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How to keep subjects still?

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macrouser
macrouser Senior Member • Posts: 3,979
Re: How to keep subjects still?

  It is early and I just got out of bed.  No coffee yet,

I take photos of insects and spiders nearly every day and it all depends on the insect and the weather.   Some kinds of insect will hold still for a long time but some will fly at the slightest movement.  Some I can not even see till I look through the view finder.

This one wondered off into the dark and I thought it was gone for good.

Soon after, it appeared on the top of a nasturtium leaf.  I felt really blessed when  it actually faced me and I was able to get in position and get this shot.

I didn't even know that this fly had moved till I looked at the photo.  It was back in the same spot after the shot.

A wasp like this one requires a lot of luck and patience and many tries.  Just turning your head to look will often be enough to make them fly.  Some times they will give you one or more shots.

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