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Loupey
07-07-2006, 10:49 PM
Had a field full of skitish, airborne monarchs this evening. Tracking and manually focusing a 300mm on flying butterflies pretty much sucks. These are about as acceptable as I could muster tonight (and that 3rd one wouldn't be here if it hadn't been for the bees).

What I've learned:

1) a macro guy has got to use much faster shutter speeds (faster than 1/500s) for flying stuff (butterflies and birds)
2) advice on shooting in harsh lighting that someone posted earlier was damn good advice :D
3) advice on controlling the background that someone posted earlier was equally good advice :D :D

That's pretty much all for me this weekend. Grounded :mad: (actually, getting a house ready for sale)
c.j.
07-08-2006, 04:57 AM
Had a field full of skitish, airborne monarchs this evening. Tracking and manually focusing a 300mm on flying butterflies pretty much sucks. These are about as acceptable as I could muster tonight (and that 3rd one wouldn't be here if it hadn't been for the bees).

What I've learned:

1) a macro guy has got to use much faster shutter speeds (faster than 1/500s) for flying stuff (butterflies and birds)
2) advice on shooting in harsh lighting that someone posted earlier was damn good advice :D
3) advice on controlling the background that someone posted earlier was equally good advice :D :D

That's pretty much all for me this weekend. Grounded :mad: (actually, getting a house ready for sale)


Very nice!
paulnj
07-08-2006, 07:45 AM
I am not patient enough to atch a sceen like these.. my hat's off to you pal!
quetzal
07-08-2006, 11:27 AM
These are nice, I haven't even tried to capture anything in flight yet, well except for a few birds already that came out pretty bad. Good job!
payn817
07-08-2006, 12:10 PM
&*^$&^$ LOUPEY!! Do you ever just have a bad day? :D
Loupey
07-08-2006, 06:49 PM
&*^$&^$ LOUPEY!! Do you ever just have a bad day? :D

LOL! Yeah - TODAY! Didn't get a single shot off as I was painting the garage, trim, and the front deck all day :p :( And it was such a be-u-ti-ful day today.

Quetzal, Paul, and CJ - thanks for looking. Butterflies and moths fly with total recklessness which I cannot predict (makes dragonflies look easy in comparison). I will try again with 1/1000s.