Wasp Portraits

Great shots as per, really like no 2, the green background finishes the photo off nicely
 
Hi Graham.

Great shots! 2 questions...

Was the wasp alive???

How many tubes were you using and what was the crop (if any?). Looks to be about 3:1 (assuming the crop isn't huge)???

I'm interested because I really want to get the 105mm VR again - been looking at 105's and 180's...

Cheers,
Phil.
 
Phil Young said:
Great shots!
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Thanks Phil!

Phil Young said:
Was the wasp alive???
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Most definitely! These are actually three separate wasps (which you can confirm by looking at their markings) - #1 was VERY lethargic due to drop in temp and I was able to pick it up on a leaf and take some pics on a table, but #2 and #3 were both "in the wild".

Phil Young said:
Hi Graham.
How many tubes were you using and what was the crop (if any?). Looks to be about 3:1 (assuming the crop isn't huge)???
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I can't remember for sure if #1 was with my 36mm extension tube on or not, but I think it was - #2 and #3 were definitely lens only. The lens was set to 1:1 and I'd say they were cropped quite substantially. The wasp certainly did not fill the frame!

I can't sing this 105mm VR lens' praises enough. I really do like it a lot. Paired with a D800 it allows me to crop quite substantially while retaining loads of detail. Obviously I am cropping for effect and not because I couldn't frame it correctly - a wasp is too small to get this type of shot straight from the camera without using extension tubes.

As an example, the below is #3 but straight out of the camera - no PP at all except for the addition of a watermark at bottom-right.

Click the image below to view on Flickr...

 
gbmphoto said:
Thanks Phil!

Most definitely! These are actually three separate wasps (which you can confirm by looking at their markings) - #1 was VERY lethargic due to drop in temp and I was able to pick it up on a leaf and take some pics on a table, but #2 and #3 were both "in the wild".

I can't remember for sure if #1 was with my 36mm extension tube on or not, but I think it was - #2 and #3 were definitely lens only. The lens was set to 1:1 and I'd say they were cropped quite substantially. The wasp certainly did not fill the frame!

I can't sing this 105mm VR lens' praises enough. I really do like it a lot. Paired with a D800 it allows me to crop quite substantially while retaining loads of detail. Obviously I am cropping for effect and not because I couldn't frame it correctly - a wasp is too small to get this type of shot straight from the camera without using extension tubes.

As an example, the below is #3 but straight out of the camera - no PP at all except for the addition of a watermark at bottom-right.

Click the image below to view on Flickr...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61929034@N05/8209250718/
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That is amazing detail from lens only!

What was the image size after cropping???
 
Phil Young said:
That is amazing detail from lens only!

What was the image size after cropping???
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Aaaah... but that D800 of mine adds a lot to the party ;)

The image before cropping was a 13.8MB JPG (exported from RAW) at 7360 x 4912 pixels.

After cropping it is a 846KB JPG at 1493 x 997 pixels.
 
gbmphoto said:
Aaaah... but that D800 of mine adds a lot to the party ;)

The image before cropping was a 13.8MB JPG (exported from RAW) at 7360 x 4912 pixels.

After cropping it is a 846KB JPG at 1493 x 997 pixels.
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Thought as much...when so, with a ring or TC that could squirrel easily come out large enough for a big print after cropping.

D800 is a monster for macro!

Well done on the shots again and thanks for the info.
 
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