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still playing with the close up filters. the lavendar plant is great for attracting bees and insects heres a few that i got today. some cropping, USM and auto contrast applied.
this one was quite heavily cropped.

only minor cropping these ones.


comments, of corse, very welcome

Looks like your having a lot of fun,

#1 As it was loading I thought damn the lavendar is OOF, but then came the bee, nice job, we all know they rarely sit still just to be photographed.

#2 Is nice, nice smooth bokeh, not sure if its CA or blur or what's going on with the back of the wings of the butterfly..

#3 I didn't like so much.. the wings seem seem too soft to make this a great shot

Strewth, the bee shots a pearler! Just makes me wonder, hope no-one sees us wandering around the yard chasing bees around

Looks like you've got the hang of those filters!

cheers for the kind comments guys. heres one more of the flutterby, just coz.

First one is a corker NJ. Great focus technique, colour sat. and balance.
cheers
marco

I agree with the other comments. That first one is a cracker NJ.
After spending half the weekend chasing these dudes around, I know just how difficult they are to photograph.
Did you use manual focus or AF?
Cheers, John

thanks john and marco for the nice comments. very appreciated. yeh, john, i manualy focused...just set the focus to infinity (to give me maybe a cm more reach lol) and physically moved back and forth until things became in focus. i must have taken easily over 100 shots to finally get one like this

NJ wrote:i must have taken easily over 100 shots to finally get one like this

How did people did this sort of thing before digital (and I'm sure they did)? Must have cost a fortune in film.

johnd wrote:

NJ wrote:i must have taken easily over 100 shots to finally get one like this

How did people did this sort of thing before digital (and I'm sure they did)? Must have cost a fortune in film.

i thought the exact same thing today! i would hate to be the person paying for processing

Number 1 is excellent. Very good colour, and so sharp and clear. The others are good too, just that the bee is a real standout. Well done, NJ.

thanks very much doug. maybe i shoulda posted the flutterbys in a different thread, they dont get much attention compared to the bee not that i care, i love getting all these great comments. its a great feeling knowing that people really like photos you've taken

Shots like make me lust for a macro lens!