A close escape and other macros

jomike · 13-10-2007, 2:12 PM

I was just too late to catch this wasp, which had flown into a large Orb spider's web, fighting with the owner of the web and then breaking free. It settled on a nearby leaf to wash off the bits of web.

Hoverfly

And a web covered in dew

All with Nikon D50, Tamron 90mm Macro.

Thanks for looking.
Any C & C welcome.

Mike

stevegreen · 13-10-2007, 2:57 PM

Were these cropped any Mike? Especially the second.

jomike · 13-10-2007, 3:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevegreen

Were these cropped any Mike? Especially the second.

The first was cropped slightly, other two are original size.

Mike

stevegreen · 13-10-2007, 3:27 PM

That second one is amazing, the out of focus section bottom right doesn't help the composition but the clarity and focus on the subject is sheer quality

jomike · 13-10-2007, 3:46 PM

Thanks Steve, I am concentrating on getting the composition right in camera and not relying so much on cropping in PP.
I took these with the onboard flash and a homemade flash diffuser:

I am quite pleased with how well this works.

Mike

Paranormalist · 13-10-2007, 7:40 PM

So up close.

The web reminds me of a beaded mosaic.
Nice work.

Biscuit761 · 13-10-2007, 9:08 PM

Looks like allie.c has got competition !

Will have to make one of those flash diffusers, great idea. And the Tamron lens looks interesting.

Bill

allie_c · 13-10-2007, 9:14 PM

Great captures Jomike.

The second one is really superb, absoutley spot on Focus. I have the tamron lens as well and it is superb.

Interesting Diffuser, it looks like it worked well as the light is excellent in the second image.

Alistair.