Forums: Macro and Flora, Image Critiques

I took this picture in western Oklahoma a few months ago. I'd love to here your comments. I'm not so sure I like the 2-tone background, but I...

I caught up with some pre-monarch caterpillars at the local botanical garden's Butterfly Festival last weekend. Canon 40D, EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro...

Image made at Jacobsburg State Park (PA) last weekend. Canon 30D and 300mm f/2.8L IS. 1/2000 sec @ f/4; ISO 200; 0 EV; Natural light

Canon 40D, 100-400L, 1/250, f20, ISO400m CW Avg. metering, Canon 580EX II Flash fired

on the twilight. sigma 70mm Aperture priority f4 1/125 at 500 ISO +1 compensation I've been searching in various sites,in the forum 2...

I was set up to shoot these raindrops because I liked the simplicity of the composition - and then the fly landed. No doubt it was eyeing me for...

This image was created inside my home office as the plant sat against a west facing window right before dusk. Canon 40D, EF 100 f/2.8 Macro f8 @...

From a road close to I-95 coming back from St. Augustine, Fl D3, Sigma 150 macro plus 1.4X Wide open at f/4 +0.7 Ev ISO 2500 hand held ...

I have not been around lately. I was doing feild work and did not have internet for the last three months. While I was gone I did get to go to Panama...

Hi to all, this was taken a few months back. All comments and critiques would be much appreciated. D200 300f/4 1/50's f/13 ISO 320 Built...

Canon 20D Canon 180mm macro plus 1.4TC ISO 200 1/250 sec @ f10 I was trying to capture the back-light effect so I didn't use fill in flash as I...

Canon 10D, Sigma 300 tele macro, F4, 1/1500, monopod, wind, wind, wind :)

My gerbera plant is finally in bloom again after taking some time off. Tonight I made a few images of the pale yellow flower and this is the first...

Here are two dew dropped sundew heads together. They are from a creeping sundew with many heads but it's difficult to find two on the same level with...

... at least I think that is what it is. I can't find anything similar (with the brown on the petals) in any of my guide books. There was one single...

Could this be the inspiration for the Time Square ball that descends on New Year's Eve? I've had this Hoya for a very long time, and finally put it...

This was taken inside in a light tent on top of a sheet of black acrylic. Natural lighting only to test the effect. 30D, 10 sec @ f/25 with the...

Hi, this is an image of a Paddle-tailed Darner that I took last year at a very small local wetland. With some better software tools, I went back and...

There was a new pond built right next to a butterfly garden at my nearby botanical garden. One of the lotus was in full bloom and stood about 3'...

Well, it's rainy here, so the light is low. I put the camera on a tripod to slow down the shutter speed, and of course, the wind started blowing. ...

I shot this in Malaysia. Canon EOS 1D Mark II, Canon EF 400mm f2.8 L IS USM, Canon EF 2xII, ISO 200, f11, 1/200sec, full frame

While the weather was too hot and stormy to go out for some macro photography, I gathered some wild grasses in the field next to my house and brought...

I hope I got the ID right on this one! Today was the first day of our local botanical garden's "Butterfly Festival." They gave us all a 'cheat sheet'...

Thank you for C&C :) Canon 30D - Tamron 180 - f16 - 1/10 - iso 200 here the moth: http://tpittaway.tripod.com/silk/s_cyn.htm

For those of you unfamiliar with this plant, the following is taken from the Audubon Guide to Wildflowers. "This rank smelling plant... All parts...

Not too sure what this is but I am not convinced it is a wasp! Until recently have been chasing insects with a monopod, this time I tried a tripod...

Loiza, Puerto Rico. Canon 30D, Canon 180 macro/ext tube/580X flash. ISO 100, f/16 @ 1/250 sec.

Image made with Canon EOS Rebel f/10 ISO100 263mm handheld

We found this swarm of honeybees in a tree about 15' off the ground during the contest in April. After dark I was able to pull right up to the swarm...

I found this little bloom on the path from parking lot up to the bridge at Multnomah Falls, Oregon (east of Portland, in the Columbia River Gorge...

Canon 40D, 100-400L, 1/50, f/11. ISO 640, 580 EXII fired Compulsory Hot spot fixed top left.

Loiza, Puerto Rico. Canon 30D, Canon MP-65, macro flash. ISO 100, f/16 at 1/250 sec.

I was driving my SUV in BR Hills Sanctuary in India. I was looking for signs of the tiger and was driving slowly. Suddenly, I noticed this tree...

Hi to all this was taken in Jan and hope you like it. All comments and help is much appreciated. D200 300f/4 with 1.4x 1/250's f/9 ISO 400

This flower is only about 1/4 inch across. I didn't notice the spots until it was magnified. I shot this with 100mm lens with 25mm extension at 1/80...

of the wings and abdomen, that is. This is the third post in this series. The teneral adult dragonfly has now nearly completed pumping up it's wings...

This wasp was on a blade of grass in the Hillsborough River last weekend when we went kayaking. My husband pointed out "what's that yellow thing...

I definitely tend to like close ups of single blooms. But this was different. I was wandering through the meadow at Jacobsburg State Park and was...

Spotted this mayfly on the patio door screen. Wanted to photograph it on a plant, but took this shot first in case it would not stay when I replaced...

Went out yesterday to get another photo of this damselfly. They are incredibly shy. After a few hours, I got a few good ones. This is one of my...

Fujifilm f40, cropped and pp'ed for effect. Thanks for looking!

The bumble bees are enjoying the swamp milkweed around here. These two decided to share. Nikon D300 Nikkor 300MM/4 F/10 1/320s ISO 400 Av...

To add to the dragonfly postings of late, here is a dragonfly EXUVIA, (the shed exoskeleton of a larval odonate). I'm no dragonfly expert, but lately...

This flower was photographed at Butterfly World. C & C welcome. Roy 1dMkII, 70-200mm, 1/125, f8, FF, ISO 400

Spent a couple of hours early this morning at Jacobsburg State Park (PA) in search of flowers. It turned out to be a pretty good morning - overcast,...

Same details as previous post. This is the second stage, where the dfly is fully out of it's larval skin and now right-side up and clinging...

A "Siam Tulip" from a bulb given to me as a gift. It's evidently a member of the ginger family, and isn't "really" a tulip. It's finally...

I came across this tiny mushroom growing amongst rotting vegetation, not sure what the sticky fluid is. Thanks for looking Nikon D200 Sigma...

Male Widow Skimmer. Captured with a shoulder stock mounted Nikon D200, 80-400mmVR at 400mm, 1/1600sec at f5.6, ISO 400, fill flash - SB800 -2-0. PP...

I've just recently purchased my first macro lens and have only used it a couple of times. I can see that this could be a fun distraction when the...

I drove out to Lawrence, Kansas today to take some photographs of a future job site for the company I work for and stumbled upon a field of greenery...

Lots of activity in the coneflowers around here. This bumble bee was very busy going from one flower head to the next. Nikon D300 Nikkor 60MM...

This small flower head was photographed at Fairchild Tropical Gardens. Its name is unknown. C & C welcome. Roy 1DMkII, 70-700mm, 1/ 200,...

Just shooting around the backyard, as the mosquitoes are hard to bear in the Everglades right now. This is a Tillandsia that has been blooming...

D300 70-200VR 1.7TC ISO800 F/6.3 1/1000 EFL510 Handheld Stare down. I seemed to be bothering him. Once stung, twice shy.

Someone asked me if I had a lower angle from my previous fly post :confused:........I had forgotten about it......but here it is. Does anyone know...

I came across this teneral dragonfly adult emerging from it's larval exuvium the other day at the Oasis wetland near Trail, BC. I stuck around for a...

I particularly liked the way this Hawkweed was soaking up the morning sun which was coming in from the left rear. The petals look radiant to me in...