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Gary W Brown
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 Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 5:59 pm Post subject: Dinner time in the goldenrod patch |
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Inspired by all the great photos on this forum and the helpful advice from everyone I staged a daring midnight commando raid and rescued my faithful a100 from my daughter's camera bag. 
All the photos were taken using a Tamron 90mm macro and my Sony a100. The photo of the spider was cropped considerably. The details show up better but the focus suffers. All were hand held and manual focus. I used the "beginner" setting on the camera (auto) 
After this brief outing I think I will probably get the a300 or a350 so I have a large view screen. Gary
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rjlittlefield
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The first and second are pretty good for focus. Syrphid flies are always tricky, and that wasp looks great. Not bad at all for a first outing with a new lens/camera combo.
Be aware that for live subjects, pretty much everybody has a failure rate that is way higher than they'd like to admit. Shoot lots, throw away the bad ones, and show only the best. It works for me. 
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P_T
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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| rjlittlefield wrote: | Be aware that for live subjects, pretty much everybody has a failure rate that is way higher than they'd like to admit. Shoot lots, throw away the bad ones, and show only the best. It works for me.
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Ain't that the truth. 
For every image that I think is quite decent, there are at least 5 or more images that I threw away. Though sometime I get lucky and got a good one in the first try, still I shoot some more just in case I get an even better one.
Apart from the lack of focus on the spider, they look great. Better than any of my flying insect images.  |
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Harold Gough
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Of those many shots to get good ones, for dark subjects it is worth slightly over-exposing some to show additional detail. The converse applies with white subjects. While to former might be accomplished by the lightening of a digital image, the latter may not be possible by manipulation.
Harold
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