After yesterday’s slim pickings I returned today, solo, to find the macro pickings just as slim! A nice pair of Wrens did come out to play however, making the trip worthwhile. As did the cappuccino and fruit toast at the café!
Missed your company and especially missed the gear envy with Troy not being there!
Some really great shots again Dennis, really like the wren shots very sharp and great composition. Also wanted to ask you the name of the supplier on ebay you used for your strap again, I've completely forgotten!
Also Troy, Jason was just wondering how much power you can put through the twin lite with the lumiquest ultra bounces you have and still get reasonable light?
... Also wanted to ask you the name of the supplier on ebay you used for your strap again, I've completely forgotten!
Cheers!
Hi Shelley
The USA manufacturer of the Bino/Cam harness is OP-TECH and details of the harness can be found here.
There are 2 types; webbing (non-stretch) and elasticated (slightly stretchy). I ordered from overseas (either B&H or Adorama I think?) as the local distributor, Michaels in Melbourne, had a 3 to 4 month delivery! They may have received a batch by now, so it might be worth contacting them.
I actually ordered both the webbing and elasticated versions with some extra Uni Loop connectors for our binoculars and just in case I purchased a 2nd body, which I did with the 7D! The Uni Loops are the short tails fitted to the camera or binocular body – the nice thing is that the tails are short so when you un-clip the camera from the harness, you’re not left with a long strap dangling from the camera body.
I didn’t like how the elasticated version “bounced” up and down as I walked, due to the stretchy material, so I exclusively use the webbing version although my wife occasionally uses the elasticated version for our binoculars.
I can walk around all day without any neck or shoulder fatigue as the weight is distributed across one’s back and another nice feature is that the camera doesn’t swing out as much as the typical camera strap allows when you bend over to get gear out of your bag when it is lying on the ground.
Also Troy, Jason was just wondering how much power you can put through the twin lite with the lumiquest ultra bounces you have and still get reasonable light?
Dunno. Never really had any trouble with enough power, if that's what you mean. Typically I have it set to manual power, and usually 1/16 to 1/4 gets most jobs done. Usually need the higher power at high magnifications on the MPE65.
Due to my short sightedness when first coining the phrase “BIMBO”, I carelessly introduced a gender limitation. Boys has now been replaced with Branch, to make the acronym more inclusive.
Due to my short sightedness when first coining the phrase “BIMBO”, I carelessly introduced a gender limitation. Boys has now been replaced with Branch, to make the acronym more inclusive.
I know, oh how I miss that agonising frustration, and the back pain that comes with it
Then more practice you must have! As long as it's not on a Sunday or on a Saturday that I have to work, I'm up for it. Haven't done much macro myself so will be very rusty. Here's 2 recent ones:
Might re-work this, looks overexposed to me now. Reminds me that I should check my monitor calibration. edit: this was taken just after sunrise, the sun kept coming out from behind clouds and forcing me to change my exposure settings. Plus, I was trying to get shots for my 2 mates with their 2 Nikons...swapping cameras etc and I think I didn't get the best shot
Pity there was a medium breeze on the day I shot this damsel and it kept damn well rotating its head too (causing motion blur on the face grrrr!!!!). Still, one of my best damselfly shots (not that I have a lot of shots of these hard to approach insects).
Nice images Dave. Yep more practice is always in order, I haven't done any macro at all since December... actually, I think the last macro day could have been one of the last time I've shot.
Damsels sure are hard.. try doing that same image with twice as much mag!
As for macro days, well for me it'd have to be Saturday or Sunday as I work the rest
Nice images Dave. Yep more practice is always in order, I haven't done any macro at all since December... actually, I think the last macro day could have been one of the last time I've shot.
Damsels sure are hard.. try doing that same image with twice as much mag!
As for macro days, well for me it'd have to be Saturday or Sunday as I work the rest
Ta. Here's a damsel that I shot in December in Sydney:
No crop, as is. Probably should rotate the image now that I look back. It was in a really awkward location - right in the middle of a bunch of rose bushes with very sharp thorns and not a lot of room for moi to navigate and try and get a shot (hence poor composition and extreme lack of dof).