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Tech Specs: Canon 70D (F11, 1/30, ISO 200) + a Canon EF-S 60mm macro lens with 37mm of extension + a diffused MT-24EX (+1/3 FEC) with head "A" set as the key and head "B" as the fill. This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held.
Technique: I used a syringe to inject 2:1 sugar syrup into a Basil flower. Ignore the shutter -the flash is the only significant light source on the subject. I dragged the shutter to expose the background. This time the bees recognized me and knew what I was doing, going directly to the flowers as soon as I added the syrup. Lately I've been looking for these head on vertical compositions -hopefully it's out of my head now. I shot this scene with the camera held horizontally but framed it, and adjusted the position of the flash heads, for a vertical shot. To me it's easier to take portraits with the camera held in a landscape orientation.
Hope everyone has a Thoroughly Thedom-ful Thursday ! :-)
macro shot...
hand-held, reverse lens, 1 ext tube, manual settings / focus, approx 4" from subject
Berthold's Bush Anole (Polychrus gutturosus) is a lizard in the bush iguana family. These insectivorous lizards live in jungles and forests of Central America and South America. They are very good climbers and their very long tails are probably used in their climbing.
We found this lizard sleeping in a bush from quite a distance away. I took a lot of photos of it from different angles in the rain. After a while it got a little restless and started to move. it was after it started to move that I noticed the Ghost Glass frog on the leaf next to it. Then in a completely un-staged or unprovoked way the glass frog jumped right onto the lizard. In this sequence of 4 photos you can see a close up of the lizard, a full body shot showing its remarkable tail followed by a shot of the lizard and the frog as first seen. Then the frog on the lizard.
You can see in these pictures a little of how heavy the rain is falling as drops are getting on my lens and caught in the air with flash.
A note on the wonderful weather sealing on the Olympus E-M1 and 60mm macro. The founder of this reserve has been out with many people to find and photograph frogs on this reserve over the last two decades and he had never seen a camera keep going in the rain like my Olympus OMD E-M1. He couldn't believe how I was able to use it in the pouring rain for hours. He said he had seen so many peoples cameras just stop working from similar situations and never had he seen a camera be used so much in the pouring rain like this. He was more amazed the next day when I showed him it was still working just fine. I never had a worry about this camera, the lens or the macro flash as they were all weather sealed by Olympus and Olympus does a great job.
I've just got a new camera with a macro lens. I've wanted one for ages so now I'm having fun! This is some moss that grows by our fish pond.
Macro
Macro House Fly Eyes
Nikon D800, 105mm, Nikon SB900, Sigma teleconverter 2X, Custom Macro Flash Bracket.
#micro #macrophotography #insect #macro #macroinsect #macrofly
For The First Time, I Dared To Take Close-Up Shot Of A Big Spider, This Close. It Was of Around 3 Inches Long From Head To End Of Its Abdomen. This Is Also My First Time Encountering The Spider Of This Size!
Honestly, I Was Scared & Had Uncomfortable Feelings During The Photo Session, So I Had My Wife Stand By My Side! :D
Sorry For The Flash Spidey! :)