Fly Tying IV
Jan 24, 2012 00:47:48 #
Not to start a brand war here, but I have the Canon 550D/T2i. I just did a search on the comparison, and they come out pretty close. I think it might have to do with the $20 UV filter or the metering mode I use not being right for macro. I'll just have to keep experimenting till I get it right.
Jan 24, 2012 02:42:07 #
Jan 24, 2012 09:27:59 #
nicely tied and photographed. I don't have a designated macro lens for my SLR, but the super macro on my point and shoot Olympus seem to work OK.
Jan 24, 2012 10:01:54 #
Wow!!! another fly fisher/photographer...thought I was the only one on here....notice you're from Mt Home...good ol White River system....my "home water" so to speak is the Little Red near Heber Springs....central Arkansas is one great place for a trout bum...planning a spring trip to Little Red...missed my annual fall trip. take care..maybe I'll see ya on the water some day
Jan 24, 2012 10:04:16 #
p.s. you can see some of my wet flies I tied and photographed on betterphoto.com.....search david b spooner..it will bring up a sample folio...click on one of the images then scroll down to the bottom and click contact photographer
Jan 24, 2012 10:38:32 #
dspoon2 wrote:
p.s. you can see some of my wet flies I tied and photographed on betterphoto.com.....search david b spooner..it will bring up a sample folio...click on one of the images then scroll down to the bottom and click contact photographer
You got some nice flies there Dave.
Jan 24, 2012 10:40:17 #
joe-fl-mt wrote:
nicely tied and photographed. I don't have a designated macro lens for my SLR, but the super macro on my point and shoot Olympus seem to work OK.
Hmmmm... This gives me an idea. I've been shooting my flies in Manual mode. Camera has a Macro mode I might be able to try.
Nice Humpy by the way.
Jan 24, 2012 11:24:46 #
Jan 24, 2012 11:37:16 #
melvin short wrote:
beautiful little emergers, is that cdc for the emerging wings
It's an underwing of elk hair and a overwing of CDC.
Jan 24, 2012 11:49:08 #
Flytyer57! Really nice flies! I used to tie my own when I lived in PA, as a teenager! There's no thrill like catching a trout, or any fish for that matter, on one of your own flies. I also, made streamers for brook trout which worked terrifically! Eventually, I'll get back to it someday. Your photographs are really okay as they are - they show the flies very nicely! "Nuf Said"
Jan 24, 2012 11:55:03 #
Jan 24, 2012 12:32:32 #
I used to tie streamers for a doctor friend of mine each year before he went to alaska...I got a few ball caps out of the deal but couldn't convince him to take me along on his nickle!!
Jan 24, 2012 13:24:09 #
flytyer57 wrote:
I don't think I've ever gotten a "tack sharp" image from my 18-55. Nor from my 55-250 and 50mm 1.8. None of these lenses cost mre than $300 and I don't think they produce very good images.
Your eyes really are bad. The images appear crystal clear on my monitor. Very nice images. I have an 18-55 that came with my T1i that I do not use much, but when I do I am pleased with the results. My son picked up a fly tyers kit from an abandon house he was helping to tear down. I'll have to see if he has done anything with the kit.
Larry
Jan 25, 2012 00:06:30 #
flytyer57 wrote:
Sure did. I set up a focus screen on the wall and tried every f/stop available and not one was in clear focus.
Either that or my eyes just don't focus very well at all.
Do the flies in my pics look sharp to you? What about the dime? That was my focus point.
Either that or my eyes just don't focus very well at all.
Do the flies in my pics look sharp to you? What about the dime? That was my focus point.
Caddis', good. Nymphs' not as much. Let's see some stone flies. Maybe a bugger or two thrown in. :thumbup: :thumbup: 8-)
Jan 25, 2012 00:23:30 #
C. David wrote:
Caddis', good. Nymphs' not as much. Let's see some stone flies. Maybe a bugger or two thrown in. :thumbup: :thumbup: 8-)
I would have to dig through all my fly boxes to find my stonefly nymphs. When I find them, I'll photograph and post. As for buggers, they are a dime a dozen. I have at least 3 boxes full.
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