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Une merveille de voir cet escargot se promener de brindille en brindille. Tout son corps s'enroulant autour de celle-ci pour se déplacer
So little time
So much to do
~Arkarna
25 of 100
*the next couple of days (maybe weeks) are going to be very busy...so mr. hopper is showing how my upcoming Flickr activities would be...
Nikon D700
10X Objective
Raynox DCR 250 (reversed)
Nikon bellows
314, 10
Three SB-800 flashes, w/diffuser
ISO 64, 1/250s
Cognisys
Helicon Focus Soft
Ontholestes murinus, 13mm, Staphylinidae
Place: Ljusterö, Uppland, Sweden, 2016-05-05
Canon 5DMII, MP-E 65mm, flash Canon 270EX with diffusor
Nikon D700
4X Objective
Nikon bellows
112, 45
Three SB-800 flashes, w/diffuser
ISO 64, 1/250s
Cognisys
Helicon Focus Soft
Nikon D700
10X Objective
Raynox DCR 250
Nikon Bellows
10 µm
3 SB-800 flashes, w/diffuser
ISO 100, 1/250s
Cognisys
Helicon Focus Soft
My advice for Macro Insects shots? Use a dead bug. Found this guy dried out in my shed. Still in good shape, so I brought him in and placed him in my drawer. A year later, and he's ready for his close up (not that he was seasoning or anything, I just put it off till now).
Strobist info: one speedlight in homemade grid behind and above the bee. One speedlight in Orbis ringflash. One speedlight on wooden background in dome duffuser with full CTO. All manual, all fired with PWs. Cloned out the needle he was perched on in Photoshop, and fixed his sorry-looking broken antennae.
See the setup here: www.flickr.com/photos/25635892@N08/4264689602/
My 365 photo blog, almost a week into a month of Strobist pics: www.doublelgphotos.squarespace.com
Nikon D700
Lomo 8X
Extension Tubes PN-11, PK-11A12 13
293 frames, 8µm
Three SB-800 Flashes, w/Diffuser
ISO L1.0, 1/250s
Cognisys
Helicon Focus Soft
Today - as it has happened many times before - a single bee (Apis mellifera) landed on my roof terrace. One reads that these bees are usually old, sick or otherwise no longer useful for the bee colony and are sorted out. Anyway, I fed it up with some sugar water. She drank, became more lively again, now she climbs around on the railing and will eventually fly away, I hope!
Shot with a Nikon Z fc with a Nikkor Z MC 50 mm 1:2.8. It was not easy to find a balance between aperture and exposure time, but with ISO 1600, f/25 and 1/25 s it worked. I didn't use a tripod because the bee is sitting on the ground, but I was able to put the lens on a small notepad, so it was possible to shoot well at 1/10 s – but the bee didn't cooperate. 1/25 s was perfect for both of us.