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[Deleted member 3428]

A few more to liven up the marco section

 

[Ladybird]

Lovin no 2! AWESOME!!!!!

 

[praxis]

Another excellent set! number 2 is my favourite.

 

[scraggs]

Yes a very nice set, and I agree No2 is a stunner

 

[Deleted member 3428]

Lovin no 2! AWESOME!!!!!

Thanks LB your too kind

Another excellent set! number 2 is my favourite.

Thanks Praxis

Yes a very nice set, and I agree No2 is a stunner

Thanks Scraggs

 

[Alliec]

Lovley set Alby. You really nailed the eye in 2. Great work.

Alistair.

 

[Deleted member 3428]

Thanks Alistair

 

[Messiah Khan]

Very nice as usual. Out of interest, what sort of technique you using here? I know what kit you use, but do you shoot handheld? If so, how do you find focusing with such a narrow dof? What sort of percentage are keepers out of the shots you take?

 

[Deleted member 3428]

Very nice as usual. Out of interest, what sort of technique you using here? I know what kit you use, but do you shoot handheld? If so, how do you find focusing with such a narrow dof? What sort of percentage are keepers out of the shots you take?

Hi MK, all my shots are hand held although I do rest the camera on something if possible, I always use manual focus and move the camera in or out to get the plane where I want it to be. I try and get myself as comfortable as possible to take the shot and I approach the insects very slowly. I also shot early before the insect have warmed up too if possible. My good shot percentage is quite high but I do take quite a few shots and get maybe 8 out of 10 shots the same and would be keepers but I would bin 8 and keep 2 out of the 10. I am now starting to be more critical of my shots and thats the hardest thing to learn in modern day photography I think. Thanks for looking.

 

[Skypilot]

Well done, I'm hugely impressed that you got shots like that with your Panny.

 

[Messiah Khan]

Hi MK, all my shots are hand held although I do rest the camera on something if possible, I always use manual focus and move the camera in or out to get the plane where I want it to be. I try and get myself as comfortable as possible to take the shot and I approach the insects very slowly. I also shot early before the insect have warmed up too if possible. My good shot percentage is quite high but I do take quite a few shots and get maybe 8 out of 10 shots the same and would be keepers but I would bin 8 and keep 2 out of the 10. I am now starting to be more critical of my shots and thats the hardest thing to learn in modern day photography I think. Thanks for looking.

Pretty much the same technique as I use for 1:1 macro shots then. Im just amazed how well you control the magnification and limited dof.