Thread: Post your close encounters

Today in our garden, fresh from the camera

Australian Emerald dragonfly- Hemicordulia australiae
Family Hemicorduliidae

This was a very hard shot to take!
The butterfly did not perched for a second moving the wings at high speed. The natural light was harsh so setting the camera on aperture priority was not an option.
I set the camera on shutter speed priority and focus at 9 points which means that the exposure was only on the butterfly and the back ground will be under exposed.
The result it is an effect like if a reflector is on the insect with a black BG.
The critical point it is that the flower will have some hot spots which have to be toned down on PP.
I just have done my best considering conditions and little time to set the shot.
Dingy Swallowtail or Small Citrus Butterfly
Papilio anactus

One from today
A handsome and frienfly large Black house spider

You guys are champs ! I thought they'd all be taken from tripods as a steady hand would be needed but apparently not using a tripod . I guess there woudln;t be time anyway.

Originally Posted by VladTepes

You guys are champs ! I thought they'd all be taken from tripods as a steady hand would be needed but apparently not using a tripod . I guess there woudln;t be time anyway.

Thanks mate, my shots of the Golden Orb-Weaver and the black gouse spider are using the 6T closep lens on the 70-300VR and are taken using a tripod.
Any variation of 3 mm or more in the distance between the lens and the subject will produce an image out of focus.

The butterflies and the Dragon fly are taken without the 6T so the tripod it is not required providing that high SS is used.

95 % of my flora, birds and insects shots are taken in my 500 m2 native garden

It is fun

This is an Australian native stingless bee which it is about 4 mm long in a grevillea Lana Maree flower.




And this is a front view of a beetle larva, handsome as well

Im just waiting for you guys to post up a photo of a single celled amoeba...

Nice photos, great view of the world we dont often see.