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Some macro shots I did today (lizards and bee)

Started Apr 1, 2014 | Photos thread
GeorgianBay1939
GeorgianBay1939 Veteran Member • Posts: 4,044
Re: Some macro shots I did today (lizards and bee)

Oli4D wrote:

Martin.au wrote:

Very nice. The bee in flight is great. Tough shot. What sort of lizard?

Thank you. Yeah I just wish the wings of the bee would be visible... but well, not enough fast shutter I guess.

About the lizards... gooood question, I'm not sure but I think most of them are these guys here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podarcis_muralis

They can be found here in Zürich where I live close to water and on stones.

Greutzi!

I like all of your shots, plus the great dragon/damselflies at your flickr site .

Yes, you are "in the box" regarding stopping that wing motion of the bee. It is a great image as it is.

Maybe another stop faster would stop the slight motion blur of the pollen particles but very difficult to stop the wings. So far I find that ONLY in direct sunlight on very bright days do I have a chance to do that. (In some cases I can get up to f5.6, 1/4000, ISO 200).

I haven't tried any auxiliary lighting.   You?

I shoot RAW and sometimes underexpose by reducing shutter interval ... tricky because when I bring it back up in LR, at high ISO, the darks are noisy.  Always a compromise, eh?

Nice work!

Tom

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