jaded beetle....

[peeperita]

i'ts been a kazillion years since i've used a macro lens....yup, way back in my ae1 film days, i do recall having a macro capable lens.....but, that was a lifetime ago....and i think it was a zoom at that....

that was up until this sunday......i have a good friend in town, with more lenses than sense, that decided to gift me for a week or three with his 100mm macro lens....

it's a fixed length which threw me for a loop as the first few shots i kept twisting at the barrel expecting to zoom. it took me a few minutes to get my sea legs which insisted that i step in and out and get my grubby hands off the lens barrel........i went from flower to flower.....bark to bark, before i went inside....


Exposure: 10 sec (10)
Aperture: f/29
Focal Length: 100 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0/2 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

i have a number of small treasures and it seemed natural to go rooting through them to find a suitable prize to click around....although, i paid not an iota of attention to lighting.....i was far more concerned as to just what this lens would do, i finally settled on this rhinocerous beetle, whose length is approximately 1.5 inches long.....my niece found him in her hair in atlanta one night as she screamed for help...

i loved that i could get as close as i dared without thinking of the limitations of my lens......

in another week, i'm going to set up my makeshift kitchen studio for another bout of macro....and when the time comes, offer something for your critique....

until then, if you have any suggestions as far as using this new borrowed toy, please feel free to offer them here.......

i wanna learn....i wanna know....i wanna one day master.......

thanks

peeper

[Chippee]

Great Shot Peep! But I just gotta say, if that thing were in my hair I am certain I would drop dead!!!

[peeperita]

hahaha.....we thought she had died right then and there....and of course, i took the beetle home for safety reasons....

[KodiakStar]

If you are going to be in a really controlled situation, which it seems you are. Break out the tripod. Then you can shoot at f11-22 or so and really grab those details out of the subjects.

In that case, your subject can be on the table or something similar, where you can adjust it to the camera, since its fixed length.

Great job though, looks like you haven't lost too much to the years!

[candleman]

thats 1. a really cool looking bug 2. a very good picture of a really cool bug.
the colour is very interesting

thats soem great work. well done.

[Rian Malynn]

Awesome job Pepper. Thank goodness it wasn't a spider, cause I wouldn't have had the chance to look at it. Love the colors. A few more images like this and it would make a fun Bug poster for kids!

[peeperita]

Originally Posted by KodiakStar

If you are going to be in a really controlled situation, which it seems you are. Break out the tripod. Then you can shoot at f11-22 or so and really grab those details out of the subjects.

In that case, your subject can be on the table or something similar, where you can adjust it to the camera, since its fixed length.

Great job though, looks like you haven't lost too much to the years!

thank you, kodiak.....your reply boosts my confidence that i might be on the right path for this weekend's reshoot....

i tend to go to extremes with my depth of field and i wasn't so sure that everything in focus was the right route to take....i didn't want to do a straight from above perspective because it felt a little flatter and lifeless....

but then again.... he is dead.....

peeper