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Postby NJ on Sun Nov 05, 2006 6:34 pm

sorry, i think i'm over doing all these macro shots, but i keep getting such good results!
please c&c

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thanks for looking :)
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Postby Yi-P on Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:09 am

Really nice series, quite co-op subject as well! :)
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Postby vikin70 on Mon Nov 06, 2006 2:06 pm

that is pretty amazing stuff
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Postby Justin on Mon Nov 06, 2006 2:08 pm

2nd is great, composition of the leaf, DOF and the shadow all make the shot
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Postby NJ on Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:23 pm

thanks guys!
i was really starting to think i was posting too many macro shots as no one was commenting them, but i know thats how it is sometimes. i will start posting some other stuff next time :)
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Postby surenj on Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:12 pm

Great shots and nice side lighting....mind sharing your technique and setup?
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Postby CraigVTR on Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:30 am

Love #3 the shadow on the leaf really works. :)
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Postby NJ on Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:32 pm

surenj wrote:Great shots and nice side lighting....mind sharing your technique and setup?


thanks mate. not much of a set up really. lighting was from the afternoon sun, i just used a +4 close up filter on my kit lens zoomed into 55mm.
As for techniquie, it was just a matter of getting as close to the bug as the lens would allow so that it could still focus, then i cropeed the pics a fair bit in photoshop to incroese the size of the bug and sharpened it as well. hope that is a help.

Love #3 the shadow on the leaf really works. Smile
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thanks craig, i was hoping someone would pick up on the shadows! :D
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Postby pippin88 on Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:35 pm

Great shots.

How much of a crop are these?
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Postby NJ on Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:08 pm

thanks nick, here is the original of the first shot, no pp at all except resize,

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Postby mic on Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:39 pm

Keep over doing it mate.

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Postby NJ on Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:55 pm

haha thanks for the encouragement mic! :D
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Postby kamran on Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:16 am

You can't overdo it if you're taking shots like that! Very lovely shots. Keep it up.
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Postby NJ on Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:41 am

thanks kamran!
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Postby ado_civon on Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:15 pm

very nice shots.

i really like the green :)
also very nice composition. :D
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Postby trotkiller on Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:23 pm

NJ wrote: i just used a +4 close up filter on my kit lens zoomed into 55mm.


These are great!

I was thinking about getting a macro lens but after seeing what you can do with close up filters, well that purchase can wait...

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Postby NJ on Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:13 pm

thanks ado_civon :)

trotkiller, if you can afford it, i would still get a dedicated macro lens, you would get a better success rate cos with the filters you have to get up really close and sometimes you can easily scare insects away, whereas you get lots of reach with a macro lens.
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