Hoverfly

[racketman]

30D with 60efs and undiffused pop up flash - a very basic set up but not too bad.
Appears to be a female Epistrophe eligans.

http://i.pbase.com/o6/33/541333/1/94065612.dWPnwGYx.IMG_2895900pix.jpg

1:1
http://i.pbase.com/o6/33/541333/1/94065640.kwKtnReG.IMG_2900.JPG

best angle for ID:
http://i.pbase.com/o6/33/541333/1/94065641.XlWx9S1S.IMG_2901.JPG

[macro junkie]

wow..them red X are ace..lol..i cant see them buddie?

[Jay Lowery]

i dont even get red Xs

[LordV]

Racketman's pics.

Good find :)

Toby- seems to work better with the page URL with .jpg on the end of it eg last one is http://www.pbase.com/racketman/image/94065641.jpg in img brackets

http://www.pbase.com/racketman/image/94065612.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/racketman/image/94065640.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/racketman/image/94065641.jpg

[racketman]

I normally use the page URL but noticed they were then resized on POTN to 800x565 instead of 900x637 and thence lost the EXIF info which MJ likes to read. All very baffling.

Here is the Spirit Pop Up Flash Diffuser some are using on their MT 24ex flash; I didn't have it on my pop up flash today but will try it out tomorrow:

origional 800x650 so presume EXIF will be readable:
http://www.pbase.com/racketman/image/94071790.jpg

[racketman]

so how do you post images full size without POTN resizing to 800 width?

[troypiggo]

I don't think POTN resizes them at all. You have to link images that are the correct size to start with. You can go up to 1024x1024 these days. I usually use this code:

http://image.url/thumbnail.jpg (http://image.url/image.jpg)

If you don't want it to be a link from a smaller image:

http://image.url/image.jpg

[racketman]

http://thump01.pbase.com/t1/33/541333/4/93912077.mSYcrVvW.jpg (http://www.pbase.com/racketman/image/93912077.jpg)

thumb link works, but its been resized again!

[troypiggo]

It's not POTN resizing them. If you type in the .jpg's URL you are using in your posts, that image is only 800px wide. Seems to be the size of the images you are linking from, rather than here at POTN.

[racketman]

seems to need 'original at end of URL which is not automatic when first opening image even in original size - got it by going to smaller size then back to original size - let's see if that works:
http://www.pbase.com/racketman/image/93912077/original.jpg

[troypiggo]

That's it! Except for the typo in your opening img tag :) Get rid of the first /

[racketman]

okay thanks Troy that seems to work in that we now see full size and can read the EXIF. I must check I am getting the correct URL in PBase.

[racketman]

now to try that with the thumbnail code:

http://thump01.pbase.com/t1/33/541333/4/93912077.mSYcrVvW.jpg (http://www.pbase.com/racketman/image/93912077/originaljpg)

[troypiggo]

The [url="xxx"] code you have used has a typo. It has linked that actual pbase webpage, not the image directly ;)

[racketman]

The [url="xxx"] code you have used has a typo. It has linked that actual pbase webpage, not the image directly ;)

funny, when I click it I get the image. Never mind, thumbnails are too much hassle I will stick to posting full sized - at least I know how to do that now.

[LordV]

Be interested how that popup flash diffuser works- is that an expensive one of a chinese rip off ?
Brian V.

[racketman]

Be interested how that popup flash diffuser works- is that an expensive one of a chinese rip off ?
Brian V.

Chinese rip off I guess, seems pretty useless on the pop up anyway :lol:

[macro junkie]

u cheape skate buying the cheap one..lol..i wouldn't risk it..it could be different plastic..;)

[racketman]

I hadn't realised they were any different - if indeed they are. Anyway I will find out soon if they work with the MT 24 - ordered from HK today!

[macro junkie]

I hadn't realised they were any different - if indeed they are. Anyway I will find out soon if they work with the MT 24 - ordered from HK today!
i dont know if they are either..Brian told me it wouldn't be any different but i still went and bought the real ones..cost me about 40£..lol

[bandit 1]

Hiya Toby,

Wos all this ere upsizing, downsizing XXX cor beggar my boots I dunno :lol::lol: all that aside a Great shot :D

Cheers for now

Mark

[bbulldog]

I normally use the page URL but noticed they were then resized on POTN to 800x565 instead of 900x637 and thence lost the EXIF info which MJ likes to read. All very baffling.

Here is the Spirit Pop Up Flash Diffuser some are using on their MT 24ex flash; I didn't have it on my pop up flash today but will try it out tomorrow:

origional 800x650 so presume EXIF will be readable:
http://www.pbase.com/racketman/image/94071790.jpgthat is a wierd diffuser, didnt find anything in google on it.

[Dr3d5]

this is may first post and one of my first shot with my sigma 105mm, no extension tubs, iso 1600, no flash hand held, etc... hope you people like it... :D

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs24/f/2008/001/3/5/Baby_Bee_In_A_Baby_Flower2_by_Dr3d5.jpg

[macro junkie]

that is a wierd diffuser, didnt find anything in google on it.
its called gary fong puffer defusers

[bbulldog]

thanks mj will look for that.

[bbulldog]

this is may first post and one of my first shot with my sigma 105mm, no extension tubs, iso 1600, no flash hand held, etc... hope you people like it... :D

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs24/f/2008/001/3/5/Baby_Bee_In_A_Baby_Flower2_by_Dr3d5.jpg
good shot there, maybe next time if you start a new thread you might get more feedback :D

[macro junkie]

good shot there, maybe next time if you start a new thread you might get more feedback :D
its a good shot but the noise ruins the shot...sorry..ever since getting noise where professional im always looking at noise now