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The Weekly Close Up 7/11/10

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Hi,

Using my magical E-620 with 40-150 mm. I wish the 40-150 was a little more sharp but I guess the 50mm f/2 is next for these types of shots.











 
I didn't take the Raynox out tonight. I shot this cicada with Oly E-30 and 40-150 kit lens @150mm. 20th sec, f8, ISO 400, handheld. Shadow added with Picasa. Second is of course a crop of the first.





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Someone stop me before I buy again, please!
Dave
 
hehe yes that could be it ^^ 105 sigma is a darn fine lens, use it for the most time.

yea i use a bigger apature around f5.6 to f8 and never go over iso 400, I alomst shoot macro handheld so i need a faster shutterspeed around 100 to get decent pic "thank god for body IS" :D I have also heard that the sweet spot for sharpness is around f5.6 -f7 so i try to stick around there.
 
Anthropologists say that in every culture in history children have played the game hide and seek. And we're still at it one way or another. ((:

Here's a Jumper that's at it too, the seeking part anyway. I knew he was up to something, posing as he is in the first two shots, and deliberately looking at the ground where there is nothing in particular to see.

1. Tall - ish, dark and handsome.



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3. In the next two he has begun signaling with his two front legs, holding them out and up and waving them about.



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5. Then I saw her, the object of his attention. A little tan beauty.



6. Introductions made and he's away and wooing , and she's talking back - a good sign.



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8. Chasing her this way and that.



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10. But she's giving him plenty of opportunity to demonstrate he's serious, that he really loves her and he’s not just a fly-by-nighter.



11. And he persists against all rebuttal and abandonment.



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13. "Juliet, Juliet, wherefore art thou running my love?"



14. "It's only me!" He called. As he pursued her off into the leaf litter.



The end! As far as we know. ((:

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Mark http://www.beingmark.com
 
Very nicely illustrated little story... :D
Per
 
Splendid macros again this week! I don't know where you guys are finding all those beautiful insects, as so few seem to find their way to my garden. Oh well...

This little snail was making its slimy way on the underside of my garden table: hurt my back crawling under to get him :-)

E620/ ZD 50mm 2.0





Some raspberries : E620/ OM 135mm 4.4 macro





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gear in profile
 
E-30 w/70-300 & EX-25 handheld

 
E-30 w/70-300mm & EX-25 handheld (not the sharpest, but I liked it)

 
E-30 w/70-300 & EX-25 handheld

 
E-30 w/70-300mm & EX-25 handheld

Didn't even know the sneaky bugger was there until I saw it when reviewing the pictures.

 
A Green Leaf Beetle, apparently. This one lives on a young Eucalypt tree and I brought it to the ground for some BG, there are still some yellow daisy-like flowers growing at a nearby creek which is the glow you see top left and reflected on the shell.



And while the numbers of the above diminished these (two) appeared more recently on the same tree, probably larva.





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Mark http://www.beingmark.com
 
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