AH Butt trail: Lynx makan

tchuanye · 16th March 2005

First time at AH butterfly trail today......could not take any good butt shots! Make me really impressed by those who are able to take them! Everytime I approach, they fly away! Appreciate any advice how to take them!

Anyway bump into other insects. Here are a series of Lynx makaning an insect. Appreciate any comments!

#1

1/160

#2

1/100

tchuanye · 16th March 2005

Two more:
#3: A close up

1/125
#4: Shadow of death

1/250

All above taken with FZ10+6T+Sigma CU+ Ext bounce flash
ISO 50, F8, MF, Manual focus, varying shutter speed

bwilly · 16th March 2005

u insect expert.. haha..

Garion · 16th March 2005

Solid capture, esp. the 1st shot.

Would be good if you could go down lower to eye level of the spider.

ockly · 16th March 2005

Very Nice series, Fav #1.

Great Moment captured!!

damithc · 16th March 2005

your macro work with FZ10 is inspiring. can't wait to get started with mine
- a fellow Fluzier

zmwang · 16th March 2005

What's the reproduction ratio? I am newbie here and wanna take some micro photos.

peteryeo · 16th March 2005

Hi friend,

Great shoot man great shoot.

regards

tchuanye · 16th March 2005

Thanks guys! for the comments!

Originally Posted by Garion

Solid capture, esp. the 1st shot. Would be good if you could go down lower to eye level of the spider.

Yah lor, wanted to, but the leaf would have block it.....u can see the leaf at the bottom right of the pic. Thanks for the comments!

asturias105 · 16th March 2005

nice capture, tchuanye! hmm.. whats the creature thats being eaten up? i've got some pictures of that small insect.. looks quite cute. but too bad dunno it's id

tchuanye · 16th March 2005

Originally Posted by asturias105

nice capture, tchuanye! hmm.. whats the creature thats being eaten up? i've got some pictures of that small insect.. looks quite cute. but too bad dunno it's id

Sorry but I also not too sure....

tchuanye · 16th March 2005

Originally Posted by zmwang

What's the reproduction ratio? I am newbie here and wanna take some micro photos.

I suppose you are saying magnification ratio? 1:1 is lifesize.
The FZ10 has a x12 optical zoom or 432mm zoom equivalent in 35mm format.
The Nikon 6T is a +2.9 diopters lens, together giving a magnification of 1.218 at x12 zoom. The Sigma is a +1.6 diopters lens with a magnification of x0.672 at x12 zoom. Together, when stacked, the total diopter is +4.5, and magnification of 1.89 at x12 zoom.

Hope I computed correctly, and hope this helps.

zmwang · 17th March 2005

Thanks. That means the mag ratio is 1.89 : 1 at 12X zoom. So your working distance must be very far away from the object lol. How to use ext flash when taking macro?

tchuanye · 17th March 2005

Originally Posted by zmwang

Thanks. That means the mag ratio is 1.89 : 1 at 12X zoom. So your working distance must be very far away from the object lol. How to use ext flash when taking macro?

Working distance is about 19 cm for the 2 stack lens. So ext flash, I use bounce card to reflect the light.

flowerpot99 · 18th March 2005

Great pics

Nice colour but feel that the DOF is abit shallow. Erm just my 1/2 cent worth... still newbie

ericpooi · 18th March 2005

Originally Posted by flowerpot99

Great pics Nice colour but feel that the DOF is abit shallow. Erm just my 1/2 cent worth... still newbie

Good DOF for this particular spider is very difficult to achieve. The main reason is that it is quite a small creature at 1 to 1.5cm (probably you have to go 1:1), but if you notice the legs, their vertical height can be the same length as well. Thus to get a 1.5cm DOF in macro mode on 1:1, you probably need F16 or F32, not even sure whether you can get 1.5cm at F32...

However, as I can see Tchuanye's camera is FZ10 and compact camera seems to have slightly better DOP in general as compared to SLR with 90mm macro for example, so his DOP is quite good already.....

Also just my 2 cents worth... No offence to anyone but since we are all learning.....

flowerpot99 · 18th March 2005

Originally Posted by ericpooi

Good DOF for this particular spider is very difficult to achieve. The main reason is that it is quite a small creature at 1 to 1.5cm (probably you have to go 1:1), but if you notice the legs, their vertical height can be the same length as well. Thus to get a 1.5cm DOF in macro mode on 1:1, you probably need F16 or F32, not even sure whether you can get 1.5cm at F32...

However, as I can see Tchuanye's camera is FZ10 and compact camera seems to have slightly better DOP in general as compared to SLR with 90mm macro for example, so his DOP is quite good already.....

Also just my 2 cents worth... No offence to anyone but since we are all learning.....

INTERESTING !! learn something again

Since I am just learning to use FZ20 maybe it applies to me too. Mmmm did he achieve this with F8? since thats the camera limit on FZ20.

geoyip · 18th March 2005

Nice shots

if only u could feel the shadow areas, these shots would be even more impressive

tchuanye · 18th March 2005

Originally Posted by geoyip

Nice shots if only u could feel the shadow areas, these shots would be even more impressive

er...I don't really understand the comments...are you saying that the flash should fill in the shadow areas? For all the pics?

For #4, I thought the title makes the pic interesting "The Shadow of Death"...

geoyip · 19th March 2005

Originally Posted by tchuanye

er...I don't really understand the comments...are you saying that the flash should fill in the shadow areas? For all the pics?

For #4, I thought the title makes the pic interesting "The Shadow of Death"...

hi tchuanye,

Yup, sorry for the wrong word ... i was refering to "fill" shadow areas.

nevertheless, the pics are still great... composition, details and colors

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16th March 2005	#1
tchuanye Moderator Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,202	AH Butt trail: Lynx makan First time at AH butterfly trail today......could not take any good butt shots! Make me really impressed by those who are able to take them! Everytime I approach, they fly away! Appreciate any advice how to take them! Anyway bump into other insects. Here are a series of Lynx makaning an insect. Appreciate any comments! #1 1/160 #2 1/100 __________________ My Gallery: http://www.tchuanye.smugmug.com/ Eqpt: http://www.tchuanye.smugmug.com/gallery/271702 Last edited by tchuanye; 16th March 2005 at 02:36 AM.

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tchuanye Moderator Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,202	Two more: #3: A close up 1/125 #4: Shadow of death 1/250 All above taken with FZ10+6T+Sigma CU+ Ext bounce flash ISO 50, F8, MF, Manual focus, varying shutter speed __________________ My Gallery: http://www.tchuanye.smugmug.com/ Eqpt: http://www.tchuanye.smugmug.com/gallery/271702 Last edited by tchuanye; 16th March 2005 at 02:36 AM.

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bwilly Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Woodlands Posts: 1,848	u insect expert.. haha..

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Garion Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: West side of S'pore Posts: 5,581	Solid capture, esp. the 1st shot. Would be good if you could go down lower to eye level of the spider. __________________ [ deviantart selections \| Photoblog ]

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damithc Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: NUS Posts: 387	your macro work with FZ10 is inspiring. can't wait to get started with mine - a fellow Fluzier

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zmwang Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Air-Con country Posts: 2,459	What's the reproduction ratio? I am newbie here and wanna take some micro photos.

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peteryeo Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: woodlands Posts: 643	Hi friend, Great shoot man great shoot. regards

17th March 2005	#13
zmwang Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Air-Con country Posts: 2,459	Thanks. That means the mag ratio is 1.89 : 1 at 12X zoom. So your working distance must be very far away from the object lol. How to use ext flash when taking macro?

18th March 2005	#15
flowerpot99 Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: north Posts: 629	Great pics Nice colour but feel that the DOF is abit shallow. Erm just my 1/2 cent worth... still newbie