Windy Day Macros - Pt1

[alliec]

Had to get out yesterday despite the strong winds, made shooting difficult to say the least. In most of the shots i am holding the leaf or whatever the bug is one. The exception is the dungfly and hover shots which were taken in the sheltered side of hedge.

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Focus stacked.
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[bandit 1]

Hiya Alistair,

Excellent shots especially given that it was so windy, got a touch of ' Cabin Fever ' eh nothin worse than that.

Cheers for now
Mark

[orionmystery]

Beautiful set, windy or not :) Esp love the last one!

[spidermanrbryce2006]

brilliant series!!

[LordV]

Wonderful series Alistair :)
As I've said before you can often get closer to the bugs in windy conditions.
Love the soldier fly in #1

[LindaB]

Fabulous set of shots Alistair - great going with such windy conditions.

Linda

[Mick Emmett]

Great shots there given the conditions (well great shots full stop really), I was out shooting on Sunday as well so I know how hard it was to get anything. There again us Yorkshire folk are used to coping with wind Er! that didn't come out right :D:D:D

[b.d.bop]

Stupendous series.

[johnkermit1]

i like the stacked hopper best. nice series overall.
im practicing stacking now. i have had a few bad attempts, but i should try holding the leaf too. ;)

[alliec]

Thanks everyone for the great comments, very much appreciated as always.

John, practice makes perfect ;-)

[dpastern]

Another excellent set Alistair, especially like the first Dung fly shot, and the last shot of that Bee.

Dave

[alliec]

Thanks Dave, appreciate the feedback :-)

[racketman]

Planthopper nymph came out really well, nice series.

[MuahMan]

Another great series. Man what I wouldn't do to get ONE shot as sharp as some of those. I use a tripod and I can't match those!

[GaryT]

Great set Alistair. Really like the last bee shot.

[-Jaguar-]

you really do great job! excellent shots. crystal :)