Recent content by nicola mulvey

thank you all for your comments, u have been a great help. i'll have to spend some time playing round with the camera to find out how to change the focus properly. at the moment i am only using the auto abilities that seem to be quite restricting... it often goes past the object then back...

JPS. this is the first time i have put a pic on. i'm affraid i'm a little (alot) dumb when it comes to photo's. how would i reduce the size to 800px? and to oldgit, i'm afraid i dont know what OOF or DOF stands for! can you elabirate? please

ta borats baby. can you give any advise on how to improve?

thank you for your replys. i'd agree on the second photo. i think its the brightness of the feathers that makes it look nicer. sorry to upset you with the spiders! lol...

hi there all! i have finally had the chance to try out my new canon 40D, with 100mm, f/2.8 lens. I took some photo's of a house spider. i could not however get as close as i wanted to. my aim was to be able to see the mouth parts and eyes in clear detail. this photo was the closest i could...

hi i have taken my first lot of photo's on my new canon 40D, with EF100, f/2.8 lens. i have no idea what other photographers would think of them. if you have time please visit one or more of the links below to view some of my photo's. any comments will be taken on board with thanks...

thanks again to you all. looking forward to your constructive criticism.

thanks chris. it is fab i've been looking over the pic's. some inspirational work.

ok. thank you again for your help. hope i've not been a pain. i'll post back on here once i have had a play with it. should i find this same thread or make another when i do? i dont know how it works yet.

so i take it that'll be aswell as the others you have already suggested. guess thats why many people on here have more than one canera. so what would you need for that sort of detail? thanks to dogfish for your word of caution. i'll enjoy trying anyway. i'm only doing it for my own...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alby_oakshott/1919101777/

i've just been looking on the flickr site at the book lice (Liposcelis bostrychophila). will the equipment suggested by ajophotog get as close as that? with the fine detail that can be seen.

lol... i'm sure it does

thanks. i'll be back in a week or so asking for more help i'm sure. lol

ok. thank you. looking at your pic i'd go with what you say cos that's the sort of pic's i'd like to take. my three year old son keeps a tank full of insects. the predator in there is a common housespider. i've been trying to photograph that with a normal camera but it's hopeless...