GarethB
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I've recently been inspired by a number of great photographers here at TP and their amazing macro images of insects.
So I decided to get out into the garden, and practice on whatever I could find.
It turns out that it's pretty much hoverflies and bees, but they do make great subjects....hoverflies especially, since they are quite tolerant of humans, quite small and yet jolly interesting close up.
I hope my humble offerings are worthy, and I'd welcome any tips and advice from the experts here whose work I admire greatly.
My camera is the Canon 7DmkII, and my lens of choice is the Sigma 105mm f/2.8 macro, both of which I'm very happy with.
I've recently been using a set of extension tubes, which are excellent, and I'm currently testing a flash rig, which is proving to be quite bulky, heavy and cumbersome, but I'm determined to make it work.
First up - the hoverflies:
hoverfly 10 by Gareth Bellamy, on Flickr
hoverfly 9 by Gareth Bellamy, on Flickr
hoverfly 8 by Gareth Bellamy, on Flickr
hoverfly 6 by Gareth Bellamy, on Flickr
....and now the bees:
bee 8 by Gareth Bellamy, on Flickr
....I'm slightly annoyed that I 'clipped' the wing on this next one, but I couldn't believe my luck at catching it in flight with frozen wings at only 1/250th of a second!!
bee 7 by Gareth Bellamy, on Flickr
bee 6 by Gareth Bellamy, on Flickr
....and finally, I found this spider lurking in the shed, does anyone know what kind of spider it is?....whatever it is, it looks like I'll have a few hundred more any day now!
spider 1 by Gareth Bellamy, on Flickr
Many thanks for looking folks!
So I decided to get out into the garden, and practice on whatever I could find.
It turns out that it's pretty much hoverflies and bees, but they do make great subjects....hoverflies especially, since they are quite tolerant of humans, quite small and yet jolly interesting close up.
I hope my humble offerings are worthy, and I'd welcome any tips and advice from the experts here whose work I admire greatly.
My camera is the Canon 7DmkII, and my lens of choice is the Sigma 105mm f/2.8 macro, both of which I'm very happy with.
I've recently been using a set of extension tubes, which are excellent, and I'm currently testing a flash rig, which is proving to be quite bulky, heavy and cumbersome, but I'm determined to make it work.
First up - the hoverflies:
hoverfly 10 by Gareth Bellamy, on Flickr
hoverfly 9 by Gareth Bellamy, on Flickr
hoverfly 8 by Gareth Bellamy, on Flickr
hoverfly 6 by Gareth Bellamy, on Flickr
....and now the bees:
bee 8 by Gareth Bellamy, on Flickr
....I'm slightly annoyed that I 'clipped' the wing on this next one, but I couldn't believe my luck at catching it in flight with frozen wings at only 1/250th of a second!!
bee 7 by Gareth Bellamy, on Flickr
bee 6 by Gareth Bellamy, on Flickr
....and finally, I found this spider lurking in the shed, does anyone know what kind of spider it is?....whatever it is, it looks like I'll have a few hundred more any day now!
spider 1 by Gareth Bellamy, on Flickr
Many thanks for looking folks!
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