Jun 24, 2022 11:20 | #7036 Terrycanon wrote in post #19395564  The RF 50mm f1.8, the cheap nifty fifty, continues to astound me. Didn't think I would manage a "macro" insect shot with it, but I did, and it's so light and easy to carry on a long walk. The bee looks very pretty nestled in that blossom. Did you use an extension tube? Canon R5 and R7, assorted Canon lenses, Sony RX100, Pentax Spotmatic F
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Jun 24, 2022 11:22 | #7037 Dalantech wrote in post #19395632 While I was photographing this Ladybug it started cleaning itself, kinda like a cat licking its paws. Tech Specs: Canon 90D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (set to 2x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT, E-TTL metering, -1 FEC. This is a single frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Denoise AI and Clarity in that order.  Ladybug Maintenance by John Kimbler, on FlickrJust like a lady. How did you get such a nice bright background? Canon R5 and R7, assorted Canon lenses, Sony RX100, Pentax Spotmatic F
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Terrycanon Goldmember  More info Post edited 8 months ago by Terrycanon. | Jun 24, 2022 13:54 | #7038 Archibald wrote in post #19395684 The bee looks very pretty nestled in that blossom. Did you use an extension tube? No extension tube. Just the R5 and the RF 50mm f1.8. Pretty big crop, though, as is to be expected.  Image hosted by forum (1165313) © Terrycanon [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff. It's all about the light...
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MarkSturtevant Member  More info | Jun 24, 2022 16:14 | #7039 Terrycanon wrote in post #19395727 No extension tube. Just the R5 and the RF 50mm f1.8. Pretty big crop, though, as is to be expected. I also tried hand-held focus stacking (see here), but the darned hoverfly moved during the ten shots!  It may be possible to fix that if the pictures were stacked with Zerene or Helicon. After a stack, you can select particular frames that have a major area in focus, and paint those in on top of the multiple images here. That may not fix everything, but sometimes it does. Mark Sturtevant
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Jun 24, 2022 17:17 | #7040 Terrycanon wrote in post #19395727 No extension tube. Just the R5 and the RF 50mm f1.8. Pretty big crop, though, as is to be expected. I also tried hand-held focus stacking (see here), but the darned hoverfly moved during the ten shots! A bug on a tall flower is almost always moving, so getting a good stack will be a challenge. Still worth a try, though. Sometimes you can have success with just two shots that register well but have different focal planes. Canon R5 and R7, assorted Canon lenses, Sony RX100, Pentax Spotmatic F
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Dalantech Cream of the Crop  5,379 posts Gallery: 525 photos Best ofs: 5 Likes: 3539 Joined Jul 2006 Location: Mt. Vernon, Mo. (living in Italy) More info | I have a set of artificial flowers that I bought from Ikea.  Artificial Flowers by John Kimbler, on FlickrThat's not the set I use now, but they're close. I wrap the stems together and use gaffers tape to keep them from coming apart. Set up as a group of three I simply rotate them until the color that I want is toward the top. I usually have them about 3 to 5 cm away from the subject. The texture in the flowers keeps the background from being completely even (even backgrounds look "flat"). For the Ladybug shot I was holding on to the Lavender stem with my non camera hand and I positioned the critter a few centimeters away from the flowers. The sky isn't bright enough at 6am to drag the shutter and expose for a blue sky, so I used the flowers. My Gallery
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Jun 24, 2022 17:35 | #7042 Dalantech wrote in post #19395792 I have a set of artificial flowers that I bought from Ikea. Artificial Flowers by John Kimbler, on FlickrThat's not the set I use now, but they're close. I wrap the stems together and use gaffers tape to keep them from coming apart. Set up as a group of three I simply rotate them until the color that I want is toward the top. I usually have them about 3 to 5 cm away from the subject. The texture in the flowers keeps the background from being completely even (even backgrounds look "flat"). For the Ladybug shot I was holding on to the Lavender stem with my non camera hand and I positioned the critter a few centimeters away from the flowers. The sky isn't bright enough at 6am to drag the shutter and expose for a blue sky, so I used the flowers. Thanks for the info. Tricks of the trade! I doubt I could do that unless I had three hands. Canon R5 and R7, assorted Canon lenses, Sony RX100, Pentax Spotmatic F
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Jun 24, 2022 18:54 | #7043 A tiny bee. I think it is called a sweat bee.  Image hosted by forum (1165346) © Archibald [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff. Canon R5 and R7, assorted Canon lenses, Sony RX100, Pentax Spotmatic F
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Jun 24, 2022 19:06 | #7044 Does anyone know what this is? It looks like a beetle with a hairy back.  Image hosted by forum (1165348) © Archibald [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff. Canon R5 and R7, assorted Canon lenses, Sony RX100, Pentax Spotmatic F
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Jun 24, 2022 20:58 | #7045 Archibald wrote in post #19395819 Does anyone know what this is? It looks like a beetle with a hairy back. I was hoping Seek would ID it, no luck. I also did a Google for fuzzy backed beetles and crashed and burned again. I’m asking an entomologist friend, maybe he’ll have an answer. TerryMc
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Jun 24, 2022 21:45 | #7046 Eastern Eyed Click Beetle. Phone picture.  Image hosted by forum (1165352) © Archibald [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff. Canon R5 and R7, assorted Canon lenses, Sony RX100, Pentax Spotmatic F
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Jun 25, 2022 05:11 | #7047 That’s an interesting looking beetle.
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Jun 25, 2022 10:20 | #7048 White death. A crab spider with prey.  Image hosted by forum (1165405) © Archibald [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff. This is a stack of two sequential shots. One of them focused more to the back, so I combined them in Photoshop. Not a big difference but helps. Canon R5 and R7, assorted Canon lenses, Sony RX100, Pentax Spotmatic F
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Jun 25, 2022 14:50 | #7049  Image hosted by forum (1165435) © hangmantim56 [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff.  Image hosted by forum (1165436) © hangmantim56 [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff.
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Jun 25, 2022 16:29 | #7050 hangmantim56 wrote in post #19396070 Great stuff but can't quite see what it caught in the first pic. Canon R5 and R7, assorted Canon lenses, Sony RX100, Pentax Spotmatic F
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