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Microstock Photography Forum - General => General Photography Discussion => Topic started by: madelaide on April 01, 2010, 19:51
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1260946/The-stunning-pictures-sleeping-insects-covered-early-morning-dew.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1260946/The-stunning-pictures-sleeping-insects-covered-early-morning-dew.html)
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No idea how he did that - but it sure looks awesome.
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Thanks for sharing! Awesome photos!
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Nice thanks! What kind of macro lens can capture this kind of detail?
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Found he uses a FujiFilm FinePix S6500fd, flash from his camera. It's a 6 megapixel camera (not a dslr with a special lens). So much for all those camera snobs.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10694456 (http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10694456)
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilms6000fd/ (http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilms6000fd/)
Mr Swietek, a physiotherapist said: 'I took up photography as a relaxing hobby two and a half years ago and I particularly like taking pictures of insects and lizards." Mr. Swietek lives with his wife and teenage son in Jaroszow, a village in Poland around 30 miles from the city of Wroclaw.
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Wow, and even more impressibe considering the camera used.
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Wow, and even more impressibe considering the camera used.
What brings us to that Alamy thread....
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pictures are great!
but article title is equally fantastic: "Would dew believe it"
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I don't say he took this shots on this way but some folk are using freezing spay in insect photography.
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Well, he couldn't take these images if insects were alive, that's for sure. He probably did freeze them with a spray.
Anyway, beautiful images.
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Well, he couldn't take these images if insects were alive, that's for sure. He probably did freeze them with a spray.
Anyway, beautiful images.
:'(
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Actually they are quite easy to take, you have to be out early morning sunrise, the dew is very thick then and the insects are immoblized by it and the morning chill. You need a good macro lens if you are using a dslr.
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Actually they are quite easy to take, you have to be out early morning sunrise, the dew is very thick then and the insects are immoblized by it and the morning chill. You need a good macro lens if you are using a dslr.
Actually you are right! I forgot about the early morning. Sue, don't cry :) the insects are alive :) Bes need at least 18 degrees C to take off. Don't know about dragonflies and flies, but it's probably at least 12-15 degrees C.
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Actually they are quite easy to take, you have to be out early morning sunrise, the dew is very thick then and the insects are immoblized by it and the morning chill. You need a good macro lens if you are using a dslr.
Again, he uses a FujiFilm FinePix S6500fd, flash from his camera. It's a 6 megapixel camera (not a dslr with a special lens). He says that he goes out at 2 - 3 am and simply uses a "torch" to light the bugs. I toured an old castle ruin in Wales one summer (I'm from the US) and was so excited because the person in charge said we needed torches to see around. I envisioned getting a flaming torch like some kind of medieval movie until I learned that a torch was simply a flashlight.
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:D
"England and America are two countries divided by a common language" - George Bernard Shaw
I know you said Wales, but still... what a great example of UK-English vs US-English. Hilarious :D
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I toured an old castle ruin in Wales one summer and was so excited because the person in charge said we needed torches to see around. I envisioned getting a flaming torch like some kind of medieval movie until I learned that a torch was simply a flashlight.
I once 'confessed' to a US official in an airport that I had a maglite in my hand luggage. Got a funny look, but they said we had to tell them if we were carrying torches ...
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I used to have a Fuji S9100 (9MP version) and never would have suspected that I could have taken pictures like that with it. I eventually ditched that camera on Ebay since I never really cared for it.
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I have some dragonfly hatchlings covered with dew (not this good though :)). After hatching they have to wait for the sun to warm up and dry out their wings to be able to move and fly so makes for easy photography. Mine were about 6am, but depending on where they have located themselves it can be 8-9am before they get enough sun.
However this could very easily be done with dead bugs and a water-glycerine? spray mix or freeze spray as mentioned. I take a lot of lizard images and grabbing the lizard and putting it on ice for an hour so that they are cold and can barely move is sadly not an uncommon practice (personally I'd just miss the shot, plenty more lizards out there).
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Again, he uses a FujiFilm FinePix S6500fd, flash from his camera. It's a 6 megapixel camera (not a dslr with a special lens). He says that he goes out at 2 - 3 am and simply uses a "torch" to light the bugs. I toured an old castle ruin in Wales one summer (I'm from the US) and was so excited because the person in charge said we needed torches to see around. I envisioned getting a flaming torch like some kind of medieval movie until I learned that a torch was simply a flashlight.
Ok, and what? There is nothing super special in that. This is a different and very specific field of photography. Many pro photographers are using higher quality PS cameras for photographing macro. Reason is the sensor size and DOF... and the amount of light you need. This is why a torch is enough for him. Now let's try to shoot commercial people shots with that fuji and a torchlight - good luck for selling it :)
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Again, he uses a FujiFilm FinePix S6500fd, flash from his camera.
Ok, and what?
I wasn't trying to make any point. Other posters kept asking what camera, what lens, etc. I found the info out and was merely letting those who were asking know the facts. Yes, use a better camera for stock if you will. If I needed a photo of a bug covered with dew I would buy them. If I needed a shot of a long line of smiling business people covered in dew I suspect it would have to be taken in a studio with controlled lighting with a giant camera with a giant lens (and probably not at 2 am).
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Actually they are quite easy to take, you have to be out early morning sunrise, the dew is very thick then and the insects are immoblized by it and the morning chill. You need a good macro lens if you are using a dslr.
Again, he uses a FujiFilm FinePix S6500fd, flash from his camera. It's a 6 megapixel camera (not a dslr with a special lens). He says that he goes out at 2 - 3 am and simply uses a "torch" to light the bugs. I toured an old castle ruin in Wales one summer (I'm from the US) and was so excited because the person in charge said we needed torches to see around. I envisioned getting a flaming torch like some kind of medieval movie until I learned that a torch was simply a flashlight.
Nice selective choice of the camera he used for some of the images, if you look at his other photos, many of the bug images were made with, Canon EOS 40D, Tamron SP 90mm/2.8 1:1 Macro
http://photo.net/photodb/member-photos?user_id=5928980 (http://photo.net/photodb/member-photos?user_id=5928980)