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Still trying...

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Posted by David Taylor on July 3, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Still trying...
..to get a decent in-flight shot of a Wool Carder Bee.

Sigma SD14 dslr
Sigma 50 EX macro lens
Sigma ring flash
Hand held
F16
1/200s
ISO50
Manual focus
RAW adjustment in
SPP3.5
Cropped in PS Elements 5
Framed in Xara Xtreme Pro 5


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Posted by Ray on July 3, 2009 at 2:04 PM
This is truly excellent, the only thing I would comment on is the black B.G., I don’t bees fly at night.:wink: :biggrin: :biggrin:

I believe most photographers do this sort of thing under controlled situations or use multiple flashes on bracketry, in order to try and control the background.

As I said an excellent shot, you really are getting there. Well done. :wink: :biggrin: :biggrin:
Posted by Austin Thomas on July 3, 2009 at 4:38 PM
That is excellent David.

I agree with Ray that the BKGR is a little dark. I tried something similar last week without much success so hats off to you.

Cheers

Austin
Posted by Guy Rogers on July 3, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Hello David.

Excellent.

Used to do this sort of macro and I like these black backgrounds, and just what I would expect form the techs.


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Posted by Ian Macdermott on July 3, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Excellent shot David the black BG to be expected, well done :toast:








Ian
Posted by Paul Inglis on July 4, 2009 at 9:31 AM
Very nice image! I like the BG personally!
Posted by Tom Smit on July 5, 2009 at 4:25 PM
I thank your trying did succeed. Great shot and nice BG en DoF. I did try myself some hoover flies, because they sometimes stand stil for a shot.
Well done.
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