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Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted January 17, 201067 views6 comments

Found this aphid while shooting some leaf textures. It was moving around which was making it hard to get in frame and focus. Finally got one that was decent after many tries. Still no snow so I'm practicing on the house plants.

D90, 28mm enlarging lens (reversed), bellows, f22, 1/25, ISO 250, copy stand, uncropped

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6 comments

Comment posted by Mike Moats on January 17, 2010 at 7:13 AM

Hey Paul, I like the comp with the bugs body and perch runing on a diagonal. Needs a little more sharpening on the bug.

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Comment posted by Paul Zimski on January 17, 2010 at 11:03 AM

THX Mike. I've got a micron actuator on its way from ebay so I should have tighter focus control soon.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on January 17, 2010 at 8:14 PM

Paul: This is another one of your very high magnification macro. Kudos for seeing the bug and getting shots of a moving target at this magnification! It must be tough to getting this in focus.

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Comment posted by Katja Rosvall on January 18, 2010 at 4:03 AM

As far as close-ups go, that's pretty close! There's enough detail to make me squirm, and I like the overall colour scheme. Excellent shot!

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Comment posted by Sally King on January 18, 2010 at 3:11 PM

I unfortunately know how small these are. Well done for such a miniscule subject.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on January 19, 2010 at 8:07 AM

Excellent comp.

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