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I had fun chasing this snail around -just lucky that they move slow

Tech specs: Canon 40D (F13, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MPE-65mm macro lens (@2x) + a diffused MT-24EX (manual mode 1/16 power).

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Nov 16, 2009 at 04:16 PM

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interesting shot John, focus on one left/one right stalks

3 highlights in r/h stalk show well
phil

Nov 16, 2009 at 04:34 PM

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Goldenorfe wrote:
interesting shot John, focus on one left/one right stalks

3 highlights in r/h stalk show well
phil

Tough to find a way to lay a flat surface like the area of acceptable focus over the snail and still end up with a decent composition

As for the highlights -no idea on why there are three. Gonna have to look at a larger version to figure out where the extra reflection is coming from.

Nov 16, 2009 at 04:49 PM

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could be light bouncing off lens front element!

Nov 16, 2009 at 04:54 PM

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Goldenorfe wrote:
could be light bouncing off lens front element!

I've got a lens hood on my MPE-65mm, and the way I have my diffuser designed I don't see how it could be the lens. Also the lower stalks don't have the third highlight...

Edit: The more I look at it the more I think that it's a "ghost" reflection caused by having the fill at a low angle -the specular highlight from it is getting split / stretched by the stalk. Next time I'll elevate both heads with a Kaiser (instead of just the key). If it were flash light reflecting off of the lens then it's in the wrong spot and it's too intense.

Nov 16, 2009 at 05:19 PM

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Hey john,
I had looked at snails in my front yard and thought that the distance between the eye stalks and the 'rest' of it would make macro waaay too hard? But maybe i should stop 'looking' and start 'shooting'. . .

Really like it. . . .kind of a dopey sad look.
Bruce

Nov 17, 2009 at 02:11 AM

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Thanks Bruce

When I shoot I look for angles that will not only make the most out of the depth, but I try to convey some sense of feeling or personality. You're the second person who's told me that the snail looks sad

Nov 17, 2009 at 06:21 AM

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Good one- definitely looks sad or perhaps grumpy

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Nov 17, 2009 at 06:26 AM

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LordV wrote:
Good one- definitely looks sad or perhaps grumpy

Brian v.

Thanks Brian

That's three

Nov 17, 2009 at 12:21 PM

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