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melsen Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #1 · AWWW MAAAN!!! I was SO close!! Seriously.. what I wouldn't have done to have had a chance to get this shot at the proper angle.. I just couldn't get around that darn thingie to get the shot from the side... I just wanted to share it with you... as far as I can see, it's a wasp eating a hoverfly more or less... Aug 11, 2008 at 06:43 PM

Tim Dollear Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #2 · AWWW MAAAN!!! I was SO close!! Cool that you posted this. Fishermen/women always talk about the one that got away but I think the fact that you can actually prove it w/ macro shots oof is even more tantalizing and difficult to swallow. Oh well, learned something for next time maybe. Aug 11, 2008 at 08:42 PM

Mike Scott Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #3 · AWWW MAAAN!!! I was SO close!! I feel your pain! Consider this the first of 1000's of missed opportunities. It happens all the time. It makes the ones that you do get even more satisfying. You'll get plenty of reasons for missing the shot; 1) bad angle....something in the way. 2) bumped the leaf, bush, etc with my lens / flash / hand 3) Forgot to turn on the flash 4) flash batteries dead 5) camera batteries dead 5) No CF....yes it happens 6) have the camera set to the wrong mode I always try to double check 3 - 6 before heading out, but sometimes an opportunity comes up and you don't have time. Anyone feel free to add to the list. Mike Edited on Aug 11, 2008 at 08:59 PM Aug 11, 2008 at 08:52 PM

Fizzog Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #4 · AWWW MAAAN!!! I was SO close!! 7) your photo buddy holds the leaf steady, it slips from his grasp catapulting the bug into the next field. It's happened to me twice! Aug 11, 2008 at 09:27 PM

Jody Melanson Offline Dedicated FM Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #5 · AWWW MAAAN!!! I was SO close!! Don't you hate when that happens! Oh well there is always something going on. I found the more you do this, the easier it is to find the bugs. There will be other opportunities. I saw people post pictures of Jumping Spiders with prey and I never saw this. A month ago I found 3 different Jumpers with prey within an hour. You never know what you are going to find. The cool thing is every time I have gone shooting macros, I always see a new type of bug. I mean every time. Aug 12, 2008 at 01:25 AM

Peregrinor Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #6 · AWWW MAAAN!!! I was SO close!! 90% of my macro shots end up like this, especially when handholding the camera; keeping things steady and in focus isn't for the faint of heart. Nice try! Aug 12, 2008 at 01:31 AM

web52 Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #7 · AWWW MAAAN!!! I was SO close!! Looks to me like it was giving it a major hickie. I feel your pain. A month ago my wife and I were hiking in the woods nearby, and a mother and baby Armadillo came by. Just a few cm away! No fear at all! Wouldn't stop moving at all, and worst of all, were INSIDE my minimum focus (about 1 meter) on the lens! I guess that is number 8) too close to focus. Bill Aug 12, 2008 at 02:32 AM

ving Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #8 · AWWW MAAAN!!! I was SO close!! so close and yet so far away... it was only a matter of milimeters but it might as well have been miles Aug 12, 2008 at 03:13 AM

Tim Dollear Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #9 · AWWW MAAAN!!! I was SO close!! Cool stories. I particularly like the one about the bugs being inadvertently flung into the next field. It hasn't happened to me but I am now tempted to try it. Edited on Aug 12, 2008 at 04:01 AM Aug 12, 2008 at 04:01 AM

melsen Offline Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #10 · AWWW MAAAN!!! I was SO close!! Tim... But yeah... Macrophotography is still new to me.. and I'm sure I will have more experiences like this... I just remember when I saw it and managed to take this shot of it.. I was thinking, "Damnit.. can't get around it... ".. and then it lifted off and flew away out of reach... Good stories from the rest of ya =) Aug 12, 2008 at 05:54 AM

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