Bugs, lizards, snakes, spiders, insects...some love them, some loathe them. Whatever the case, they do make great photographic subjects. This should hopefully be a good thread for the macro crowd in particular. This shot below is a good example of what happens when you leave a door open on a hot night in Queensland. First come the insects who get into the light fittings, followed right after by the Geckoes...like shooting fish in a barrel. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/55915417@N08/5480724137/" title="P2091814-PPR3 Olympus Pen E-P1 Micro 4/3 by Lucky.penguin, on Flickr"> {} "640" height="640" alt="P2091814-PPR3 Olympus Pen E-P1 Micro 4/3" /></a> E-P1 + Leica 14-50mm f2.8-3.5
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I went to try out my new 45-200 yesterday, so not really a macro, but I had caught some creepy creatures anyway, so I would like to share them with you :smile:
Mole Cricket. Just rescued this little fellow from the tiled kitchen floor and returned him to a more suitable patch of soft ground outside. Not cute by any means but beautifully adapted to his subterranean way of life. {}
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/55915417@N08/5490765791/" title="P7302522-PPR Olympus Pen E-P1 Micro 4/3 by Lucky.penguin, on Flickr"> View attachment 158635 "640" height="640" alt="P7302522-PPR Olympus Pen E-P1 Micro 4/3" /></a> Water Dragon E-P1 + Zuiko 18-180mm f3.5-6.3
First moth capture of the year I ran my moth trap for the first time this year a few evenings ago on a mildish night, caught nothing. Now with colder nights I've had my first moth of the year outside the window. I eventually enticed it in and it then hid in my bathroom for 30 hours. Now having been photographed it's hiding in my kitchen :smile: Hebrew Character (forewing length approx 16mm) {} Panasonic G1 with 45mm, f/2.8 Leica DG Macro-Elmarit @ f/11, iso 200, 1/2 sec Barrie
With one leg missing, I suspect that this little t. duellica has already had an encounter with the cat. We have an endless supply of these from a nest in our gas meter box. The ones clever enough to stay away from the cat can grow to quite enormous proportions. <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Dj_BO48o_qfaogGzjvOqXfSbXJ2TncoHExUAUx4nwzI?feat=embedwebsite">
Ready for another flower. GF1 and 45mm Rokkor @ F2 iso 100 <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50527022@N02/6001613412/" title="Ready for another flower by iconindustries, on Flickr"> {} "1024" height="579" alt="Ready for another flower"></a>
Olympus E-PL1 + Olympus 14-150mm + macro tube Here's a few pictures I took on my vacation... These are the pictures that made me wanna buy some really sharp legacy lenses. I guess I had a "fear" for manual focus lenses before but while taking these shots I learned that macro shooting is soooo much more fun with manual focus. All the pics are shot in RAW and then edited in Lightroom & Photoshop (unfortunately)... ISO200, 25mm, f/10, 1/320s ISO200, 150mm f/5.6, 1/200s ISO200, 150mm, f/5.6, 1/200s ISO200, 36mm, f/5.2, 1/50s ISO200, 58mm, f/5.6, 1/125s EDIT: At least the first picture is shot handheld (maybe even the first three...) and rest is with a tripod.
Just a few more... ISO200, 70mm, f/5.4, 1/320s ISO200, 70mm, f/5.4, 1/1250s ISO200, 70mm, f/5.4, 1/1250s
{} 20110807 133a by Ronald S. Smith, on Flickr {} 20110807 011a by Ronald S. Smith, on Flickr {} 20110806 120a by Ronald S. Smith, on Flickr
Panasonic G1 and 14-45 Kitlens <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/slorenzi/5607720979/" title="Come to my web! por sLorenzi, no Flickr"> {} "640" height="480" alt="Come to my web!"></a>
Done while walking with my girlfriend using the epl2 kit zoom (I'm going to drop the required 40 euros for the macro add-on) View attachment 172350 Close-up 1 di pharaviel, su Flickr
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