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Aug 30, 2007 10:34 |  #1

I've been playing with a tolerant fly today :-)

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Aug 30, 2007 10:38 |  #2

ahh those last ones hurt my brain. but that first shot is great he looks so confused as of whats going on. number 2 is extra clear for natural light


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Aug 30, 2007 12:09 |  #3

Thanks for commenting on your findings :-) The last one hurts mine too :-D


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Aug 30, 2007 12:42 |  #4

I don't think you can beat natural light, because it is all around , as opposed to flash being directional. Natural gives better definition as well. But you have to use flash sometimes, oh well.
Nice job Alby.


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Aug 30, 2007 13:01 |  #5

That's some of the best natural light macro's I've seen in quite a while -well done on getting all that detail!!! :cool:


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Aug 30, 2007 13:18 |  #6

Nice ones Alby. I'd like to see them a bit bigger though.




  
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Aug 30, 2007 13:19 |  #7

skylab wrote in post #3827558 (external link)
I don't think you can beat natural light, because it is all around , as opposed to flash being directional. Natural gives better definition as well. But you have to use flash sometimes, oh well.
Nice job Alby.

Thanks for the comment Brian. Natural light on a cloudy day is pretty impressive for sure.

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That's some of the best natural light macro's I've seen in quite a while -well done on getting all that detail!!! :cool:

Thanks DT, it was overcast today and I was able to rest the camera down on a firm surface and this was the results :-)


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Aug 30, 2007 13:26 |  #8

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Thanks DT, it was overcast today and I was able to rest the camera down on a firm surface and this was the results :-)

Always boils down to technique, doesn't it... ;)


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Aug 30, 2007 13:32 |  #9

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Nice ones Alby. I'd like to see them a bit bigger though.

Thanks Eccles there are larger shots on my flickr site, I posted the wrong size, what a plonker :-)


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Aug 30, 2007 13:52 |  #10

Excellent natural light shots :)
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Aug 30, 2007 14:12 |  #11

May I ask which lens you used? Great macros.


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Aug 30, 2007 14:19 |  #12

normally i'd say flash gives better definition but those are exceptional natural light shots.


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Aug 30, 2007 14:19 |  #13

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May I ask which lens you used? Great macros.

I used my panasonic FZ8 camera with a Raynox DCR250 lens.


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Aug 30, 2007 14:21 |  #14

Tonitrum wrote in post #3828035 (external link)
May I ask which lens you used? Great macros.

PANASONIC FZ8 - its in exif on original site. Naughty but nice.


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normally i'd say flash gives better definition but those are exceptional natural light shots.

Thanks RM, kind of you to say :-D


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