Yes, some more of my macros

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #1 24-10-2009, 11:21 PM

Various macros, of various things.

#1 - crop of a crab spider

#2 - Male tachnidae fly

#3 - female Jumping spider

#4 - female jumping spider in mid motion (not easy to do)

#5 - male Lynx spider

#6 - pastel rose

#7 - emerging Cicada

Dave

vindictive666 (John) · #2 25-10-2009, 07:58 AM

nice i like number four

regards john

ving (David) · #3 25-10-2009, 12:17 PM

great looking series dave. all nice and sharp where they should be.

Dennis · #4 25-10-2009, 12:34 PM

Nice work Dave. I particularly like the eyes on the fly, the spider shots and the emerging cicada. Quite difficult portraits to pull off, so well done!

Cheers

Dennis

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #5 25-10-2009, 01:34 PM

Thanks guys

I haven't been shooting much macro of late, mainly cos there's not a lot in my parents gardens

I really do miss the gardens that I had in Sydney, they were awesome.

Dave

kinetic (Steve) · #6 25-10-2009, 01:48 PM

Dave,

great skill, lovely detail! Nice work.

Steve

Kevnool (Kev) · #7 25-10-2009, 01:52 PM

There great pics David.
#7 is quite cool,aint seen that before.
Cheers Kev.

P.S take them L plates off go to the Ps

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #8 25-10-2009, 01:55 PM

Thanks Steve and Kev. Kev - I've only had the pleasure of seeing this once, and by pure luck. I ended up going back and forth over a 2 hour period to get a variety of shots of the emerging Cicada. I've shot a lot of macro over the past 4-5 years (probably 35k+ shots) so I'm very experienced now. I still suck at lighting though lol.

Dave

kinetic (Steve) · #9 25-10-2009, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dpastern

...I'm very experienced now. I still suck at lighting though lol.

Dave

LOL, makes me recall an episode of Frontline where the goofy stoner
sound/ lighting guy and camera man were skylarking and not taking
a story very seriously in a rare butterfly enclosure.
While recording Mike doing the serious story, all the butterflies flew
towards the bright lights and got cooked!

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #10 25-10-2009, 02:15 PM

hahaha poor things!

Dave

multiweb (Marc) · #11 25-10-2009, 05:15 PM

Amazing shots. My favorite would be #3. The little spider on the leaf. You just can make up a bit of web (jet?) in front of it.

Jeffkop (Jeff) · #12 25-10-2009, 05:16 PM

Another really colourful and interesting group Dave, you are going to have quite a collection if you havent already.

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #13 25-10-2009, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by multiweb

Amazing shots. My favorite would be #3. The little spider on the leaf. You just can make up a bit of web (jet?) in front of it.

Nah, that's just the leaf structure. A spiders web trails from their spinnerets, which are at the rear of the spider. Jumping spiders (which is what this is) do actually use their silk as a safety line.

Dave

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #14 25-10-2009, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeffkop

Another really colourful and interesting group Dave, you are going to have quite a collection if you havent already.

I've got a lot of average images, some very good images, and a few cracking shots. I'm pretty hard on myself when it comes to grading images ;-)

Dave

multiweb (Marc) · #15 25-10-2009, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dpastern

Nah, that's just the leaf structure. A spiders web trails from their spinnerets, which are at the rear of the spider. Jumping spiders (which is what this is) do actually use their silk as a safety line.

Dave

ahh?... ok with all those eyes it's hard to make head from tail?

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #16 25-10-2009, 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by multiweb

ahh?... ok with all those eyes it's hard to make head from tail?

here ya go - body parts piccie especially for you Marc!

Dave

bloodhound31 · #17 26-10-2009, 11:29 PM

Four and five for me. Beautiful!

Baz.

Octane (Humayun) · #18 26-10-2009, 11:33 PM

Dave,

That's a great series of images.

Completely different world to landscapes and astrophotography.

Regards,
Humayun

matt · #19 26-10-2009, 11:36 PM

I like 'em

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #20 27-10-2009, 12:18 AM

Thanks guys

Just a small selection of some of my favourite images. Each image has a story.

#1 - my first crab spider. After seeing others post images of them, I was delighted one afternoon to find one in our yard. And a large one at that.

#2 - I just nailed this shot, it just clicked. Very patient fly as well, it just happily stayed there. I didn't need to hang around, I nailed the shot on my first effort, but I observed it for around 5 or so minutes. Sometimes, it's nice to just watch

#3 - I spotted this Jumper in one of our neighbours front gardens. Everyone in the area knew I was into photographing "bugs" and I was only too welcome to take shots. I usually had our dog, Monty with me most times. A patient dog, he'd wait for me whilst I took shots.

#4 - This was a special one. I watched this jumper for nearly half an hour. It was very inquisitive and completely unafraid of me and quite large. Catching jumpers in mid stride isn't easy!

#5 - One of my better Lynx spider shots, a large male too. Quite nervy, took a while for him to come out after initially hiding. Taken in the warm afternoon. Most spiders like to sun themselves, especially Lynx spiders.

#6 - one of the roses in the garden where I lived. Not perfect on focus, but I loved the lighting and pastel effect.

#7 - how often does one get to see this?

There are a few things I'm still trying to achieve:

1) damselflies mating

2) 1:1 facial of a dragonfly

3) 1:1 shot of a damselfly

I've had some success with dragonflies, but very little with damselflies, much to my chagrin.

Dave