NZFF

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:15 pm**

If its not aircraft or screenshots ....its chasing bugs........

the spider in that 3rd pic, is just one of those daddy long legs things....up close....scary looking thing. The first shot of the bee was taken in a rose...she was trying to get to the centre....

Change of pace i know....but enjoy......

Marty

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:08 pm**

Wow ...great pics!

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:01 pm**

A man after my own heart - bug closeups! And I thought I was doing well with the pics I was getting - but yours makes mine look like wide-angle...

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2010 1:27 am**

Jezzz Marty , something bugging you

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:31 pm**

thanks guys.... its nice to know were not 100% f/s sometimes. I have some other stuff....but maybe another time.
Thanks for looking.

Marty

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:33 pm**

Whats the little creature in the fourth photo? Its a really good photo of whatever it is!

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:36 pm**

IslandBoy77 wrote:
QUOTE (IslandBoy77 @ Aug 4 2010, 10:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
A man after my own heart - bug closeups! And I thought I was doing well with the pics I was getting - but yours makes mine look like wide-angle...

They were taken with an old sony cyber shot....only 5 mega pixel......no good for anything like , in flight stuff, but just magic for macro.......its amazing what you can find, if you just look up.....or down.

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:50 pm**

Yep, the macro on that camera must b v good. Below are the best I can manage...

I've "cheated" a little by cropping in a bit, but there's no enlargement. There is a 100% unsharp level 2 mask, which helped to bring out the details a bit - esp on the ants.

I've got a FujiFilm S2000HD FinePix. I generally like the Fuji's (esp the greens & yellows), but I think this camera sacrifices image quality a bit much in order to have the HD video (which is fairly average - has trouble auto-focusing & you can hear the AF grinding away in most vids shot

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EDIT: Ok, how come my pics aren't showing up? I've put them up on Webshots, and the links look correct, but no images - what gives?

EDIT 2: Weird - the images show up for a few mins, then go away. What's up with that?

Trying something else...

EDIT 3: Ok, so by resizing them to 1920 pixels wide, 150dpi, and using Picasa albums, I'm all good. Wonder what's up with Webshots?

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2010 11:30 pm**

It appears you have the wrong url, that url is used for something else. Try get a direct link

In the mean time: copy and paste into address.
You can't even hyperlink them...? don't know why?

Edit: hyperlinks may be working, if they don't work copy/paste the 'code' below into the address bar.

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Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:48 am

by IslandBoy77

All sorted now - odd that the bee photo shows up enlarged compared to the other 2...

Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:40 am

by Ian Warren

I,m waiting for some smart 'A' to post a super bug here , ... no really , its good to see what the cameras can do , looking around for a replacement for a whiles now , these snaps give me another question to ask , from fast moving aircraft to super close ups and recommendations .

Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 2:50 pm

by Splitpin

slopit12 wrote:
QUOTE (slopit12 @ Aug 5 2010, 07:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Whats the little creature in the fourth photo? Its a really good photo of whatever it is!

Its a little praying mantis......the closer i got, the more aggresive he got.....

Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 2:55 pm

by Splitpin

IslandBoy77 wrote:
QUOTE (IslandBoy77 @ Aug 6 2010, 08:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
All sorted now - odd that the bee photo shows up enlarged compared to the other 2...

Great shots

that bee pic is amazing....i often wonder how they still fly with all that extra weight, must have constanly shifting c of g.
Did those ants kill that other bug?...or just find it....nasty little blighters.......
Thanks for shareing those.....

Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 3:31 pm

by IslandBoy77

Splitpin wrote:
QUOTE (Splitpin @ Aug 6 2010, 02:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Great shots that bee pic is amazing....i often wonder how they still fly with all that extra weight, must have constanly shifting c of g.
Did those ants kill that other bug?...or just find it....nasty little blighters.......
Thanks for shareing those.....

Yeah, those bees certainly are an engineering marvel the way they can pack such a load and not get in trouble with the CAA...

No, the ants just found that moth - or at least, that's what they said...

I was v pleased with how well the bee came out - that is one definite advantage that using a 10mp camera has - v fine detail in super macro. I actually enjoy photographing small plants as well: the incredible detail on moss, lichen, tiny flowers & fungi is truly astounding when they are seen close up...

Splitpin wrote:
QUOTE (Splitpin @ Aug 6 2010, 02:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Its a little praying mantis......the closer i got, the more aggresive he got.....

Yep, those lads certainly have attitude to spare! I've got a couple of them lurking about on my photo CDs somewhere - just haven't uploaded them to my PC (one of those extreme "round to it" jobs). One really needs one of those specialist lenses that allows for telescopic macro, so you can keep yr distance with those mantis'. My step-daughter trod on one day, and ended up with a nasty infection in her foot for a couple of weeks afterwards!

Perhaps it was a "suicide mantis" packing poisoned barbs on his arms...

Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 6:47 pm

by mavman

Nice shots guys, thanks for sharing! Always been meaning to test the macro setting on my camera, thanks for the inspiration!

NZFF

Very off topic