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Thread: Some Macros

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    Some Macros

    I continue to aspire towards Loupey's greatness Though I'm settling for some mostly in focus cool teeny critters as I improve.

    I've got tons of dragonflies and damselflies so I'll do a separate thread with those. Also with most of the butterflies... except for the Red Spotted Purple I snuck in here.

    1. Hairy Flower Scarab Beetle. Neat little guys. You can't tell in this angle but these guys are very good bumblebee mimics.


    2. Hoverfly. Love his abdomen pattern. The flower he's on was smaller than the tip of my pinky finger.


    3. Red Spotted Purple


    4.Spider of some sort


    5. Another bug with a pretty pattern...


    6. Flower Longhorn Beetle


    7. Slug eating grass


    8 Camel Cricket.


    9. Bumblebee or Carpenter Bee


    10 Leafhopper


    11 Bee Mimic Hoverfly


    12 Fly on our yarrow


    13


    14 I missed the focus on this, but I find it amusing


    15 Another little hoverfly


    16 ??? I have no idea what this is. It looks more like a bee than a fly to me, but I'm clueless.


    17 Jumping Spider


    18 A little closer


    19 Some sort of metallic wood borer? If it was green I'd bee afraid it was an emerald ash borer, but this guy was blue-black.
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    Re: Some Macros

    Love them critter pic's!! Nice job,......

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    Re: Some Macros

    Lots of good subjects.

    Excellent detail in #13. The slug is pretty cool too.
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    Re: Some Macros

    Nice! My favs are 12 and 13.
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    Re: Some Macros

    Those are wonderful shots Cara, that first hoverfly shot is perfect.

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    Re: Some Macros

    I love #13 !
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    Re: Some Macros

    Wonderful macro series, well done you did a terrific job and have received a well deserved feature.
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    Re: Some Macros

    Awesome shots Cara, you macro work is coming along nicely! What lens are you using and are all of these natural light?
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    Re: Some Macros

    Thanks everyone and thanks for the feature!

    Quote Originally Posted by Kokopeli
    Awesome shots Cara, you macro work is coming along nicely! What lens are you using and are all of these natural light?

    I use the Canon f/4 300mm IS with a set of extension tubes. I usually stack my entire set of tubes and then use manual focus (three tubes stacked generally kills my af). Handheld or with a monopod.

    Everything is in natural light. I don't own a macro flash or ring flash yet. (I want one though!).
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    Canon 300mm F4 L IS
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