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Photo Of The Day - December 2017
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Got commissioned (free pizza) to do this last night. Apparently some children were suitably impressed.
Merry Christmas
people. Spending the weekend on a solo weekend trip to the beautiful Northumberland. Stuck inside the cottage today though. The rain has ruined it for me.
Sounds like a nice way to spend a few days. Hope the weather improves, but stick on a rain coat and enjoy it anyway.
Merry Christmaspeople. Spending the weekend on a solo weekend trip to the beautiful Northumberland. Stuck inside the cottage today though. The rain has ruined it for me.
The window of an arts and crafts shop close to my apartment:
About fifty minutes after the previous image and the Dragonfly nymph has managed to be free from its exoskeleton for a couple of minutes now. It has climbed up to a higher section of the pond plants where it was initially emerging from its old skin, which was only just above the water line. The wings have engorged quite substantially, they are very soft and are no longer stuck together. If you look at the ends of the wings you can see the ruffled parts that are yet to expand out fully. The thorax has expanded considerably, the abdomen has doubled in length and the head has also been enlarged considerably.
All of these images were taken handheld and without using a flash, as I did not want to stress it out. There is no image stabilisation on my macro lens either, so I had to go for rather high ISO's to get sharp images.
Canon 6D, Tamron 90mm f/2.8 Macro, Partial Metering, Aperture Priority
ISO 3200, 90mm, f/11, 1/160
All of these images were taken handheld and without using a flash, as I did not want to stress it out. There is no image stabilisation on my macro lens either, so I had to go for rather high ISO's to get sharp images.
Canon 6D, Tamron 90mm f/2.8 Macro, Partial Metering, Aperture Priority
ISO 3200, 90mm, f/11, 1/160
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Hand held, no flash? Very impressive skills!About fifty minutes after the previous image and the Dragonfly nymph has managed to be free from its exoskeleton for a couple of minutes now. It has climbed up to a higher section of the pond plants where it was initially emerging from its old skin, which was only just above the water line. The wings have engorged quite substantially, they are very soft and are no longer stuck together. If you look at the ends of the wings you can see the ruffled parts that are yet to expand out fully. The thorax has expanded considerably, the abdomen has doubled in length and the head has also been enlarged considerably.
All of these images were taken handheld and without using a flash, as I did not want to stress it out. There is no image stabilisation on my macro lens either, so I had to go for rather high ISO's to get sharp images.
Canon 6D, Tamron 90mm f/2.8 Macro, Partial Metering, Aperture Priority
ISO 3200, 90mm, f/11, 1/160
Sometimes trying to get your tripod into a situation like that ends up frightening off your prey. Generally I find my low powered flash (R1C1 macro kit), doesn't bother them too much but takes a while to set up.Thanks, AFB. Not too bad for a wobbly fella that's getting on in years!
Four minutes later and the Dragonfly is now hanging upside down in a more secure position so as to assist its wings separating and filling out fully.
Canon 6D, Tamron 90mm f/2.8 Macro, Partial Metering, Aperture Priority
ISO 3200, 90mm, f/11, 1/80
Canon 6D, Tamron 90mm f/2.8 Macro, Partial Metering, Aperture Priority
ISO 3200, 90mm, f/11, 1/80
I haven't shot enough macro this year. Here is an older one I enjoyed taking a while back. He sat very still whilst I got my tripod set up and attached tubes etc. He was about 3-4 mm long and I only spotted him because he was orange against all the grass.
_DSC1736 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr
_DSC1736 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr
Love this one AFB. You nailed a real beauty!I haven't shot enough macro this year. Here is an older one I enjoyed taking a while back. He sat very still whilst I got my tripod set up and attached tubes etc. He was about 3-4 mm long and I only spotted him because he was orange against all the grass.
~ Peter
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Rio-20171224 by Charles Martorelli, on Flickr
Gecko watching me on the boardwalk.
just fooling around inside (it's -30 C out) ... set up a lego trooper in near darkness then waved an led panel around to paint layers of light ... 10 sec exposure
About half an hour after the previous image and the Dragonfly has fully unfurled its wings, which are all straight now. It is at full size too, with everything engorged fully and the body is starting to develop its colouration.
Canon 6D, Tamron 90mm f/2.8 Macro, Partial Metering, Aperture Priority
ISO 6400, 90mm, f/16, 1/2000
Canon 6D, Tamron 90mm f/2.8 Macro, Partial Metering, Aperture Priority
ISO 6400, 90mm, f/16, 1/2000
Apollo House by Joe, on Flickr
Joe;
I love that your personal style has a way of making even the most mundane building become interesting.
Keep shooting ...
Christmas...Decorations in a local town.
Defocused on purpose.
My little boy's first Christmas portrait.
