lunch at the park with my new Macro lense

[Robert_T]

I took my new Canon 100mm F2.8mm macro over to the Roma St Parklands in Brisbane's CBD for some lunch-time photography... here's a few pics. I'm particularly fond of vivid coloured petals with raindrops:D

[okiscopey]

An excellent series for just a lunchtime! Must have been no wind that day as everything's pretty sharp. Are these all hand-held? If so, great work!

[Robert_T]

Yep, all hand held...kicking myself I didn't bring a tripod or a least a monopod;)

[ving]

tripods are for whimps! good shootin!

[Dennis]

Nice work Robert, especially for hand held. It was quite overcast today, so did you use any fill in flash? The rain drops on the purple flower suggest not as I cannot see a reflection from on-camera flash.

Cheers

Dennis

[Robert_T]

Thanks Dennis, it was mixed over-cast but with bits of sun here and there so no fill flash used for these... I did use flash for a couple taken under the arbour, but wasn't very happy with those. At the moment I prefer to muck about with aperture first, then ISO to deal with light before I turn to flash, but with experience I'll probbaly make more use of it and it's clearly desirable in some cases.:)

cheers,

Rob

[Screwdriverone]

They look kinda purty Mr T!

Pity you had to waste em now on us slobs, they are worthy of a Photo Challenge or two!

Colours are great!

Chris

[AlexN]

Beautiful shots Robert! I like the one of the Orb spider, the web and the spiders body are very sharp indeed.... And as bad as it is for me to say it, I was pleased to see something has had a go at it.. :) not every day you see a 7 legged spider...

[Robert_T]

Wow Alex, you have some sharp eyes in your head (great for Astro)...:thumbsup: I took the pic and still didn't notice...:doh: I just went back and checked and yep, some-one's taken a bite out of this 7 legged beauty. I wonder do they grow back?

[Matty P]

Wonderful images Rob! I particularly like the one of the Orb spider.

Vivid colours and nice & sharp.

Well done. :thumbsup:

[Screwdriverone]

I just had a thought Robert,

is this the menu?

You sure have a strange diet!

:lol:

Chris

[rollmebackagain]

These pictures seem to suggest that the world must look beautiful to ants. Very nice - some of my favorites I've seen on this site!

[Robert_T]

Thanks Mate, great to see a northern hemisphere audience on our terrestrial stuff too:thumbsup:

As for ants, yes very beautiful... and very big!:D

[Robert_T]

Hey Chris, well it wasn't me that did for the spider's leg...they're awful,:P unless of cause you deep fry 'em in beer batter first

[jjjnettie]

I thought the Bee in the 4th image was incredibly sharp.
You had a very productive lunch break.

[RB]

Nice shooting there Robert.
Composition is good and colours are nice and vivid.

You've done v.well for handheld but use a mono-pod next time, it makes a huge difference.

:thumbsup:

[Screwdriverone]

Mmmmmm, Crunchy arachnofries with slug slime sauce..... only $2 at your local garden shop cafe. :)

Chris

[Robert_T]

Thanks Andrew, I bought a heavy duty monpod from the states, but I've been bitterly dissapointed with it. Maybe I'm not using it right, but I find I can't really hold noticeably steadier with it and it really get's in the way with composing my shots and reduces my flexibility of movement without much if any gain.

I took a cheap light-weight aluminium tripod with me today and a camera bean bag and found thesevastly superior.

cheers,

Rob

[RB]

The mono takes a bit of getting use to, but a tripod or bean bag is fantastic too, far better than handheld for macro shooting.

:thumbsup: