Predatory Insects around my Bonsai yard- MACRO/MICRO
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Re: Insects around my Bonsai yard- MACRO/MICRO
Ahh, then you are approaching apprenticeship, grasshopper..
If you are not killing plants, then you are not extending yourself as a gardener..
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Though I must confess, many of those images where used from tracking Iridium flares to the bush to just about anything.
Sorry, this is the first time I have seen these images in a while, thought they were lost guess a few survived online.
Sorry, this is the first time I have seen these images in a while, thought they were lost guess a few survived online.
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Re: Predatory Insects around my Bonsai yard- MACRO/MICRO
Very nice Mitchell I have been trying to capture the last pic with the moving stars but unable to with my Pentax X 90. The stars out here are fantastic. With this camera i am unable to change lenses 
.I'm getting the idea with sunsets
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Re: Predatory Insects around my Bonsai yard- MACRO/MICRO
Hey Mitchell,
About time you finally shared some of your photos
They are absolutely awesome, I think your well past apprentice stage.. That glowing spider is seriously freaky!!!
No idea what sort of spider he is but I have been trying to get a macro of one for ages... I love doing the web wind wobble
Matt
About time you finally shared some of your photos
They are absolutely awesome, I think your well past apprentice stage.. That glowing spider is seriously freaky!!!No idea what sort of spider he is but I have been trying to get a macro of one for ages... I love doing the web wind wobble
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On an electron microscope, a shake of .0001mm would lose the subject entirely! they are usually placed in basements to reduce building sway, Our first lab was one of the very few in the world to have a view, but strategically placed at building corner for stability.
If you are not killing plants, then you are not extending yourself as a gardener..
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Ugly!!?? I only see beatiful! 
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Great stuff Mitchell. A few years ago I invested in a decent prosumer camera. Fuji Finepix 6500. One of the features I liked was decent macro/super macro capabilities.
You got me motivated to have another muck around with this taking some insect pictures.
This is the best I got. I will see if I can get some spiders for you.
You got me motivated to have another muck around with this taking some insect pictures.
This is the best I got. I will see if I can get some spiders for you.
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Beautiful work guys!
Agreed, he is at least journeyman if not master!
Agreed, he is at least journeyman if not master!
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No master's around here, I'm no professional just someone that enjoys viewing life through a lens, trying to capture moments of it before it passes into the ether.
Great shots Bretts!
My camera is old, shocking quality, low MP but it has a special place. Me and it have fallen down staircases, swum through creeks, climbed the highest trees, been covered in sand,dirt/mud and many other things including frying my eyeball. Yes I know that sunset is pretty and making the sun "flare" in the lens looks great, but damn colour blindness and retina burn is not fun.
Great shots Bretts!
My camera is old, shocking quality, low MP but it has a special place. Me and it have fallen down staircases, swum through creeks, climbed the highest trees, been covered in sand,dirt/mud and many other things including frying my eyeball. Yes I know that sunset is pretty and making the sun "flare" in the lens looks great, but damn colour blindness and retina burn is not fun.
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Like a tank on rollerblades and called a jewelled spiderMitchell wrote:Ugly!!?? I only see beatiful!
I actually like the webs more than the spiders, the variety & intricacy of some of them is amazing, one of my favorites spin an amazing 3D web. You reminded me of the first time using a digi, heres a couple I liked...
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"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards." ~ Vernon Sanders Law
"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own." ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goeth
"Bonsai becomes great when growers start trees they know they will never see in a pot"
"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards." ~ Vernon Sanders Law
"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own." ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goeth
"Bonsai becomes great when growers start trees they know they will never see in a pot"
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Re: Predatory Insects around my Bonsai yard- MACRO/MICRO
My pet Black Widow
Thanks for your help Mitchell & Webos
Thanks for your help Mitchell & Webos
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Yup, that's exactly what I'm talking about Matt. Could only see shades of orange for two days, when I could open my eye. Though was doing that for several minutes.
Chris, really? A pet, that is pretty full on, though I did have a redback for a while as a child in my room as a pet in a jar.
Chris, really? A pet, that is pretty full on, though I did have a redback for a while as a child in my room as a pet in a jar.
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Another few macro shots.
All still done with an 8 year old DSLR and a reversed slr lens in front of it. You can hold it there, or tape it on with electrical tape. Costs nothing, but can reveal a whole world, you would never know even existed.
All still done with an 8 year old DSLR and a reversed slr lens in front of it. You can hold it there, or tape it on with electrical tape. Costs nothing, but can reveal a whole world, you would never know even existed.
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Macro video
Here's something I was experimenting with long before DSLR video was introduced. This is a 350d Canon taking continuous shots of a cacti, with a few critters running over it. Remember this is an old camera taking what seems to be jumpy macro video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rogVlwxWAbI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rogVlwxWAbI
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Re: Predatory Insects around my Bonsai yard- MACRO/MICRO
I didn't snap this, I have had it for a while from a top 10
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