A very good set!
Foraging bees and wasps will not sting, unless they get trapped against you while they fly away. You can get right up close.
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- Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:18 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: A rather 'summerish' spring.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 307
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:15 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: closeup photo of solar eclipse in Richland, WA
- Replies: 2
- Views: 479
Re: closeup photo of solar eclipse in Richland, WA
We were at about 99%. Totality was about a two hour drive away, but I had teaching obligations. It was still very impressive (I hear).
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:08 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Peony ant
- Replies: 3
- Views: 453
Re: Peony ant
Interesting! I have not heard of this lens, but it looks like a near clone of the Laowa f/2.8 2.5-5x. I wonder if the company is really Venus/Laowa under a different label. How that all works is puzzling to me.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:03 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Vespula germanica
- Replies: 3
- Views: 454
Re: Vespula germanica
I suppose that could be a queen, making paper for her nest.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:00 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: cute prehistoric-lookin' bristletail
- Replies: 3
- Views: 467
Re: cute prehistoric-lookin' bristletail
Jumping Bristletails are among the weirder insects. By some respects, they are the most 'primitive' of insects. Genetic comparisons show that insects are in the Pancrustacea, a group of arthropods that is mostly Crustacea. One relic of that relationship with the Crustacea are the bi-ramous limbs, wh...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 11:07 pm
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: First results focus stacking with an STF lens
- Replies: 6
- Views: 373
Re: First results focus stacking with an STF lens
Interesting results. I don't know anything about the lens.
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 11:06 pm
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Critter Mix 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 262
Re: Critter Mix 2024
Always a pleasure to see your stuff. After being with a dual head flash for some time, this season I am prepared to try a single head flash and a big 'ol conical diffuser. But one is sort of pushed into encircling the lower part of the diffuser face around the lens, so you get those single highlight...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 11:00 pm
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Yellow eggs on locust tree bark
- Replies: 4
- Views: 126
Re: Yellow eggs on locust tree bark
Locust borer eggs are laid in cracks in the bark of the host tree: https://wiki.bugwood.org/HPIPM:Locust_Borer but I could not find an ID for these eggs. You will see plenty of the adult beetles in the late summer if you plant goldenrod. The adults pretty much live on those, it seems. They are just ...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:54 pm
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: A rather 'summerish' spring II
- Replies: 6
- Views: 278
Re: A rather 'summerish' spring II
Excellent pictures!
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:50 pm
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Crab spider in a dandelion
- Replies: 4
- Views: 91
Re: Crab spider in a dandelion
Great restults! I especially like the 2nd one.
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:22 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Rio Bigal Reserve: Ecuador II
- Replies: 5
- Views: 305
Re: Rio Bigal Reserve: Ecuador II
Such cool critters, and excellent pictures!
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum and Community Announcements
- Topic: Loss of Robert OToole
- Replies: 48
- Views: 2244
Re: Loss of Robert OToole
I too am very sad of this news. I would always give his many posts a priority look, since they were always to exacting and good.
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:25 pm
- Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Reversed lenses--usefulness of electrical contacts to control aperture?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 628
Re: Reversed lenses--usefulness of electrical contacts to control aperture?
That is pretty cool! There is the Neewer NW-C-UP electronic reversing ring that works on Canon EF lenses. I have it and it's been fun but I don't take it out much. It can help to get good images with the right lenses: https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnhallm ... 592459772/
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- Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:10 pm
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: posing...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 280
Re: posing...
A good picture! I do a fair bit more in post processing as well, and it makes a difference.
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum and Community Announcements
- Topic: "naturefold" -- field photography with Laowa 2.5-5X and focus stacking
- Replies: 4
- Views: 254
Re: "naturefold" -- field photography with Laowa 2.5-5X and focus stacking
I have seen him before on YouTube, and he is remarkable. I think the method involves sort of leaning on the edge of the diffuser for stability, and gently pressing forward as you stack.