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Posted: **Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:20 pm**

Captured in the garden..... are we sick of my crap insect shots yet?

Tim

Posted: **Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:33 pm**

nanananannnnaaaaaaaaaaa.......... but some shooting info would be good........

Posted: **Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:37 pm**

Sorry Bernie... thats classified :lol:

Nikon D70, Tamron 90mm Marco, SB800, Shot at 1/200th, F25, Matrix Metering...and like all my macros... handheld and manual focusing

Tim

Posted: **Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:42 pm**

All I can say Tim that your eyesight must be waaaaay better than mine. Focus is spot on!

Posted: **Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:50 pm**

Tim,

I have to repeat what Onepott said, your focus is spot on.
Also I'm not sick of your insect shots. (crap ?!, no way)
Keep posting them.

Cheers,
CD

Posted: **Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:09 pm**

Fantastic work Tim - now you'll just have to design a pheromone that makes him fly TOWARD you, not away!

Posted: **Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:21 pm**

Nothing crap about your insect shots Tim, having recently bought a S/H 105 Nikkor Micro I should get off my arse and start taking shots of my own. :lol:

Bob.

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Posted: **Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:28 pm**

thanks for the comments folks

Bob: get into it.. i wanna see more bugs on this forum lol

John: I think age may be a factor when it comes to eyesight.. i just hope my eyesight is good when im 30yrs old like urself

Tim

Posted: **Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:32 pm**

like this a lot.

the yellow flower really makes this stand out.
the only thing is that you needed him further into the flower, best be trying harder :lol:

steve

Posted: **Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:46 pm**

The flower makes this more interesting than the average bug shot. Nice one.

Posted: **Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:22 pm**

thanks for the comments

Tim

Posted: **Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:32 am**

Good shot Tim.

I appreciate how hard it can be to get a mid air shot of a hoverflies.

I generally use AF-C when shooting flying hoverflies. My MF skills are not up to scratch.

Posted: **Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:15 am**

Another good shot Tim. Perhaps a few alternate views of this little bug would have been even more impressive. Keep them coming.
Cheers,
Mick

Posted: **Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:32 am**

I like this one to Tim, and no I dont get sick of the shots.

BUt is that fishing line I can see??? :lol:

Cheers
MATT

Posted: **Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:16 pm**

Thanks for the comments folks

Matt: Damnit, i thought i cloned it out.. damn

Tim :lol:

Posted: **Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:31 pm**

Very nice Tim, my only complaint is the large white blob in the bottom left corner

You need a more subtle version as it is distracting from your excellent work. Am I sick of insects on this site? No way!

Posted: **Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:32 pm**

Great shot Tim. I don't know how you do it but I find flys don't hang around long enough for me to swat them, let alone photograph them.

Posted: **Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:11 pm**

Mal wrote:my only complaint is the large white blob in the bottom left corner You need a more subtle version as it is distracting from your excellent work.

Tim, I'd have to agree with this too. I find it a bit too distracting.

Posted: **Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:48 pm**

tag removed... i know i shouldnt really use em.. dunno why i do... ill refrain from using them in the future

Tim

Posted: **Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:36 pm**

Tim
They are only crappy bug shots if you actually catch them crapping.

I remember Mark caught one crapping at the Buderim minimeet.

I like the yellow flower makes the little critter really stand out.
Craig

Posted: **Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:13 pm**

Looks great to me, as do most of your recent insect pictures you have been posting.

Keep them coming.

Posted: **Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:29 pm**

Thanks for the comments folks, I really appreciate what you say.. helps me want to take better photos

Craig, i remember the pooping bug.. poor thing got fried to the leaf from having 3 SB800's flashing at it and a Sb600 over it

Tim

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