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It's that time again -and this time I'm not gonna kick things off with damselflies or dragonflies ;)

I finally gave in to the dark side and started shooting RAW. The only thing that I gain from it is that I only have to deal with JPEGs lossy compression once, instead of taking compressed image out of the camera and saving it as a JPEG after editing I'm converting RAW files to JPEG after I do my editing. I am converting all my RAW files as I shot them, and I'm still doing minimum post processing and no cropping.

These guys are VERY aggressive -they've run me off on more than one occasion, and I watched a hover fly get shredded cause it had wondered into the wrong patch of flowers...





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My gallery: http://dalantech.smugmug.com

No cropping zone... ;)
 
Is the second one really a wasp? I think I got the same insect today:



It was flying around like a bee collecting nectar, but the face an mouth looks like a wasp.
The original subject this afternoon were these (both clipped a little):





(with Sigma 105mm Macro at f/8 and f/10, manual focus, on a 30D at ISO 200 (shooting JPEG btw))
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Canon EOS 33/300D/30D
 
Yeah, wasps can be pretty mean animals.
They always sting me with no reason I can think of.

These insects are rather mean too.

They bit me several times when I was too close to their nest (but that's a good reason).







 
Eddysign said:
They bit me several times when I was too close to their nest (but
that's a good reason).
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Yes, thats a good reason ;-D And I love that picures!
But did'nt you risk your lens-coating because of heir formic acid?
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Canon EOS 33/300D/30D
 
This ant seems to be confused as it looks on. It finally decided to leave these two to their desires.
Taken with 20D 100 macro and twin light.
jojo



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Photography is a never ending tug of war in compromises.
 
Well, here's my first attempt:

(Done with a very simple setup, a 1.8/50 M42 Pentacon, a Panagor Macro convertor and a M42/EOS converter on my 20D)



Happy to receive C+C :-)
 
At least that's what I think they are -not sure though. Very aggressive -they will patrol the flowers where they are feeding and fight anything that's taking "their" nectar. The way that they fly is really cool: they can actually hover in place. I've seen them stop in mid air, hover for a second, turn 90 degrees, and then continue flying.

Shot in RAW and converted as shot to jpg after minimal post processing and no cropping.





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My gallery: http://dalantech.smugmug.com

No cropping zone... ;)
 
John K... your photos are great! I really like your gallery and I was really curious about the shoulder strap you use to brace your camera. I'm sure it cost at least over $100 and you also probably had to get a release cable. Does it really help having the BushHawk to keep the camera steady? How much would a bushhawk, softbox, and cable realease cost?

I sometimes misfocus because of some camera shake when doing things handheld. But I still manage to get some decent pics with my canon 100. Also... does the softbox really help alot for the quality of the lighting? I'm thinking of getting one. I use an old vivitar flash (1984)... I keep wondering if the harshness of the flash could effect the quality of my pictures. So far I doubt it... but I'm not sure. I also made a contraption out of Tin foil, duct tape and card board that I use to direct the light from the flash closer to the front of the lens. It makes me look socially awkward tho... so a softbox is in order. If you could... I'd love to see a link to the one you own. Thanks!

-ken
 
Done with the Canon xt and 100mm macro. Most of them I shot at f/11 mainly. It's a compromise between DOF and sharpness that seems to be the only solution so far for macro with this lens.

-ken







 
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