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bobbidog said:
Bas, stunning and beautiful. I don't know how often i tried already
to catch them flying. It is pure art to get the objects in focus
while moving. Congratulations on these superb shots!
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happy fotoing :: bobbidog
officially certified duck club member

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Thanks you for your compliments bobbidog. I was a bit frustrated about the bumblebees before this morning you see... These do really stop in the air, amazing how they can do that. I think in my case getting this one sharp is pure 'beginnersluck'. The first minutes where dramatic, I really got mad. And then suddenly it seemed like the flie got used to me or so.
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Bas Dekker
My pics: http://basdekker.eu/fotografie.htm
 
I am not sure what you did here is really possible.... Insect in flight in focus with the shallow DOF of the 250.... You must be unbelievably patient. Fantastic!
 
Hi Krakelis,

Congratulations. It is the first time I see photographs of flying insects. You have stripped the BIF guys of all their glamour.

Meanwhile I have two questions.
krakelis said:
I did mount the RC250 on my FZ50 together with a flash diffusor and
went to the little pink campanula's. First I got mad, the hooverfly
is changing direction every second.
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1) What is the "little pink campanula's"?
krakelis said:
FZ50, Raynox RC250, built-in flash with diffusion, F11, 1/2000.

Bas Dekker
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2) How did you diffuse the built-in flash ?

JJDiniz, from Brazil

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Congratulations - brilliant shots!
 
ngari said:
I am not sure what you did here is really possible.... Insect in
flight in focus with the shallow DOF of the 250.... You must be
unbelievably patient. Fantastic!
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Thanks for the compliments Ngari.

Me unbelievably patient? LOL, no, it would be unbelievable if I were patient. I really had luck with this flie. The complete session took about 15 minutes I guess. Big luck.

For me patient is: laying in a shelter for some more nights to get one good shot from some strange bird. And I did not use the RC250 at 400 mm, but at about 200 mm, so that is a bit easier to focus.

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Bas Dekker
My pics: http://basdekker.eu/fotografie.htm
 
JJDiniz said:
Congratulations. It is the first time I see photographs of flying
insects. You have stripped the BIF guys of all their glamour.

Meanwhile I have two questions.
krakelis said:
I did mount the RC250 on my FZ50 together with a flash diffusor and
went to the little pink campanula's. First I got mad, the hooverfly
is changing direction every second.
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1) What is the "little pink campanula's"?
JJDiniz said:
FZ50, Raynox RC250, built-in flash with diffusion, F11, 1/2000.

Bas Dekker
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2) How did you diffuse the built-in flash ?

JJDiniz, from Brazil

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Thanks JJDiniz for your compliments.

I need to look what others make if it, since I only saw very little of these pics (just did not look for them).

Little pink campanula's: official term is Campanula poscharskyana, a little pink flower wich survives in our garden with almost only shadow.

The diffusion:



I did try more setups but this one is handy with consistent quality. It is not the end, I'm trying now to understand the lighting effect of a extern Pentax 280 auto flash.

More examples can be found here:
http://s182.photobucket.com/albums/x254/krakelis/macro/

Don't let you impress too much by my results, I'm no experienced photographer at all. I just did try something and had a lot of luck. Just try it yourself if you like and see what happens.
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Bas Dekker
My pics: http://basdekker.eu/fotografie.htm
 
i totally agree with you. i don't think it's possible to take those pics in those conditions... (raynox 250 and insect in flight).
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AndrEstoril (FZ7)
 
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