Volucella pellucens

racketman · 27th of July 2006 (Thu)

Sigma 150, diffused flash.

lots of bugs on these flowers by a stream

LordV · 27th of July 2006 (Thu)

Lovely shots RM- assume #2 is Volucella zonaria?
Brian V.

racketman · 27th of July 2006 (Thu)

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Originally Posted by LordV

Lovely shots RM- assume #2 is Volucella zonaria?
Brian V.

thanks, yes that looks right. Dont know if you saw #3 of my earlier thread (no responses

but I like it!

bandit 1 · 27th of July 2006 (Thu)

Hiya RM,
Lovely shots again, #3 does it for me.
Cheers for now
Mark

Leorooster · 27th of July 2006 (Thu)

Great shots! You nailed the exposure in the first 2. They are difficult to exposed correctly.

dpastern · 27th of July 2006 (Thu)

Nice shots RM, got the lighting just right in the shots. How are you enjoying the Sigma compared to the mpe-65?

Dave

27th of July 2006 (Thu)	#1
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bandit 1 Cream of the Crop Join Date: May 2006 Location: sometimes Sunny South Devon UK :-) Posts: 5,130	Re: Volucella pellucens Hiya RM, Lovely shots again, #3 does it for me. Cheers for now Mark __________________ Bandit 1 Canon EOS 400D, Sigma 105 Macro, Sigma 70-300 F4-5.6 APO DG Macro, Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4.5 DC MACRO Sigma 500 DG Super, Home made Lighting Unit All shots one handed or "Stump-Bracket " held http://s75.photobucket.com/albums/i318/bandit1_2006/

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Leorooster Cream of the Crop Join Date: May 2005 Location: New York Posts: 6,736	Re: Volucella pellucens Great shots! You nailed the exposure in the first 2. They are difficult to exposed correctly. __________________ Canon 1DMarkIII \| Canon 5DII \| Fujifilm Finepix F30 Glasses & Goodies

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dpastern User is banned from forums Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Posts: 13,766 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Volucella pellucens Nice shots RM, got the lighting just right in the shots. How are you enjoying the Sigma compared to the mpe-65? Dave

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LordV Macro Photo-Lord of the Year 2006 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Worthing UK Posts: 34,657 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Volucella pellucens Lovely shots RM- assume #2 is Volucella zonaria? Brian V. __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/ http://www.lordv.smugmug.com/ Macro Hints and tips http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...d.php?t=807056 Canon 20D, Canon 40D, Canon 5D mk2, Sigma 105mm EX macro, Tamron 90mm macro, Canon MPE-65,18-55 kit lens X2, canon 200mm F2.8 L, Tamron 28-70mm xrdi, Other assorted bits

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