Assignment: Macro - "Little Red"

[Gus Cobos]

Assignment: Macro - “Little Red”

This pretty little girl came in to pose for her portrait. Little Red was painted with a Nikon D2x, using a Nikkor 200mm f/4 IF-ED macro lens with a stacked combination of two 25mm extension tubes.

Image Solution:
focal length @ 200mm / exposure mode @ aperture priority / in camera matrix metering / 1/60sec. - f/32 / exposure comp @ 0EV / ISO @ 800 / white balance @ auto / AF - Mode @ manual / color space @ sRGB / lighting solution - Nikon R1C1 wireless close up speedlight system; both light units set to ¼ lumen burst with a wide dispersal pattern and attached diffuser. / tone comp @ +1 degree / hue adjustment @ +1 degree / saturation factor @ +2 degrees / support platform – monopod assist.

Comments greatly appreciated...:cool:

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Excellent portrait !!!

[Alfred Forns]

Love those wings Gus !!! Neat !! ... btw you did well cleaning the image, fairly clean for the high ISO on the D2x

[Bob Miller]

Gus...very nice image. I will have to try stacking my extension tubes

[Lance Peters]

Awesome Gus - love those red eyes.

[Rich Reich]

Impactful image Gus!

What was your strategy for capturing this insect in your field of view? Did you have a monopod mounted camera prefocused on the greens and just waited patiently or were you following the action of the insect as it moved around to multiple landing spots? Love those eyes!

Rich

[Gus Cobos]

A whole lot of patience Rich, and yes, I pre-focused on two spots and waited for the little girl to come to me...:):cool: