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Spent about an hour after work yesterday evening crawling over rubble and brambles trying to photograph this tiger beetle. 'No pain, no gain' seems to be a maxim that applies to a lot of my insect macro photography!
Having had a go at these in the past, i think they are one of the hardest invertebrate subjects to get a good photo of! You've done a good job in this one, although a bit more depth of field would have helped
Hi Greg,
I know this all too good,
at what ISO did you shoot this? To gain more DOF or faster speed I use always ISO 400. I use the "expose to the right" rule to avoid noise. I am happy with the results.
wish you too a happy crawling
A bit more dof would really have helped here but I know what these beasties are like to photograph - they seldom keep still!. I would have been tempted to push the ISO as far as I could to get down to f 13-16. Nice and sharp for a handheld macro shot at 1/125 though. Sigma 150 & 180 macros are perfect for this size of insect so keep at it.
I shot at ISO400 (only had the camera a little while, and my first digital, so still getting used to sensitivity characteristics). I could probably have got away with a slower shutter speed for small ap and more DoF, but a big trade off with macro in cluttered enviros is subject DoF v intrusive forground/backgrounds. I liked the way this one nestles in the oof rocks. I took lots of pics, from various angles, and various Dofs, and may well post more in future.
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12 repliesSpent about an hour after work yesterday evening crawling over rubble and brambles trying to photograph this tiger beetle. 'No pain, no gain' seems to be a maxim that applies to a lot of my insect macro photography!
C&C welcome.
Greg
Having had a go at these in the past, i think they are one of the hardest invertebrate subjects to get a good photo of! You've done a good job in this one, although a bit more depth of field would have helped
Dan.
Superb capture!
I know this all too good,
at what ISO did you shoot this? To gain more DOF or faster speed I use always ISO 400. I use the "expose to the right" rule to avoid noise. I am happy with the results.
wish you too a happy crawling
Bertl Menegoni
Innsbruck
Austria
Matt
Alan
A bit more dof would really have helped here but I know what these beasties are like to photograph - they seldom keep still!. I would have been tempted to push the ISO as far as I could to get down to f 13-16. Nice and sharp for a handheld macro shot at 1/125 though. Sigma 150 & 180 macros are perfect for this size of insect so keep at it.
Cheers
Malcolm
Nits already covered, so I won't harp.
Ian
Look forward to more of these critters.
Perhaps you need to buy some knee-pads?
Regards
I shot at ISO400 (only had the camera a little while, and my first digital, so still getting used to sensitivity characteristics). I could probably have got away with a slower shutter speed for small ap and more DoF, but a big trade off with macro in cluttered enviros is subject DoF v intrusive forground/backgrounds. I liked the way this one nestles in the oof rocks. I took lots of pics, from various angles, and various Dofs, and may well post more in future.
Greg