Forums: Macro and Flora, Image Critiques

This one looks like it needs to be in the Calgary Stampede. 50D, 100mm f2.8 macro, 1/50, f/8, Av, ISO800. I took it a couple weeks ago and sat on...

Just happened by this alluring flowered plant. I couldn't get close enough with a macro, without tramping on ground cover, so I went with a 20mm...

Camera Model Canon EOS 7D Firmware Firmware Version 1.2.1 Tripod Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/160 Av(...

A female cloudless sulphur ovipositing on one of it host plants, a butterfly cassia. Nikon D300 w/ 70-300 AFS zoom @ 270mm, ISO 250, f/8, 1/500. ...

Canon EOS REBEL T1i Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro w/56mm of tubes Av mode 1/40" F2.8 ISO:200 LR & CS3 Tripod Indirect window light BG is white...

wandering in the weekeng I noticed this geometric texture perhaps not exactly focusedin the centre crop the...

The wildflowers here in the northern Colorado Rockies have been glorious this year. The brillant pink of this penstemon had me taking loads of photos...

About half the size of a humming bird. Never heard of this insect before. Nikon D3s ISO 1600 1/1600 sec @ f5.6 This fella never flew above...

I find Gladiolas challenging to photograph. Nikon D300, Sigma 105mm macro, f36 ("relative"), 1/4 sec. ISO 160, live view, indoors, natural light,...

Heres one I shot awhile ago. This plant had great presence and I played with different comps but this is the best I could come up with.It's a tight...

Canon EOS REBEL T1i Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS @ 340mm Av mode 1/640" F14 ISO:400 Canon 430EX: On, Fired (comp -3) LR & CS3 HH

Although the fly is not quite as sharp as I would like it, I was drawn to the composition and colours. I cropped a bit off the bottom. 50D, 100mm...

Canon 7D Canon 180mm macro Tripod ISO 250 1/80 sec f11 fill in flash -1.66 Another shot from an early morning walk.

...hope you don't mind another yellow flower :o 300f4 on D700 hand-held. Manual exposure mode. ISO 1600 f16 1/320s. Full-frame. Shot in...

I took this image today of this colorful grasshopper...I tried my best to blend the background, making it appear natural, did it work?..It almost has...

A scorpion photographed indoors on a tagboard sweep in window light. Canon 50D with a 100mm Phoenix Macro on a tripod.. Exposure was Aperature...

Canon 7D Sigma 50-150mm EX f/2.8 @ 83mm 1/500sec f/8 ISO 100 HH

This parasitoid wasp is only 1.5 mm long and was photographed on an ox-eye daisy flower where they are fairly common, but you have to look closely to...

Canon EOS REBEL T1i Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro Manual mode 1/400" F16 ISO:400 Canon 430EX: On, Fired LR & CS3 HH

Canon EOS REBEL T1i Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro Av mode 1/160" F11 ISO:400 LR & CS3 HH I know it's not everyone's favorite pose but I think it...

This is a Jersey Tiger (Euplagia quadripunctaria), a rather large day-active moth. It was feeding on this butterfly bush, giving me a little time to...

Camera Model Canon EOS 7D Firmware Firmware Version 1.2.1 Shooting Mode Manual Exposure Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/125 Av( Aperture Value...

300 f4 on D700 hand-held. Manual exposure mode. ISO 800 f8 1/400s. Outdoor, open area, cloudy day. Used SpyderCube as white balance reference. ...

Taken @ Mud Lake in Ottawa, Ontario while out photographing birds. A700-Sigma 120-400mm @ 300mm 1/800, f5.6, ISO500

Thank goodness for reading glasses, almost missed this Ambush Bug. I used my tripod, there was no way to keep this guy in focus hand held. They...

Nikon D3s 1/50 sec@ f/22 ISO 800 360mm Comments welcome...........

I took this yesterday morning in one of our local wet lands. 50D, 100mm f/2.8 macro at f/8, 1/100, EC+1, ISO 400. Dave

This damselfly emerged from an aquarium containing aquatic invertebrates that I had been photographing. I noticed the shed exoskeleton of the nymph...

Canon EOS REBEL T1i Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro Manual mode 1/320" F16 ISO:400 Canon 430EX: On, Fired LR & CS3 Tripod

Camera Model Canon EOS 7D Tripod Firmware Firmware Version 1.2.1 Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/50 Av(...

Hi Guys, Been a while since i last posted over here as i have had some health issues wich still have not been resolved unfortunately... This is...

Canon 7D, 300mm f4 plus 1.4x teleconverter ISO 400, f8, 1/800, EC -2/3, HH

Gang, Roman, and you folks, got me salivating, so i went out tonight and tried this in windy conditions. I'm new to flash so after talking with roman...

i like search in late afernoon the last rays of sunlight and a flower to put in the image against the sun ball. Nikon 300D 70mm macro AF single ...

Canon EOS REBEL T1i Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS @ 320mm Av mode 1/125" F14 ISO:400 LR & CS3 HH I know this won't appeal to everyone but I...

40D, EF 100mm Macro F/11 1/60 sec ISO 400 Sunrise light, manual mode, tripod, no crop.

I believe this is a native Lobelia. Taken outdoors, early morning. Nikon D300, Sigma 105mm macro, f 13 ("relative"), 1/13 sec., ISO 200, tripod,...

Camera Model Canon EOS 7D Tripod Firmware Firmware Version 1.2.1 Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/60 Av(...

This is an unopened Morning Glory flower. Was out on a walk and this just looked interesting. Canon 5D2 EF 100 f2.8L ISO 2000 1/400 f5.6...

Ken's Peek a Boo butterfly inspired me to process this one of a small Plant Bug on a black-eyed Susan flower. Despite the rather fearsome looking...

Hot here in NJ....but went outside for a walk with my macro. This weed is prolific in my yard! Upon closer examination.....these tiny flowers are...

This bird is small enough to qualify for macro image, I think. The light was a bit harsh the moment I caught this...........tried to tone it down. ...

Canon EOS REBEL T1i Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro w/56mm of tubes Av mode 1/15" F3.5 ISO:200 LR & CS3 Tripod BG is white foam core. Natural...

This image was taken indoors using flash. Nikon D300,200mm macro,F22,1/60,0 comp,tripod mtd.

Camera Model Canon EOS 50D Monopod Firmware Firmware Version 1.0.7 Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/200 Av(...

Shot through some tall grass to give the coneflower a soft feel. Early morning sun giving some slight sidelighting. Fuji S5, Tamron 90, Tripod,...

The white guy is mine fresh and just came out in my home the bad thing with those flowers are that they dont last a lot only for 2-3 days . crop...

Camera Model Canon EOS 7D Firmware Firmware Version 1.2.1 Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/125 Av( Aperture...

Canon EOS REBEL T1i Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS @ 340mm Av mode 1/400" F13 ISO:400 Canon 430EX: On, Fired (comp -3) LR & CS3 Tripod

Same crab spider, same fly as my previous post, but the spider has repositioned the fly - and doesn't seem to have the slightest problem holding it...

I got this last night............I added some convas at the top. Nothing removed, but foreground lower flower was blurred............the BF flew...

I've just returned from a holiday in France :cool:, where I had many wonderful encounters with a variety of butterflies, both in the wild and a...

Canon EOS REBEL T1i Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS @ 340mm Manual mode 1/250" F16 ISO:400 LR & CS3 Tripod

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Camera Model Canon EOS 7D Monopod Firmware Firmware Version 1.2.1 Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/320 Av(...

At my favorite place for flora, St. Louis Botanical Gardens, this flower was stopping all the photogs. I managed to get some angled shots, but this...

This was the first image I got of the Robber Fly. I was trying to get an photo of the little fly, when the Robber Fly came in and stabbed him in...

Model = NIKON D300 Exposure Time = 1/60" F Number = F9 Exposure Program = Aperture priority ISO Speed Ratings = 400 Exposure Bias Value =...