Dalantech Cream of the Crop  5,379 posts Gallery: 525 photos Best ofs: 5 Likes: 3546 Joined Jul 2006 Location: Mt. Vernon, Mo. (living in Italy) More info | Sep 27, 2020 03:17 | #1231 nardes wrote in post #19130477  Went out looking for bees today, but it was a bit blustery so the flowers were gyrating like whirling dervishes. However, the 5D Mk IV AF did a good job on those it managed to lock onto.  Cheers Dennis Excellent shots Dennis! My Gallery
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Sep 27, 2020 06:35 | #1232 nardes wrote in post #19130477 Went out looking for bees today, but it was a bit blustery so the flowers were gyrating like whirling dervishes. However, the 5D Mk IV AF did a good job on those it managed to lock onto. Cheers Dennis Superb shots, especially the in flight.
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Sep 27, 2020 13:27 | #1233 Pleased to see some sunshine today and some bee action in the garden.  Image hosted by forum (1065662) © PSteven [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff.
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Sep 27, 2020 15:37 | #1234 Missed the focus on this but worth posting for the unusual view  Image hosted by forum (1065689) © PSteven [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff.
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Hi. Is it okay to ask how you set that up with the 1-5x and maintained the light, etc. I'm still in the focus rail stage with my 2.5-5x and looking to learn better ways to shoot it and max out what it can do.
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ndcisiv Goldmember  More info | I love how it looks like it's jumping at you vampire style. Justin or JP flickr
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If you get hardcore enough about it you can order beneficial insects and keep them in an aquarium until spring and release them. it's literally a captive audience. Now's the time to find cocoons too and aquariums are great for keeping them. I have fish aquarium shooting on my list of things to do but haven't gotten around to it. Is there a aquarium fish area on here?
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Sep 29, 2020 01:37 | #1238 Bobh2000 wrote in post #19131348 Hi. Is it okay to ask how you set that up with the 1-5x and maintained the light, etc. I'm still in the focus rail stage with my 2.5-5x and looking to learn better ways to shoot it and max out what it can do. I take all my shots with the 65mm hand held with a MT24 Macro Flash. I have not gone above 2x magnification - to be honest the vast majority of my shots have been 1 x magnification. I have the greater magnification to look forward to and I expect it will come with a learning curve and may need a tripod to be involved.
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Sounds to me like you need to set up a small, table top studio this winter & do some focus stacking.
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Sep 29, 2020 10:59 | #1240 Pigpen101 wrote in post #19131666 Sounds to me like you need to set up a small, table top studio this winter & do some focus stacking.  I think you are right as I bought a focusing rail and still have not even tried it once so it would be a perfect time to get acquainted with it.
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nardes Goldmember More info | Oct 05, 2020 18:07 | #1241 We found a flowering shrub at the Roma Street Parklands in Brisbane that the bees seemed to like.  Image hosted by forum (1066900) © nardes [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff.  Image hosted by forum (1066901) © nardes [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff.
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I got a Micro Nikon 60MM 2.8 G yesterday I was so inspired by the results of what you shoot. I'll have a ttl ring flash here tomorrow. It was too windy to shoot anything close handheld outside today so I shot the 60mm today tethered . I'll be posting stuff from it later.
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nardes Goldmember More info | Oct 09, 2020 22:09 | #1243 Compared to my Canon 100mm F2.8L Macro lens, I had previously found the Canon 180mm F3.5L Macro lens to be very slow at auto-focusing for insects in flight, relegating it to tripod mounted shooting only.  Image hosted by forum (1067394) © nardes [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff.
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Oct 11, 2020 05:40 | #1244 nardes wrote in post #19136360 Compared to my Canon 100mm F2.8L Macro lens, I had previously found the Canon 180mm F3.5L Macro lens to be very slow at auto-focusing for insects in flight, relegating it to tripod mounted shooting only. However, when I fitted it to my Canon EOS R6 and gave it a trial run in the back garden this morning, it seemed to AF a bit faster and more reliably, so there may well some life left in the old dog yet. Taken hand held, with the Canon EOS R6 using the Canon EF-EOS R mount adapter. Cheers Dennis That's a beauty, Dennis. Here on the top half, the mini-critters are disappearing fast, so those from Oz and others on the south half will have to keep the thread going.
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nardes Goldmember More info | Oct 11, 2020 15:31 | #1245 Australian Native Stingless Bee taken at the Roma Street Parklands over the weekend.  Image hosted by forum (1067675) © nardes [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff.  Image hosted by forum (1067676) © nardes [SHARE LINK] THIS IS A LOW QUALITY PREVIEW. Please log in to see the good quality stuff.
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