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Macros with Sigma 70-300 (2 sets of 5 images)
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Fan-diddley-tastic! the other set were cool as well. Love the lighting colours detail and contrast. If I had to find a fault with them or a way to make them look better I would say that the edges of the wingtips of the insects in 2 & 3 look a fraction too dark. Dont get me wrong though – they are very impressive.
Heck these are great. I’ve have this lens also and have tried macro and its not easy at all.
I have been blaming the lens ;) , now I have no excuse
Did you prefocussing on the wasp ?
Thanks for the comments,glad you like them.2 things to say though……the insects in question actually have black outlines to their wings :wink: The first image is a hoverfly,I’m trying to capture every species that visits my garden!So far I’ve got 5 species of hoverfly but there’s plenty more to get :) The small bee in the orange flower is a leaf cutter bee.Solitary by nature,they cut a perfect semi circle from a leaf,roll it up like a sleeping bag and fly off carrying it between their legs.
They then find a hole in a wall,line it with the leaf and lay an egg inside before sealing it with another piece of leaf…amazing stuff!Sorry for sidetracking…..anyway,to get the best from the lens stick it on manual focus and pan in or out ’til you find the range,Iwas tracking this hoverfly for 5 minutes before I got the shot I wanted :xWell done Noely, once again these are cracking, lovely composition and well executed. If i ever get around to shooting macro
i’ll be knocking on your door for some advice. It’s nice to see so many people excelling in different areas of photography.Absolutely love these shots, incredibly vivid colour. That last shot, sans insect, just leaps off the screen. Nice work indeed. I’ll have to get some tips from you when I get a little more used to my camera and want to branch out. 8)
WOW :!: :!: :!:
The first shot got an instant reaction … WOW then I got to look at the rest and again WOW
This is great photography as Ali said it is great to see so many different types of pgotography on the site.
Hi Mr F A few I hadn’t seen before and as in all your Macro shots brilliant particularly #1.
Speak to you later mate and thanks for the link enjoying what I see to date, mind you might be to many experienced photographers here for me……..but what the hell I’ll keep trying.
SodaSoda your far too modest,you know where I’m coming from…the same place as yerself :) and Ken thanks for the feedback,if people keep looking I’ll keep posting :wink:
Noely F wrote:
Soda your far too modest,you know where I’m coming from…the same place as yerself :) and Ken thanks for the feedback,if people keep looking I’ll keep posting :wink:
Noely,I think I know will just keep trying and post the ones I like and enjoy to look at.
Soda
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