petersmart Messages 5,001 Edit My Images Yes 10 Aug 2011 #1 Picture taken at Corby Boating Lake on my Canon 1Ds MkII using Kenko extension tubes on a Canon 70-300mm L IS USM lens. Hoverfly and Nettle Flower..
Picture taken at Corby Boating Lake on my Canon 1Ds MkII using Kenko extension tubes on a Canon 70-300mm L IS USM lens. Hoverfly and Nettle Flower..
G gingerweasel Guest 10 Aug 2011 #2 Nice sharp capture, great detail in the body and the wings. Great background blur, very smooth. I wouldn't even know where to begin capturing this - sometimes it seems hard enough hitting the focus on someones eye.
Nice sharp capture, great detail in the body and the wings. Great background blur, very smooth. I wouldn't even know where to begin capturing this - sometimes it seems hard enough hitting the focus on someones eye.
OP petersmart Messages 5,001 Edit My Images Yes 10 Aug 2011 #3 gingerweasel said: Nice sharp capture, great detail in the body and the wings. Great background blur, very smooth. I wouldn't even know where to begin capturing this - sometimes it seems hard enough hitting the focus on someones eye. Click to expand... Thanks for that but you're only seeing one out of maybe 80 I shot of which only a few are sharp. So don't get downhearted - believe me it was nowhere as easy as this shot may suggest. Apart from trying to manually focus on subjects with only about 2-5mm DOF I was also contending with wind and insects constantly moving. But, as always, if you don't try you can't succeed. .
gingerweasel said: Nice sharp capture, great detail in the body and the wings. Great background blur, very smooth. I wouldn't even know where to begin capturing this - sometimes it seems hard enough hitting the focus on someones eye. Click to expand... Thanks for that but you're only seeing one out of maybe 80 I shot of which only a few are sharp. So don't get downhearted - believe me it was nowhere as easy as this shot may suggest. Apart from trying to manually focus on subjects with only about 2-5mm DOF I was also contending with wind and insects constantly moving. But, as always, if you don't try you can't succeed. .