Some flys from yestreday and 1 wasp

some flys from shooting in my garden yesterday..Every pic was hand held..when im off the floor i find it very hard to get the eyes spot on.i just cant seem to use them poles or the bazooka that delantech uses...mayby more practice is needed..mayby i need one of them things lordv uses?

Nice detail in these MJ shame about the last one being blown out though.

masocistic wasp! 1 Muscidae family, 2 Dung fly 3 Flesh Fly. Main thing for eye detail is to keep aperture fairly wide ie around f8. Can't read EXIF on your images.

racketman wrote in post #4062317
masocistic wasp! 1 Muscidae family, 2 Dung fly 3 Flesh Fly. Main thing for eye detail is to keep aperture fairly wide ie around f8. Can't read EXIF on your images.

u can always go to my flick acount if u have a few mins..i would really appircate your input on them.all the exif info is in flick,i shot the last pic at fstop 14 i think.i was doing a test,,didint come out too good tho.

Attic wrote in post #4062288
Nice detail in these MJ shame about the last one being blown out though.

what do u mean by blown out?

Excellent series

Excellent series- esp like the wasp - just missed eye detail on the flies (apart from the dead one)
Brian V.

Nice job mj. Seems like everyday the bar is being raised another notch around here.

LordV wrote in post #4063564
Excellent series- esp like the wasp - just missed eye detail on the flies (apart from the dead one)
Brian V.

how did u mean your pole?

I love #1 and 2. Excellent shots.

Speaking of DIY setups...This is what I came up with. Basically, I went to the Hardware store and found a 'O' bolt that screwed into the tripod mount. Then went into my garage, found a piece of aluminum pipe. Sanded down the end so the 'O' ring could fit over it, attached that, then bent the inside of the pole out for an even snugger fit. The pole then fits over a bamboo stick used for holding up plants. The grip came off a 500watt light I used to make a light-box with. Works really well, it can basically hold what ever weight the screw can hold at the moment it'd be just under 2kgs, has no bend or movement...

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macro junkie wrote in post #4064970
how did u mean your pole?

I just use a plastic coated metal bean pole or a collapsable tent pole. Both about 7 feet tall- just grip the pole in the left hand at the required height and grab a bit of camera aswell (sometimes the lens, sometimes the flash bracket). Works pretty well upto 3:1 with some practice. For shots above that I'm normally resting the camera lens on something (either the same surface as the bug or often a bit of me).

Brian V.

You may have to tweak sometimes your FEC
5th is blown significantly
3rd is blown partly
1st is blown slightly

2nd & 4th are great.

Nice detail in these M-J.

I'll go for the wasp.

When Alby says #5 is blown out, he means it's over-exposed. You cannot see any detail in the top left of the photograph owing to uneven lighting/reflection.

#1 looks slightly blown to me
#2 looks fine
#3 slightly blown on the face, but very hard to avoid with this type of fly
#4 looks fine to me
#5 - badly blown

Fly shot in #2 could be better composed, and #5 is a bit soft, but other than that, they're pretty good shots.

Dave