Live, from Louisiana, It's LightSpeed. HELLO! Glad you all could make it tonight.

[LightSpeed]

WHAT'S HAPPENIN!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know about the rest of you , but I LOVE this s....tuff.
lol

Raising the glass......here's to you all. May you have many days of honing your photography skills.
I'll damn sure drink to that and after a few drinks I'll drink to anything.

 

[Carny]

It's upside down

 

[LightSpeed]

REALLY?
It is?

Is the bug looking the wrong way too?

 

[Carny]

lol, I just saw in another thread someone posted something about your pics being upside down or wrong way or something.

I actually think it's awesome.

 

[Carny]

And I feel kind of creepy now

 

[LightSpeed]

Nah man, don't.
It's all cool.

There was a rukus around here a while back about a bird I posted.
He was looking the wrong way.

We're all good.
Thanks for chiming in.

 

[naptime]

it's not upside down, but it is looking the wrong way.


how close do you get with some of these insects and and what not? the images are beautiful.

are you getting close. or far away. what length of lens etc...

newbie minds want to know

 

[blackrose89]

Nah man, don't.It's all cool.There was a rukus around here a while back about a bird I posted.He was looking the wrong way.We're all good.Thanks for chiming in.

Hahhaaha also partially my doing. He posted that picture of the bird I tore it apart, he tore apart a pine cone of mine it was not pretty lol! So ever since I make sure it is never forgotten!!!!Awesome butterfly!!!! I'm might be going out to do some insect hunting tomorrow!!! Can't wait until my insect photos can compete yours

 

[LightSpeed]

it's not upside down, but it is looking the wrong way.


how close do you get with some of these insects and and what not? the images are beautiful.

are you getting close. or far away. what length of lens etc...

newbie minds want to know

My boy Naptime with an inquiring mind, that wants to know.

I shoot them with a 100mm 1:1 macro lens with a minimal focusing distance of .99, of a foot.
12 inches.

I was backed off this guy, so I reckon I shot him at about 14 inches, from the tip of the lens to the cameras sensor.
In other words the lens was in his face.

No wait!! I had a 25mm extension tube mounted too. So I was probably closer than 14 inches to him.
Maybe 8 or 9 inches.
And it's hard. It takes a hell of a lot of patience. This is one of the smaller moths or whatnot that doesn't just sit there.
When he senses movement, he's gone.
Anyone can do it.

( BACK SLAP)
yOU MUH BOY

 

[LightSpeed]

Nah man, don't.It's all cool.There was a rukus around here a while back about a bird I posted.He was looking the wrong way.We're all good.Thanks for chiming in.

Hahhaaha also partially my doing. He posted that picture of the bird I tore it apart, he tore apart a pine cone of mine it was not pretty lol! So ever since I make sure it is never forgotten!!!!Awesome butterfly!!!! I'm might be going out to do some insect hunting tomorrow!!! Can't wait until my insect photos can compete yours

Oh boy............it's muh girl. lol
Hey, from what I've been looking at, that thar camera you got urself fer Christmas, is very capable for you to put me to shame.
I am not going to like that when it happens.........lol, but I'm sure it's coming.

 

[LightSpeed]

At this moment, I await Gipson.
Because you know he's thumbing thru a very large archive of butterflies so he can tarnish my already tarnished reputation.
You're too late Gipson. The damage has already been done!
lol

 

[Zydeco]

I didn't know you were from Louisiana, LightSpeed. Me too!

Are you going to the ImagingUSA Expo this month in New Orleans?

A friend of the family who runs a photography studio in Mississippi has a guest pass and is bringing me along. Pretty pumped!

 

[blackrose89]

At this moment, I await Gipson.Because you know he's thumbing thru a very large archive of butterflies so he can tarnish my already tarnished reputation.You're too late Gipson. The damage has already been done!lol

Surprised he hasn't popped up yet.

 

[cgipson1]

At this moment, I await Gipson.Because you know he's thumbing thru a very large archive of butterflies so he can tarnish my already tarnished reputation.You're too late Gipson. The damage has already been done!lol

Surprised he hasn't popped up yet.

So basically you are waiting for me to post a butterfly image? hmmmmmm... OK!

 

[blackrose89]

Any tips or secret tricks to keep from spooking them away? Or ways to sneakup on them? Spiders seem to be the easiest for me now because they tend to stay stationary (for me anyway). Is there any particular strategy or just a long hard waiting game?