Don't know how you'll do it

Can't seem to get the results I want. Hope I'll get some pointers and be more prepare for my next attempt.


Decided to give macro another attempt today. Didn't turn out so well as you'll see from the pix:lmao:.

C/C welcome

This guy/gal would not stay still and don't know how you'll do it but can't see how get the whole bug in focus.



used same settings as others but this one came out very grainy:thumbdown:


almost remind me of a basketball


Here's an unknown bug/cocoon? I didn't even noticed those little green bugs next to it till I look at pix on monitor.

 

What settings were you using? If your complaining about not having enough of the bug in focus, maybe use a smaller aperture like f/8 instead of f/2.8

Just a suggestion...

 

hehe sorry

IS100
F16


What are some tricks to getting better pix or getting the bugs to stay still long enough?

 

I'm not much of a macro guy. Don't know what you shoot but for Canon there's the AI focus mode ideal for erratically moving subjects.

 

Actually take a look at this thread by doenoe here who inspired me to
keep an eye out on a future macro lens. He gives advice throughout the thread. Nothing like getting word from the horse's mouth.

 

Thanks for the C/C and link everyone. Hoping to be able to take pix half as nice as the ones in link one day.

 

Did you just call me a horse?

And ladybugs are a pain to shoot, they move quite fast. So its better to find one thats resting. Downside to that is that if they rest, they tug in their legs. So i suggest try to shoot some docile bugs first, like spiders in a web or some stuff like that.
And you dont have to get the whole bug in focus, as long as the eyes are. Thats the most important thing, just like shooting people or other animals (except if your are going for something a bit different offcourse).
And those last 2 are the same as the first three, except in a different stage of live. Those are the cocoons of a ladybug.
Hope this helps a bit

 

Nice start on the macro shots. Practice, Practice, Practice is key.

 

Step on'em.... You'll make Manaheim happy, you'll keep them still for your shot, and you'll solve your focus problem !!

 

The first shot turned out well, well done.

The most interesting is the last 2 shots. Are those ladybugs transitioning into something? Or they aren't even ladybugs at all? And those little green bugs are quite fascinating!

 

those are something transitioning into ladybugs. Ladybugs first look like THIS then transform into the shape you can see in the last 2 pictures and after then they go into Ladybug mode.
I think the little green things are Aphids