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Postby Zeeke on Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:20 pm

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

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Postby big pix on Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:33 pm

nanananannnnaaaaaaaaaaa.......... but some shooting info would be good........
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Postby Zeeke on Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:37 pm

Sorry Bernie... thats classified :lol:

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Postby Oneputt on 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!
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Postby christiand on 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.

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Postby Manta on 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!
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Postby moggy on 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:

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Postby Zeeke on 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 ;)


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Postby avkomp on 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:

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Postby macka on Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:46 pm

The flower makes this more interesting than the average bug shot. Nice one. :)
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Postby Zeeke on Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:22 pm

thanks for the comments

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Postby greencardigan on 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.
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Postby Oscar on 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.
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Postby MATT on 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: :lol: :lol: :lol:


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Postby Zeeke on Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:16 pm

Thanks for the comments folks


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

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Postby Mal on 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!
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Postby antman on 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.
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Postby greencardigan on 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.
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Postby Zeeke on 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

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Postby CraigVTR on Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:36 pm

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They are only crappy bug shots if you actually catch them crapping. :D I remember Mark caught one crapping at the Buderim minimeet. :D
I like the yellow flower makes the little critter really stand out.
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Postby Jamie on 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. :)
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Postby Zeeke on 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

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