Insect pics from SBG

[Jeff]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Like the striped "ants" best.

 

[simonsng]

Simon, I have a Tamron 180 Macron too. Great macro lens.

I have took a number of dragonflies, but I have never managed to resolve the compound eyes as in your Pic 6. The resolution of Pic 6 can see boundaries of each compound eye.

So what is the trick ? It's the 1.4xTC or what ?

errrrrr.... I supposed if you can capture enough details with accurate focusing then you should be able to see the details when you zoom into the picture... (I think ;P) mabe the season insect photographer can tell u more, I'm just a newbie :bsmilie:

here is another shot taken with my trusty 70-300mm sigma
resized original shot

cropped to 640x480 without resizing

1/200, ISO 400, f16 at 260mm..
pardon the OOF and noise ;P

megaweb, will remember not to post similar pose :sweat:

Jeff, I think they are some kind of robber (insect I mean)
this is the adult

 

[cheesypoofs]

yep, time to clean the cmos :cry:

Sorry to OT abit, have you done it before? I haven't cleaned my CMOS before, abit apprehensive.. I have 10 times more dust than you

 

[simonsng]

Sorry to OT abit, have you done it before? I haven't cleaned my CMOS before, abit apprehensive.. I have 10 times more dust than you

nope, been using the blower... looks like there are some permanent dust struck on the cmos