I hope no-one is disturbed by the spider shots (they're not really gruesome, but maybe a bit unnerving), but I did warn you! All the insect photo's were taken with a 100mm macro, but they're more close-up than true macro.
Anyway, no stories to tell, just some photo's I took, and are offered here for your approval...or otherwise!
C&C, as always, welcomed and appreciated, and thanks for looking in any case!
Frank
1)Ever get the feeling it's just not your day.....?
11)Red-eyed Vireo (I believe?), similar shooting situation as the CYT, but this was at 1/30th second, handheld!! I wont bore you with the half-dozen or so in which you could barely tell it was a bird....
pdog109 wrote:
I'd say that bird is a female tanager, don't know which one though.
The cricket shot is insane, all those little water droplets are nice.
Thanks, pdog!! I don't think it's a Tanager, at least it doesn't look like any of the Tanager pics I've seen. A knowledgable friend and neighbour is guessing female Orchard Oriole.
Lil Judd wrote:
I think you have an Oriole female there. Where were they shot?
Body shape seems too slime for tanager, but more in the direction of Oriole. Definitely a female....
# 5 & 6 are my favorites
Lil
Thanks, Lil!! My neighbour also suggested a female Orchard Oriole, so it's a good bet that's what it is. I was struck by how long and slim it was. Very sleek! Maybe she's just lost weight from feeding her young? If it is an Orchard Oriole, that's another new one for my list!
Rob Tillyer wrote:
Very nice, my favourite is the second yellowthroat. Good job.
Rob
Thanks, Rob!! I was actually on my way out of the conservation area, when I stopped to try and entice an Indigo Bunting out into the open by answering it's whistle, when this little chap started making quite a fuss about 5 metres away. He didn't seemed too perurbed by my presence, and appeared to be more curious than anything. For a bird described as 'common', I don't see Yellowthroats all that often. The Bunting, however, chose not to put in an appearance.
jakita33 wrote:
Nice variety! My favorite is #7 hands down
j
Thanks, J!! I very nearly didn't get any shots of this bird. It was so skinny that the camera kept letting go and focusing on the background. I was surprised that it played around there as long as it did, since I wasn't exactly inconspicuous!
Shasoc wrote:
Frank, these macro shots are awesome, with some really sharp detail. The other shots aren't bad either Beautiful color and lighting.
Socrate
Thanks, Socrate!! I've been having a blast with the macro (after having the lens for over a year and almost never using it) since I got over my aversion to using the flash.
Thang wrote:
great great macro work Frank. How close were you to that snake?!?!
Thanks, Thang!! I was roughly 6 inches away from the snake. Despite several efforts, I wasn't able to catch it with it's tongue sticking out. Well, not a good one, anyway. It was a really small snake, the head being about the size of the tip of my pinkie. What I wish I'd done now though, is get that close using the wide angle lens. That might have made a cool shot!
Here's another one from a different angle. This is a 100% crop, whereas the other one was barely cropped at all.
anthony whitmo wrote:
Interesting captures
Looks like number 7 lost it's aspect ratio or it is stretched vertically in PP or after
Nice shots Frank
I like the macro work in 1 - 3 and the Butterfly
Ant
Thanks, Anthony!! She looks long and skinny in number 7, for sure, and that and the colour were two things that immediately intrigued me. But I think it only looks distorted because she was craning her neck to get a look at something. Here's a screen capture of the original TIFF. All I had done to to make #7 was open the TIFF in PS Elements and crop a 768x1024 section out of it (besides perhaps touching up the lighting, and noise reduction).
Oh that's to funny... I've seen this several times in some of my shots and have to go back to the Raw File to see that it was the bird stretching and maybe the angle of the shot only ads to it..........
thanks for the follow up Good job Frank and a pretty bird
All the insect photo's were taken with a 100mm macro, but they're more close-up than true macro.
