Posted by Nick Mckeown on August 2, 2012 at 1:32 PM
D7000 105mm f2.8 macro ISO 320 1/10s at f13 tripod, MLU & cable release
Taken the other morning locally just after 6.00am with quite a heavy dew on the ground. The midges came out in force as the sun came up and I ended up beating a hasty retreat not long after! All C+C warmly welcomed.
Nick this really is stunning ,exceptional detail! well worth getting up early for.
Keith.
Posted by Paul Whippey on August 2, 2012 at 1:57 PM
Superb Nick. The detail in the large version is stunning!
Posted by John Robinson on August 2, 2012 at 2:04 PM
Very nice indeed Nick.Did you mark the spot the evening before or find it and do it ?
I used to mark with a twig or something in the old days. It saved a lot of time.. Can't help wishing the end of the grass was in frame. No big deal.
JR
Posted by Nick Mckeown on August 2, 2012 at 2:17 PM
Many thanks Paul & Keith.
JR....I just look for them first thing in the morning as they are so numerous. They always sit down low in the grass so it is natural that you do not see the end of the grass stem when viewed closely. I have tried to persuade them onto the end of a grass stem but they seem not to like it and either sit awkwardly or drop to the ground so I just go for the natural look. I only have an hour or so on still mornings before the midges become intolerable to the point where I am actually choking on them and they also pester the subject that I am trying to photograph so i have to move quickly!
Nick.
Posted by Phil Ellard on August 2, 2012 at 5:48 PM
Upto your normal very high standards
Posted by David Sewell on August 3, 2012 at 6:53 AM
Gorgeous detail, maybe slightly smaller in the frame would be better, but that is just a personal thing.
David
Posted by Neil Burton on August 3, 2012 at 8:25 AM
I never find nothing, so well done, it is a cracking shot.
Posted by David Taylor on August 3, 2012 at 5:14 PM
BIF, for me. Excellent. Any chance of a shot of those midges. Nick?
Discussion
10 repliesTaken the other morning locally just after 6.00am with quite a heavy dew on the ground. The midges came out in force as the sun came up and I ended up beating a hasty retreat not long after! All C+C warmly welcomed.
Nick.
Keith.
I used to mark with a twig or something in the old days. It saved a lot of time.. Can't help wishing the end of the grass was in frame. No big deal.
JR
JR....I just look for them first thing in the morning as they are so numerous. They always sit down low in the grass so it is natural that you do not see the end of the grass stem when viewed closely. I have tried to persuade them onto the end of a grass stem but they seem not to like it and either sit awkwardly or drop to the ground so I just go for the natural look. I only have an hour or so on still mornings before the midges become intolerable to the point where I am actually choking on them and they also pester the subject that I am trying to photograph so i have to move quickly!
Nick.
David
Please post a non perfect shot sometime
Ian