At one time I had a Olympus C-750 and I had a good set of diopters that were able to let me get some good close ups of some insects. I had a good time and was always looking for some interesting looking or context shots. Here are a few.
Pure luck on my part. The dragonfly was very still and didn't mind me snapping multiple shots. With the ultra shallow DOF I just got luck that I got the eyes in focus like that. When I opened the shot I was really surprised to see how nice the focus was.
I tried getting some ants today but they moved too damn fast .. no sooner in the display than gone .. but then I was rewarded with a nice butterfly .. if only the wind hadn't been too strong and the sun a little less bright to frame the pictures properly. Lost focus in a few (hardly see the display due to brightness of the sun) ...
there are two ants in this photo ... running at the speed of light .. :laugh: just brown smudges in the lower left off-centre part of the picture ..
and several here .. busy little critters never stop for a photo break :smile:
and then this butterfly ..
cropped the last one to this
However I feel they don't compare to Leo's photo's .. his are awesome ..
gah! what kind of spider is that? =O i hate spiders... childhood is the cause... bluuegh
here is a dragonfly that was very tired of flying around my head on my holiday. so it sat down and moved no more. i took my chance with a samsung ES25 and took this picture:
Hi metaldemon and welcome to the Photographers Corner :wave:
I love your dragonfly shot, the lighting, setting, framing etc. has turned out a truly beautifully vibrant pic ray: What camera do you use? The wing-veining detail is absolutely top-notch.
@ DF - I suspect it's just the camera-quality that separates your butterfly from Leo's, your final crop is beautiful, but with a high-quality camera would be stunning :grin:
@ sjb - I love the symmetry of your dragonfly on the grass-seed, that's an awesome shot ray: I love the butterfly shots, although the brown butterfly on brown wood makes it look as if it's been taken under an incandescent bulb :grin:
Hi metaldemon and welcome to the Photographers Corner :wave:
I love your dragonfly shot, the lighting, setting, framing etc. has turned out a truly beautifully vibrant pic ray: What camera do you use? The wing-veining detail is absolutely top-notch.
@ sjb - I hope you don't mind, but I couldn't resist having a quick play with your butterfly... :laugh: - I just compressed it slightly, biased to the 'dark end' of the histogram :grin:
There's superb detail in those pics DF and very well framed to get the dark foliage behind the dragonfly, it makes a perfect background for the subject. That's another reason I love my camera, having an 18X optical-zoom (+ 3X digital, but I rarely use that, the pic starts to get noisy), I can stay a fair distance away from the subject and still get a good crop.
That 2nd pic looks as if the dragonfly is swearing under his breath at you :laugh:
Exactly my impression too .. the wings changed position too as though he wasn't sure what was going on .. and although the facial expression doesn't change, you can tell he's not exactly happy with the intrusion .. thank god they don't sting !!! :laugh:
Edit ..
I wish I had an 18 zoom .. mine only goes 3 (4 with digital) and the little blighters were all too far away .. I have lots of photos where they are just a blur in the foreground and lots of vegetation behind them in focus ..
WOW!!! A stunning photo of a stunning butterfly - Beautifully taken Dori, that should be in an environmental or specialist magazine! ray:
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