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Bee's

Postby olrac on Sat Oct 27, 2007 7:30 pm

So I gave some macro photos a go.
I have allot of respect to the forum members who continually get great macro shots.

anyway suggestions for improvement?
all shots taken with nikon 70 - 200 VR with kenko extension tubes

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Postby colin_12 on Sun Oct 28, 2007 4:55 pm

These are nothing to be upset about for a first go at macro Carlo.
The best I can offer for this kind of subject is patience and a fast shutter.
It will always be hard to get a huge amount of DOF when this close so the patience is a big part :wink:
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Postby ozonejunkie on Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:44 pm

Having tried to photograph bees before, I realise just how difficult this can be. You have done really well! Especially that 4th one. :D

From my experience you want lots of light, so you can have both a high shutter speed to freeze the motion as well as a small apperture to give you the large DOF that you want in these shots.

Keep it up!

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