“It’s finger lickin’ good”

[csnap]

Found the bees hovering around the protruding ‘finger’ of the cone shaped, thick petaled white flower.
Unable to achieve an ideal lighting effect with my FZ18 and slave flash.
Still exploring better ways to improve on that.
C & C are welcome. Thanks.

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[tchuanye]

Well, you got the focus on the eyes! Thats good!

Try different angles on the slave, and also diffusers for your on-board flash.

[csnap]

Originally Posted by tchuanye Well, you got the focus on the eyes! Thats good! Try different angles on the slave, and also diffusers for your on-board flash.

Thanks for advice. Found 2 issues taking macros with FZ18 - 1)No focus ring & 2)No hot shoe. Seems impossible for me to make use of manual focus. Got to auto-focus with the camera moving to and fro. Still trying out some DIY diffusers for the on-board flash.
Will experiment different angles on the slave for the best lighting effect.

[zac08]

PS, I was corrected recently as well, these are flies, not bees or wasps...

notice the sucking mouth.

Bees have more sharper mouthpieces.

[tchuanye]

Originally Posted by csnap Thanks for advice. Found 2 issues taking macros with FZ18 - 1)No focus ring & 2)No hot shoe. Seems impossible for me to make use of manual focus. Got to auto-focus with the camera moving to and fro. Still trying out some DIY diffusers for the on-board flash. Will experiment different angles on the slave for the best lighting effect.

There should be a function for MF... should be in the manual. Press and hold the AF/MF button and use the joystick to focus.

Anyway, not really impt about adjusting the focus, just use it at whatever focal point, and move the camera in/out to get the focus.

[csnap]

Originally Posted by zac08 PS, I was corrected recently as well, these are flies, not bees or wasps... notice the sucking mouth. Bees have more sharper mouthpieces.

Thanks for highlighting. I think the body of bees got more hair.
Macros could be a good way for me to know these insects which never notice them before

Originally Posted by tchuanye There should be a function for MF... should be in the manual. Press and hold the AF/MF button and use the joystick to focus. Anyway, not really impt about adjusting the focus, just use it at whatever focal point, and move the camera in/out to get the focus.

I find it difficult to focus with the joystick. Moving the camera seems to be a faster way.
Thanks.

[ming9866]

to have found so much of them together !