John Robinson
04-12-2014, 03:23 PM
One for Nancy (Striders I think you call them.
Spent all morning battling with these. What a pain to do !!! Almost impossible to get the DOF at this angle . Easy from above but I wanted to show the connection with the water surface.
I wil ltry again with the 150 macro and get farther away and a small subject . It will sacrifice some IG for DOF
This one was in a rainwater butt . Makes it easier than squatting down !! White card all around the back of the butt to get some reflected light but didn't work too well. The sheen on the body doesn't help but its pretty !
The feed by picking up vibrations from insects which may fall on the water and buzz. Ifyou put your finger in and wiggle it they come to inspect your appendage !
Nikon D7100
Sigma 50 mm macro.
200 ISO larger speedlight mounted on hot shoe and others done with off camera unit.
Not much done. Neat image and cropped bit.
Got some nice stuff on a pair mating on the edge of a lily leaf but as I say I wanted one to show the way they "feel" the water surface.
Cheers
John
Spent all morning battling with these. What a pain to do !!! Almost impossible to get the DOF at this angle . Easy from above but I wanted to show the connection with the water surface.
I wil ltry again with the 150 macro and get farther away and a small subject . It will sacrifice some IG for DOF
This one was in a rainwater butt . Makes it easier than squatting down !! White card all around the back of the butt to get some reflected light but didn't work too well. The sheen on the body doesn't help but its pretty !
The feed by picking up vibrations from insects which may fall on the water and buzz. Ifyou put your finger in and wiggle it they come to inspect your appendage !
Nikon D7100
Sigma 50 mm macro.
200 ISO larger speedlight mounted on hot shoe and others done with off camera unit.
Not much done. Neat image and cropped bit.
Got some nice stuff on a pair mating on the edge of a lily leaf but as I say I wanted one to show the way they "feel" the water surface.
Cheers
John