POTN Aussie Club #3: This one's going straight to the pool room.

Banno wrote in post #6062401
Love the ant Greg! That is pretty cool

Thanks Shane.

Banno, get em to buy Brenno's 1d Mk11 for you as well as payment! Win Win

To continue today's nature picture thread, something less scary than biting spiders and crawly ants, here are some great camouflaged plover eggs! You cannot see these guys if you are more than 3 feet away. Mind you the parents are scary as the swoop on you with their spur wings as their defence. Hence the 400mm!

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coalcliff wrote in post #6062439
Banno, get em to buy Brenno's 1d Mk11 for you as well as payment! Win Win

To continue today's nature picture thread, here are so great camouflaged plover eggs! You cannot see these guys if you are more than 3 feet away.

Nice shot, and if you get closer than 10m away you are likely to get a wing spine in the back of the head.

Greg - very cool ant shot! Love the colours and the textures.

What set up are you using and how big are these ants??

What's a plover?

kja wrote in post #6062455
Greg - very cool ant shot! Love the colours and the textures.

What set up are you using and how big are these ants??

What's a plover?

Thanks Kristin, this was with the MP-E65 at about 2x magnification and the lighting was a MT-24EX Twin Lite. The ants are about 8-10mm long.

Plovers are a seagull sized bird that pair up and next in open fields, they are very very protective of the eggs and young and will swoop to attack trespassers. They have spike on the elbow joint of their wings.

Greg_C wrote in post #6062389
Thanks folks. and another.....
Green Ant

Wow, nice shot Greg. I love quality macro work.

Banno wrote in post #6062369
Quick one guys, going back to my question about photographing the bridge yesterday...

They want full high res shots with (from what I can gather) unlimited usage.... Taking into account I quoted large web size at $1500 and large corporate at $1000 for limited usage. What would be a reasonable price to ask for unlimited usage of the full high res digital images...?

I'm kinda in a little over my head in the price aspect as I really dont know too well.... And I've roped in another photog mate to help out getting different angles of the one opening, as I've only got a matter of minutes to get the shots...

Cheers guys, much appreciated

Sorry Shane, I'm no help with pricing. Just wanted to wish you luck in getting the gig.

coalcliff wrote in post #6062439
Banno, get em to buy Brenno's 1d Mk11 for you as well as payment! Win Win

I like the way you think Damian!! Oh, and its a 1ds II not 1d II... I'm higher class than those 8fps peasants. It's all in the gold badging...

coalcliff wrote in post #6062439
To continue today's nature picture thread, something less scary than biting spiders and crawly ants, here are some great camouflaged plover eggs! You cannot see these guys if you are more than 3 feet away. Mind you the parents are scary as the swoop on you with their spur wings as their defence. Hence the 400mm!

Ahhhh Plovers... I remember tormenting them as a kid with my brother. We would always enjoy the thrill of dodging the swoop!! We didn't torment them as such, just used to walk around in area's where we knew we'd be attacked.

Greg_C wrote in post #6062489
This was with the MP-E65 at about 2x magnification and the lighting was a MT-24EX Twin Lite. The ants are about 8-10mm long.

Excuse my lack of knowledge on the Macro side of things Greg, but what f stop did you shoot this at?? Just wondering about the DOF side of things.

The dreaded Plover.

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kja wrote in post #6062455
What's a plover?

not my pic...

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brenno wrote in post #6062509
Excuse my lack of knowledge on the Macro side of things Greg, but what f stop did you shoot this at?? Just wondering about the DOF side of things.

thanks for the comments.

Canon MP-E65mm @ 2x mag 1/100 s at F 11.00 with ISO 250 + MR-24 Twin Lite
DoF is very thin at this F stop and magnification. Could have stopped down a little more but I would have lost even more natural light. As it was I was 1 stop under on the meter.

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I like the way you think Damian!! Oh, and its a 1ds II not 1d II... I'm higher class than those 8fps peasants. It's all in the gold badging...

See, if I can't afford it I don't pay attention to the details, now if was within my reach at the moment I would not be promoting it like this I would try to keep it.......... wery wery quiet ! Anyway another free ad for you Brenno!

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brenno wrote in post #6062493
I like the way you think Damian!! Oh, and its a 1ds II not 1d II... I'm higher class than those 8fps peasants. It's all in the gold badging...

See, if I can't afford it I don't pay attention to the details, now if was within my reach at the moment I would not be promoting it like this I would try to keep it.......... wery wery quiet ! Anyway another free ad for you Brenno!

How much do kidneys go for on the black market these days?

Ok Dan we'll buy it between us, I use it Mon-Fri because you will be working and you can use it ALL WEEKEND,,,what a deal!

Here is my last phototax from today, apart from my winning entry in hole 2 of the 2nd round Golf, Look at this image and breathe out.... ahhh feel better??

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Here is another plover shot - look carefully at the wings:

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Brave capture John! Very sharp...