Damsel against the light

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9 replies

Posted by Dave Bartlett on June 5, 2008 at 5:48 PM

Inspired by some of the work on here, I got tempted into taking the first nervous steps in macro. I was trying to capture the translucency of the body of this blue-tailed damsel and get the hairs against the light. Maybe too ambitious a start ....

Comments welcome ..

Dave

1Dmk3 + Sig 150mm. 1/40sec at f/11 and ISO400. Remote release and tripod. Mirror lockup.
Levels in LR and 10% crop.

Posted by Tristan Campbell on June 5, 2008 at 7:02 PM

Looks like a very good start to me! Nicely done. Tristan

Posted by Brett Lewis on June 5, 2008 at 8:54 PM

Nicely done, I find the problem is that when you're taking the image the D' fly moves around the back of the stem. I like the fact you have captured the hairy details. One tip is to try and get these little guys as parallel to the censor as possible, something i've heard echo on here many times. So, If this is a start, I can't wait for things to come...!

Brett.

Posted by Tim Taylor on June 6, 2008 at 2:40 AM

Brilliant - very well done. I particularly like the natural colours in this shot.

Tim

Posted by Dave Courtenay on June 6, 2008 at 2:57 AM

Works for me-great detail

Dave

Posted by Mark Sisson on June 6, 2008 at 3:13 AM

Lovely tones and a cracking first step.

Mark

Posted by Greg Hitchcock on June 6, 2008 at 4:29 AM

Great shot, if only my first macros were this good! Nice light, good dof, all in all a very nice blue-tailed capture. Keep it up!

Greg

Posted by PhilH on June 6, 2008 at 4:53 AM

An excellent start to what can become quite addictive, I particularly like the way the down has be captured....

Posted by eric weight on June 6, 2008 at 12:32 PM

Nice even light and great detail. Looks pretty good to me.

Eric

Posted by Paul Inglis on June 7, 2008 at 6:44 AM

Hi Dave,

Beautiful image!