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Hatch1921
7th of April 2006 (Fri), 22:49
By luck I saw something move and this little jumper had caught a fly. The jumper is about the size of a pencil eraser. It was at the top of a tree and I had to use a small ladder to reach the little thing... fun stuff. Hatch

100mm macro+25mm extension tube+1.4x II tc
ISO 400.. Hand-held
Lots of work in PS to make the images look 1/2 way decent.:confused:

http://www.psxtras.com/posted/canon/jumper/01.jpg

http://www.psxtras.com/posted/canon/jumper/02.jpg

http://www.psxtras.com/posted/canon/jumper/03.jpg

http://www.psxtras.com/posted/canon/jumper/04.jpg

Please keep in mind I used a dozen different settings to try an capture a few decent shots. The sun was going down and with the lens combo...DOF is next to nothing. I didn't want to go past ISO400 ... shoot F/7.1 -F/16 with different flash settings and so on. This is why the DOF is shallow in some...and the BG is different colors. All in all... I'm pretty happy with some of the shots. This is a first for me... a spider and its prey. :)

Fun stuff!

Hatch
Bald Eagle
7th of April 2006 (Fri), 22:51
and a very impressive first, excellent work on all of them. Very sharp. Very well done.:D :D :D :D :D
Hatch1921
7th of April 2006 (Fri), 22:55
Many thanks BE :) I had fun with this little jumper... just wish it was a little closer to the ground. For something this small...a monopod would have been nice. Just glad some of the shots turned out decent. Thanks again for the comments. ;) Hatch
sw2001
7th of April 2006 (Fri), 23:10
It was well worth the afford, great captures.
chemicalbro
8th of April 2006 (Sat), 00:15
the DOF looks fine to me............. 1 + 4 are my faves here

the 2n'd and 3rd appear a bit soft and grainy............ (still nice tho)
LordV
8th of April 2006 (Sat), 01:43
Great series Hatch in difficult circumstances :)
Agree with Alan- think #1 &4 turned out best.Brian V.
Omri Alon
8th of April 2006 (Sat), 04:27
The first 3 seem to be noisy. I like the last one.
dpastern
8th of April 2006 (Sat), 05:07
Halfway decent? You call these halfway decent? *sobs*. I wish I was half as good as this! Nice shots as usual Hatch!

Dave
Athena
8th of April 2006 (Sat), 10:52
Ah, look at the fuzzy, wuzzy, cute little fellow. :)

Nice work Hatch! :D
a.huhton
8th of April 2006 (Sat), 11:15
Nice shots.
Hatch1921
8th of April 2006 (Sat), 19:27
Thanks again all. Very happy you like the shots :) Hatch