog]

Wow! (Hope you've had your malaria tabs :lol:)

Seriously....these are wonderful. I can't believe you sat still enough to take these one handed and actually let the little B***er drink from you!

Top class stuff :clap:
It wasn't that difficult really as I was able to rest the camera on my arm being bitten. Thanks for looking:D
Horrible little things, but stunning shots, nice one!:thumbs:
Thanks Ian :D
Fantastic shots, funny cause I tried this last night and gave up in the end.
It must be the after shave I'm wearing :lol::lol:
Excellent stuff, one handed macro - I have trouble with using both hands....... :lol:
Thanks JPS :D

[Ajophotog]

I'm so tempted to buy one of these Raynox doodahs for my old Sony H1 thats knocking about.

Stunning macros.
Thanks for looking Tom. I use them on my canon too so if you did get one don't just save it for your Sony.;)

[CinnamonDonkey]

I think we should be thanking you for sharing these pictures with us :D - they are amazing.

For a beginner like me with just my 350D and kit lens, what would you recommend as my next step/purchase towards better macro shots? Lets say I had only £200 to spend - or would that not be enough :(

[TomB]

Thanks for looking Tom. I use them on my canon too so if you did get one don't just save it for your Sony.;)

Which lenses do you use it with on your DSLR? I'm guessing they're too small to use with my Sigma 150mm macro (72mm filter), but what sort of effect do they have on 'standard' zoom lenses?

[praxis]

Great, as usual!

[Ajophotog]

I think we should be thanking you for sharing these pictures with us :D - they are amazing.

For a beginner like me with just my 350D and kit lens, what would you recommend as my next step/purchase towards better macro shots? Lets say I had only £200 to spend - or would that not be enough :(
Thanks for your kind words CD. I take a shot with my canon and the raynox dcr 250 tomorrow and show you the outcome. The raynox is about £35 ish and you could get another lens with what you have leftover;)
Which lenses do you use it with on your DSLR? I'm guessing they're too small to use with my Sigma 150mm macro (72mm filter), but what sort of effect do they have on 'standard' zoom lenses?
I use it with my 28-105 and the 70-300. You need a thread size between 52-67mm for the adaptor.
Great, as usual!

Thanks Praxis.:D

[antihero]

you just keep getting better mate, congrats! :clap:

[Venomator]

Makes my skin crawl as they are one living creature I really don't like much ... :eek:


But your images are really stunning AJ ... :thumbs: ... and they make a wonderful sequence ... :clap:




:p

[Ajophotog]

you just keep getting better mate, congrats! :clap:
Thanks AH much appreciated. :D
Makes my skin crawl as they are one living creature I really don't like much ... :eek:


But your images are really stunning AJ ... :thumbs: ... and they make a wonderful sequence ... :clap:




:p

Thanks V glad you liked the shots.:D

[MrEd]

lol Ajophotog i know of another forum you go on ;-) these are cool shots ta for your personal sacrifice!!

[Ajophotog]

lol Ajophotog i know of another forum you go on ;-) these are cool shots ta for your personal sacrifice!!
Thanks MrEd, that must be POTN the canon site?:) I see you are MrEd on there too :)

[davidbridges]

some stunners there !!!! whats next .... fleas ?

[MrEd]

Thanks MrEd, that must be POTN the canon site?:) I see you are MrEd on there too :)

yep indeed far less confusing remembering what username for what site lol...... yeh i go on there even *** i only have one canon thing lol

[dod]

Heheh, my wife just came in and ran out screaming :D Awesome shots :notworthy:

[Ajophotog]

some stunners there !!!! whats next .... fleas ?
Hey what you saying David :lol: Dunno really, just see what comes along I suppose.
yep indeed far less confusing remembering what username for what site lol...... yeh i go on there even *** i only have one canon thing lol
Like I've said before I use my panny more now than my canon but still post on the canon site :-)
Heheh, my wife just came in and ran out screaming :D Awesome shots :notworthy:

Well I've never had that effect on a lady before :lol::lol: Thanks for the comment.:D

[oldgit]

Absolutely cracking shots and a fabulous sequence

[Ladybird]

OMG!!!!!!! My art teacher at school used to say 'Suffer for thyne art!' by that he meant going out in the cold and rain! I don't think even he would have DARED go that far!!!!!

AWSOME!!!!!!! :notworthy:

[Ajophotog]

Absolutely cracking shots and a fabulous sequence
Thanks for your comment Oldgit:D
OMG!!!!!!! My art teacher at school used to say 'Suffer for thyne art!' by that he meant going out in the cold and rain! I don't think even he would have DARED go that far!!!!!

AWSOME!!!!!!! :notworthy:
Old school quotes we all know a few of those:lol: Thanks for looking LB:D

[Joe T]

Now dats pretty cool! :D

[Ajophotog]

Now dats pretty cool! :D

Thanks Joe, glad you like.:D

[alex1]

Incredible...I wish I could take shots as good as those with two hands!!

[Marianne]

well you have got some really positive comments there...a great sequence of shots...eugh!! ;)

[Ajophotog]

Incredible...I wish I could take shots as good as those with two hands!!
Thanks for looking and your kind comment :D
well you have got some really positive comments there...a great sequence of shots...eugh!! ;)

Thanks for looking Marianne and your kind comment.:D

[Brook]

Haha I can imagine that. "Ow! My hand! Damn mosquito!"
"Well squish it then!"
"No! Get the camera! Quickly!"

Love the pictures. :D

Brook.

[paradox]

I'm impressed with those pics. I could do with a good macro lens for my canon 30d any recommendations folks?

[minimeeze]

WoW! What you have to go through in the name of photography eh? :lol: Love the set, and I'm impressed that you let it have your blood :cuckoo:

[kelack]

Wow - amazing shots

As my Mum used to tell me - no pain, no gain!

[Ajophotog]

Haha I can imagine that. "Ow! My hand! Damn mosquito!"
"Well squish it then!"
"No! Get the camera! Quickly!"

Love the pictures. :D

Brook.
Haha, thanks for looking Brook:D
I'm impressed with those pics. I could do with a good macro lens for my canon 30d any recommendations folks?

The ef 100 f2.8 gives you 1.1 and is popular, or if you're rich the MPE-65 gives you 1.1 up to 5.1. Thanks for looking :D

[Ajophotog]

WoW! What you have to go through in the name of photography eh? :lol: Love the set, and I'm impressed that you let it have your blood :cuckoo:
It was bitting me anyway so hey go with it. Thanks for looking:D
Wow - amazing shots

As my Mum used to tell me - no pain, no gain!

A wise Mum, thanks for looking Kelack:D

[deadpan]

Wow, amazing and handheld too?

If so wowx2 :)

[whitewash]

really nice and even better considering the gear used and that its handheld :D

[Ajophotog]

Wow, amazing and handheld too?

If so wowx2 :)
Thanks for looking deadpan:D All my macros are handheld;)
really nice and even better considering the gear used and that its handheld :D

The gear works well and I use it more than my Canon for macro now. Thanks for looking :D

[Hacker]

I'm astounded at the quality of images you are producing with 'non-pro/dslr' kit, have these been cropped much and what sort of ratio are getting with this set-up?

Much, much better than anything I could do with a normal macro lens. :clap:

[Ajophotog]

I'm astounded at the quality of images you are producing with 'non-pro/dslr' kit, have these been cropped much and what sort of ratio are getting with this set-up?

Much, much better than anything I could do with a normal macro lens. :clap:
Thanks for looking Hacker, I think I can get about 6.1 at full zoom and closest focus. I have a canon dslr and kenko tubes and to be honest it just doesn't really match what the panny and raynox produces. Plus the panny is a quarter of the weight. :D

[Richard T]

Absolutely cracking shots and a fabulous sequence


:agree:

:clap:

[Ajophotog]

Thanks for looking Richard :D

[novicesnapper]

Great shots but very gory and definitely not for the faint hearted! A good subject - at least with a mozzy, you know he's not going anywhere for a while - not til he's stuffed his face at least.

I've just got a new camera - a Nikon D40X. Pleased as punch with it but it was a toss-up between that and a Canon Eos digi SLR.

Helen

[Ajophotog]

Great shots but very gory and definitely not for the faint hearted! A good subject - at least with a mozzy, you know he's not going anywhere for a while - not til he's stuffed his face at least.

I've just got a new camera - a Nikon D40X. Pleased as punch with it but it was a toss-up between that and a Canon Eos digi SLR.

Helen

Thanks for looking Helen, Hope you enjoy your new camera, I like getting new toys :D. Did you have many lenses for your 300v? as they would have worked with the canon dslr and if so may have saved you a few quid.

[Slapo]

As my Mum used to tell me - no pain, no gain!

I thought that was Mike Mentzer (a bodybuilder) who kept saying that... oh well, for what I know, she could be his mentor. ;)

[novicesnapper]

Thanks for looking Helen, Hope you enjoy your new camera, I like getting new toys :D. Did you have many lenses for your 300v? as they would have worked with the canon dslr and if so may have saved you a few quid.

Good point. I only had a kit lens and a Sigma zoom lens that I never managed to get good pictures from. Also hubby bought me the Nikon and he bought himself the D200 with lots of expensive lenses that I can use anytime. My pics on my gallery are taken with his macro lens - it's the dog's dangleys (his lens, not my pics, although they're better in flickr).

Helen

[Slapo]

...lots of expensive lenses that I can use anytime...

How much did you have to threaten him? ;)

Congrats on the new camera and lenses, enjoy those.

[novicesnapper]

How much did you have to threaten him? ;)

Congrats on the new camera and lenses, enjoy those.

I think it was more like how much did I have to promise him than threaten him - but we won't go into that here!

Helen

[Slapo]

I think it was more like how much did I have to promise him than threaten him - but we won't go into that here!

Aaaw, come on... ;) :D

Sorry, I couldn't resist :p

[novicesnapper]

I'll leave that to your imagination! He said he wanted something aural but I couldn't think what my ears had to do with anything! Now I'll probably get kicked off for being too naughty!!!

[Slapo]

By the admins or by your husband? ;)

I'm evil, pure eeevil.

I think I should put that into my sig.

[Ajophotog]

I'm starting to think you guys should take this to PM:nono:

[Slapo]

I'm starting to think you guys should take this to PM:nono:

In other words, you'd like to join us, eh? ;) :D

Sorry, I'll shut up now or get back topic, whichever comes first.

[novicesnapper]

I'm starting to think you guys should take this to PM:nono:

PM?

[Ajophotog]

Private message left click on the username and select send private message :)

[novicesnapper]

Private message left click on the username and select send private message :)

Hubby would definitely not be happy about that!

Helen

[Ajophotog]

Why? it's used for off topic chat.

[novicesnapper]

Why? it's used for off topic chat.

Cool! You know what these husbands are like. They don't like us wives talking to other men privately! That would be very naughty indeed. I must stop talking on these forums, I get very cheeky.

Helen

[Ajophotog]

Haha I'm a husband myself and talk to many people, it's no different then you talking to someone at work really :shrug: maybe if you let him see as well you wouldn't have a problem:eek: anyway enjoy you time here and if you need any help don't hesitate to ask:)

[richmond]

To get back on topic, you naughty people :nono:

With words like 'warning' and 'blood' in the title I just had to look. :)

Was I disappointed ? Not on your nelly. :)

Superb sequence, I am one jealous bunny. (Of the pics NOT what you had to do to get 'em. )

:thumbs:

[Ajophotog]

To get back on topic, you naughty people :nono:

With words like 'warning' and 'blood' in the title I just had to look. :)

Was I disappointed ? Not on your nelly. :)

Superb sequence, I am one jealous bunny. (Of the pics NOT what you had to do to get 'em. )

:thumbs:

Thanks for looking Richmond, glad you like the set :D

[Akkari]

simply stunning pics

[Ajophotog]

simply stunning pics

Thanks for looking Akkari :D

[RobertP]

This is one of the things that I had thought of doing. After seeing how well you have done it I don't think I'll bother!

I wanted to arrange back lighting so you could see the transparency change. Not worth the effort now :lol:.

Excellent stuff!

[Ajophotog]

This is one of the things that I had thought of doing. After seeing how well you have done it I don't think I'll bother!

I wanted to arrange back lighting so you could see the transparency change. Not worth the effort now :lol:.

Excellent stuff!
Thanks for looking :D I had to have ago at your mosquito larvae shots as I loved them ;)

[Miss McT]

wowee! a gory subject but very captivating and a bit different! :)

[Ajophotog]

wowee! a gory subject but very captivating and a bit different! :)

Thanks again for looking :D

[trebs]

stunning set of shots. Amazing.

[gibbo]

:thumbs: wow brilliant, fantastic :thumbs:
hope you splattered it after ;)
:help: can you get any photos of the midge doing the same ??

[Chaos]

Loved your pics, great stuff.

[sannesley]

A real National Geographic type set of images

[Alliec]

Really like this set Alby..but dont thing you will get me trying it. Its great to see the different changes.

Alistair.

[Ajophotog]

Thanks everyone for all your kind comments :D