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Flowers/Insects/Macro #3 10/01-10/07

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CSPronken said:
I used ISO 200 to get the motion blur of the little wasp, however
now even it's wings seem frozen. Is that possible at 1/320s or
perhaps it just landed?
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The ISO is not going to have any effect on motion blur. Your shutter speed of 1/320 was too fast. To get motion blur in the wings you might try going down to something like 1/100th of a second. Might even need to go slower depending on the beat rate of the wings.

Nice shot anyway - pretty flower and nice markings on the wasp.

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Panasonic FZ20 & FZ50, DCR-6600, TCON 14B Nikon #5T & #6T
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tylerken said:
The ISO is not going to have any effect on motion blur. Your
shutter speed of 1/320 was too fast. To get motion blur in the
wings you might try going down to something like 1/100th of a
second. Might even need to go slower depending on the beat rate of
the wings.

Nice shot anyway - pretty flower and nice markings on the wasp.
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Hmmm, I didn't express myself clearly, I wanted to get the motion blur out. I had taken a few earlier shots at ISO 80 and 1/80s and the wasp was too blurry (wings were almost invisible). So I increased the ISO to 200 to reduce the shutter, didn't expect it to stop the wings completely though. I think you're right about 1/100th to get a nice effect on the wings.
 
I thought it was, but I knew you would know. We are having a late influx of these and the monarchs this week in SE KY.....are they migrating to Mexico or something?
Thanks
whvick
 
FZ7--This afternoon in my yard in western Pennsylvania, USA
  1. 1--fall blooming anemone + Spider
1/160, f/5.6, telemacro mode, ISO 80, -0.33 EV; PP = levels and "healed" a few distracting spots on the petals


  1. 2--late summer rose
1/125, f/4.5, telemacro, ISO 80, -0.33 EV; PP = levels only



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Mary
 
All very nice! If I were to pick a favorite it would be #2 followed by the last one. Ooops, that's two favorites.

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Ken
Canon 350D, EF-S 17-85 IS, 100-400L IS
Panasonic FZ20 & FZ50, DCR-6600, TCON 14B Nikon #5T & #6T
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its not recent but havent seen any insects of nice flowers for a while.
took using fx01 with nikon 10x lupe & handheld.
1/80sec
F5.6
iso80
3.6 optical zoom
no flash used.



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thx kalimistuk

 
Hi, that is one amazing shot, kalimistuk! you even managed to capture the translucence of the spider's legs where they cross. And handheld? Fantastic!
Cheers, Ella
 
Wow...I would find this thread after I make a new macro post to the main forum. Oh well..

This picture isn't the best composition since I was holding the flower lower with my hand to move it out of direct sunlight. (The petals were getting over exposed.) As soon as I started shooting, Mr. Bee came by. I did have to crop things quite a bit since neither he nor I were too fond of getting too close to each other.



I used an LX2 and cropped it to a 4:3 ratio afterward. The only thing else done was an unsharpmask at 20% with a radius of 10 to make the stamens pop out a bit. I think it may be a bit dark, but it's not one of my better macros since the composition is "off", so I decided not to do much image editing. In camera (fine) jpg settings were all set to low except for saturation which was left on standard. I don't quite understand the exif info since it makes it look like the settings were stronger than standard, but I can confirm....when I look at the settings in the camera menu, they're all set to low.

Model: DMC-LX2
Size: 1863x1397
Bytes: 868786
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 100
Focal Length: 6.3mm (28mm 35mm)
Exposure Time: 0.0012s (10/8000)
JPEG Quality: fine
Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
Exposure Program: Aperture priority
Exposure Bias: 0
ExposureMode: 0
LightSource: 0
White Balance: auto
DigitalZoomRatio: 0/10
Contrast: 1
Saturation: 0
Sharpness: 1

Ceci
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This one was sitting on our porch lamp this eve. Note the beak - scary looking kind of...



Manufacturer of equipment Panasonic
Model of equipment DMC-FZ50
Exposure time 1/200second(s)
F number 11.0
Exposure program Manual
ISO speed ratings 100
Exif Version 0221
Date time original 2006:10:04 22:10:54
Date time digitized 2006:10:04 22:10:54
Exposure bias 0.0Ev
Metering Mode Center weighted average
Light Source
Flash Daylight
Lens focal length 58.20mm
Supported Flashpix version 0100
Color space Daylight
Valid image width 2448
Valid image height 3264
Sensing method One-chip color area sensor
 
Haircut or a Shave:



Tongue Envy:



There are ten more between those two too (replete with Exif if ya don't have a reader that allows you to right-click em):
http://www.pbase.com/rrawzz/dirtydozen1

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Posted these on the wrong thread - they should have been here. This is my creepy-crawlie for the week. Found at Perdernales Falls national park, west of Austin, TX, and captured using my LX2.



F2.8 1/100s Manual Exposure Manual Focus, converted from RAW via Bibble Pro with default settings and no noise ninja.

This next one is not with a panasonic, but I wanted to show off a picture that my wife took, at the Aquarena, San Marcos, TX, with her Olympus 720sw:



All settings on auto, came out at F5 1/160s - proof that you don't need the ultimate camera and manual controls to take a good picture, just a good eye and a steady hand!

-simon
 
That is such a vivid, intimate image! I have to say, I have not seen the FZ50 produce that kind of detail until now! What were your settings and what was your P-P, if I might ask?

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Thanks a lot! Apart from the exif that's listed under the photo, I used standard on all image settings except noise reduction that was set on low. I am starting to enjoy the Raynox 250 macro lens even though it's tricky to use with very shallow DOF. I also used a folded white paper attached and bent over the onboard flash to allow the flash light to bounce down on the moth and avoid a black shadow of the lens (at a the focus distance of 11cm for the Raynox lens - the flash doesn't reach down in front of the lens without such help). A bounce card like this makes a big difference and is easily made with any white paper or cardboard. Not as good as an external flash but much cheaper :-)
 
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