Author Topic: Macro Photography in the Wind (Read 3327 times)

WarrenPrice · « **on:** June 27, 2010, 11:43 »

Found a writing spider a few days ago. First time I've ever seen the male and female together. Hard to focus on both with the wind and them not being on the same plane.

Yesterday he was gone. Wonder if she ate him? I may have a very rare image of the two together.

This morning she is eating a bug ... a big bug, could be a honey bee? Again, hard to get any depth with the wind blowing. She isn't going to wait for evening. The bug was gone in less than an hour. So goes the life of a nature photographer. Hope this crap can impress someone.

WarrenPrice · « **Reply #1 on:** June 27, 2010, 12:53 »

Oooops. I meant to make a point.

Wonder how something like this (eating a bug) would work as a video clip?

I swear my mind is either hyperactive or, I'm getting old.

stockastic · « **Reply #2 on:** June 27, 2010, 13:54 »

We have lots of flowering plants in the back yard. But whenever I try to get interested in shooting them, I'm reminded that they're never actually still at any time when there's decent light. I guess flash, with reflectors and diffusers, is the only answer.

elvinstar · « **Reply #3 on:** June 27, 2010, 14:55 »

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Wonder how something like this (eating a bug) would work as a video clip?

I would think that a time-lapse would be cool...

Stu49 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 27, 2010, 16:34 »

Quote from: stockastic on June 27, 2010, 13:54

We have lots of flowering plants in the back yard. But whenever I try to get interested in shooting them, I'm reminded that they're never actually still at any time when there's decent light. I guess flash, with reflectors and diffusers, is the only answer.

Use a light tent !?

WarrenPrice · « **Reply #5 on:** June 27, 2010, 16:43 »

@elvinstar, I need to learn more about time-lapse. I got interested after watching Leaf's igloo project. I'm afraid, however, that it doesn't solve the wind problem. All the images would still be blurred.

For the flower garden ... If I really like the flowers, I cut them and use an indoor setup ... much to my wife's chagrin.

The spider eating a wasp (it was a wasp, not a bee) turned out pretty good. The DOF is a bit shallow but the focus is in the right place. I have them in the submit folder.

PS: I also meant to mention that the Canon T2i has arrived but I failed to order the faster SDHC cards. You can't do video ones I've been using in my Nikon. There's that problem with the mind again.

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