Macro Critters

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Macro Critters

Postby Gordon on Sun Mar 27, 2005 9:32 pm

I found some more interesting subjects this afternoon, this moth was impressive.

105mm 1/500 f/32, flash
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Then this nice little Preying Mantis was looking for dinner, it was a fast mover and hard to catch

105mm 1/60 f/36, flash
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Then things got a bit extreme, this ant is only ~5mm long, the droplet is only 1mm across, and needing a bit more DOF I resorted to the 55mm macro and extension ring + TC201 teleconverter to give me 3:1 magnification.

1/400 f/~64, flash
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Postby beej on Sun Mar 27, 2005 9:37 pm

Wow!

Pretty impressive shots.

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Postby big pix on Sun Mar 27, 2005 9:39 pm

Gordon, you and nature are but one just fantastic shots......

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Postby Greg B on Sun Mar 27, 2005 9:46 pm

Outstanding work Gordon, inspirational for a new 105 owner.
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Postby sirhc55 on Sun Mar 27, 2005 9:59 pm

Excellent Gordon - I suppose we will never see a bad shot from you :roll:
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Postby rokkstar on Sun Mar 27, 2005 10:06 pm

HOLY SH*T!! That is one huge moth.
Oh wait, I thought he was sat atop a bald mans head. :D

Fantastic shots there Gordon.
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Postby stubbsy on Sun Mar 27, 2005 10:11 pm

Gordon

All excellent - especially the moth. Did you super glue it to your finger or was it just friendly?
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Postby mudder on Sun Mar 27, 2005 11:18 pm

Wow, that first one caught me with the finger skin clearly visible.... Great detail in these, I can see why this macro world can be fascinating
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Postby Sean on Sun Mar 27, 2005 11:26 pm

Top shots mate, i guess the moth has no night vision tonight? also thats one ugly prey mantis, what happened to the nice green ones??

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Postby Gordon on Sun Mar 27, 2005 11:39 pm

Thanks all,

stubbsy wrote:Gordon
All excellent - especially the moth. Did you super glue it to your finger or was it just friendly?


just friendly I think, theres been a few of them around lately... actually I can see 2 more of them on the outside of the window right now, maybe they heard about the bright flash and want to try it out for themselves
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Postby KerryPierce on Mon Mar 28, 2005 2:39 am

Interesting shots all, Gordon, but the moth shot is very cool. :D
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