Back yard macro.
Apr 6, 2020 14:20:50 #
We are in a lock down and ordered to stay in your homes. Cabin fever was starting, so I grabbed my camera along with a 90mm macro lens and ring light and explored the back yard. Bees and butterfly were hand held as the move about too much. The plants were shot using a tripod.
I believe this was a Dancing Lady butterfly
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Cuaght him just before he flew away
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A balancing act
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Dancing Lady
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Bird's eye view of a dandelion
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Iceberg rose
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Looking inside a lily
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Apr 6, 2020 23:26:13 #
Excellent pictures! Keep these coming. The first is one of the skipper butterflies. The other is generally called a painted lady butterfly. I've never heard of dancing lady, but there are many common names for insects.
Apr 7, 2020 09:26:35 #
Apr 7, 2020 09:37:37 #
willaim wrote:
We are in a lock down and ordered to stay in your homes. Cabin fever was starting, so I grabbed my camera along with a 90mm macro lens and ring light and explored the back yard. Bees and butterfly were hand held as the move about too much. The plants were shot using a tripod.
These are really excellent .
Are you using Canon gear ?? ~FiddleMaker
Apr 7, 2020 10:05:38 #
FiddleMaker wrote:
These are really excellent .
Are you using Canon gear ?? ~FiddleMaker
Are you using Canon gear ?? ~FiddleMaker
How could he take nice photos like this with Canon gear?
Apr 7, 2020 12:10:17 #
Apr 7, 2020 12:17:59 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
Excellent pictures! Keep these coming. The first is one of the skipper butterflies. The other is generally called a painted lady butterfly. I've never heard of dancing lady, but there are many common names for insects.
Don't know what I was thinking. It is a Painted Lady.
Apr 7, 2020 12:28:39 #
FiddleMaker wrote:
These are really excellent .
Are you using Canon gear ?? ~FiddleMaker
Are you using Canon gear ?? ~FiddleMaker
In this case, no. I do have a couple of Canon lenses, but am using a Tamron 90mm macro and the ring flash is RPS, DRF-144. Purchased from, either, BH Photo or Adorama.(can't find receipt). Anyway, simple to use.
Apr 7, 2020 14:05:56 #
Retired CPO wrote:
How could he take nice photos like this with Canon gear?
You sound like a friend of mine. He has a Nikon camera and we go back and forth which is better. Both are very good, but I WIN. Kidding aside, I always felt it was the person behind the camera and how he or she interprets the image. Thanks for saying the photos are nice.
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Apr 7, 2020 19:50:37 #
[quote=Todd G]Second one has amazing detail in the bee. What lens and settings did you use?[/quote
Tamron 90mm 2.8 macro. ISO:100. 1/250 @f/7.1 with ring flash
Tamron 90mm 2.8 macro. ISO:100. 1/250 @f/7.1 with ring flash
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