jrice12
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Some more images from Up North. All shots with Canon 550D and EF 100mm/f2.8 Macro USM lens.
First: No its not a Hawiian lava eruption, its peeling birch bark backlit by direct sunlight. I liked the circles of confusion in the background and how they went from green to blue. Was at ISO 200 but think I see some grain in the background. Was hot out so maybe camera noise was higher than normal(?).
Second: Fungus Grass. Been trying to find Macroscapes, very small spaces that appear larger. Here we see moss on a tree stump and I think the brown stems are the way they propagate(?). After setting up several of the brown stems in the same focal plane, I didn't quite get the focus right - I think the little tabletop tripod I was using might have moved slightly and I didn't catch it. Not trusting the view-finder, I use live-view with x10 on the display for focusing and this usually works great, but I should problably check the final image while still in the field. The size of the image is 1:1 (about 1" across).
Third: I wasn't going to do anymore bees, but the opportunity was too great . Don't really like the head-on perspective but this one was well isolated and nicely placed on the flower which itself holds interest. Was at ISO 800 and f2.8 and probably should have been deeper, but wanted as fast a shutter speed as I could get. I am finding that I get more images in focus if I use my body as a kind of macro rail for focusing instead of the focus ring. Still new at this and learning...
Fourth: Ditto. Thought the bee was stinging the pedal but I think it is the "foot". Sure has a lot of orange pollen on its legs. Another example of a good background allowing the bee to come through. Don't like the spider web at top of flower, was thinking of PS it out(?). Flower comes out of the de-focused background nicely (not that I did any composition while chasing bees...)
First: No its not a Hawiian lava eruption, its peeling birch bark backlit by direct sunlight. I liked the circles of confusion in the background and how they went from green to blue. Was at ISO 200 but think I see some grain in the background. Was hot out so maybe camera noise was higher than normal(?).
Second: Fungus Grass. Been trying to find Macroscapes, very small spaces that appear larger. Here we see moss on a tree stump and I think the brown stems are the way they propagate(?). After setting up several of the brown stems in the same focal plane, I didn't quite get the focus right - I think the little tabletop tripod I was using might have moved slightly and I didn't catch it. Not trusting the view-finder, I use live-view with x10 on the display for focusing and this usually works great, but I should problably check the final image while still in the field. The size of the image is 1:1 (about 1" across).
Third: I wasn't going to do anymore bees, but the opportunity was too great . Don't really like the head-on perspective but this one was well isolated and nicely placed on the flower which itself holds interest. Was at ISO 800 and f2.8 and probably should have been deeper, but wanted as fast a shutter speed as I could get. I am finding that I get more images in focus if I use my body as a kind of macro rail for focusing instead of the focus ring. Still new at this and learning...
Fourth: Ditto. Thought the bee was stinging the pedal but I think it is the "foot". Sure has a lot of orange pollen on its legs. Another example of a good background allowing the bee to come through. Don't like the spider web at top of flower, was thinking of PS it out(?). Flower comes out of the de-focused background nicely (not that I did any composition while chasing bees...)