[astro_south (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by bloodhound31

Excellent work Andrew, can you post up some of your common settings and what lens?

Baz.

Hi Baz - thanks for the comments. Gear was 50D, Canon EF100mm f2.8, some Kenko extension tubes at times, 580EXII either on manual setup (1/2 to 1/8 power) or using ETTL with -1/3 to -2/3 of FEC, Tv of 1/200 or 1/250, Av between f10 and f16 and ISO generally 400. My time out there was really to test the ETTL and FEC method, hence the range of settings. I found that sometimes I got better results from setting the flash manually, other times the FEC did an OK job.

Originally Posted by troypiggo

Wow - you must have some good gardens at home.

Thanks for the ID Troy, and yeah - seems the gardens must be OK. I was chasing 3 blue banded bees that were looping around, but just didn't manage to do it. These guys are regulars around the front garden.

Originally Posted by acropolite

Nice buggage Andrew, the Fly in the second set has to be my favourite, there's so much detail there.

Thanks Phil - this is a crop of the original image too.

Originally Posted by dpastern

Andrew, super sets.
It's a wee bit late now, but I should be able to ID those in the 3rd series for you tomorrow night when I get home from work.
Dave

Thanks Dave

Originally Posted by lacad01

Brilliant stuff! #2 of the 3rd set is a standout

Cheers Adam