First photos

NitzanC · Post by **NitzanC** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 12:09 pm

Nikon D50
Sigma 105mm macro

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 12:52 pm

Nitzan,

Welcome aboard -- superb photos!

Is that first one a courtship offering?

--Rik

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 12:58 pm

Welcome to the forums Nitzan. We have a wonderful group of people here and we hope you make yourself right at home. All three pictures are wonderful. I especially like the first one. It reminds me of a baby fly going out on its first hunt and coming home to momma with its first kill. The spider has beautiful copper colored eyes and the grasshopper stands out very

nicely against the green background. Welcome again and all I can say in closing is "I want to see More"

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:42 pm

Welcome Nitzan!

Great photographs! You've captured interesting flying robberfly with a pray and second one in the corner. I suppose other robberfly were in the contact with some surface. Right? Very nice jumping spider and grasshopper also, with lot of details and super corresponding backgrounds.

It must be very good macro lens you have.

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 5:50 pm

Wow some superb shots,you've obviously done this before! I particularly like the jumping spider,but then I'm biased!

Erland R.N. · Post by **Erland R.N.** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 4:50 am

Nice "clasical" composition in the third picture, just like I would like to be able to to it myself

The first one is awesome. Is this a male carrying a prey to a female as an exchange for a mating oppertunity ?

Welcome onboard, would love to see more pictures from you in the future.

cheers
Erland

Carl_Constantine · Post by **Carl_Constantine** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 4:01 pm

These are beautiful shots Nitzan. I too am particularly partial to the first one. But you'll find a lot of hopper entusiasts on this forum too who'll appreciate that third shot. I agree with Erland, that it's a wonderful classical composition.

Keep up the great work.

NitzanC · Post by **NitzanC** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 9:43 am

Thank you all,

rjlittlefield wrote:Is that first one a courtship offering?

I think it is. Here is the female:

Carl_Constantine · Post by **Carl_Constantine** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 10:02 am

Great composition with that Sigma 105mm. As much as I like the Canon 100mm Macro, I can't really aford one so a cheaper "starter" macro lens may be the way to go for now.

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 12:17 pm

NitzanC wrote:I think it is. Here is the female:

Wow -- interesting pair of pictures! #1 is clearly not just a crop of #4 -- different focus and spacing between the flies.

How many seconds between these pictures? How long did the fly hover there?

And I'm curious about technique. Is #1 a crop of something that looked a lot like #4 but was focused differently, or did you have enough time to actually move closer? (I'd think "zoom", but the Sigma 105 doesn't do that.)

Thanks,
--Rik

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 12:28 pm

Indeed!

Rik you have a great gift of noticing!

I think it must be a very short time between capturing two photographs or this guy is a great hover master.

I supose #4 precede #1.
Position of the leg on #4 is closer to abdomen then on #1.

NitzanC · Post by **NitzanC** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 12:40 pm

Thank you,

rjlittlefield wrote:
NitzanC wrote:I think it is. Here is the female:
Wow -- interesting pair of pictures! #1 is clearly not just a crop of #4 -- different focus and spacing between the flies.

How many seconds between these pictures? How long did the fly hover there?

And I'm curious about technique. Is #1 a crop of something that looked a lot like #4 but was focused differently, or did you have enough time to actually move closer? (I'd think "zoom", but the Sigma 105 doesn't do that.)

Thanks,
--Rik

The first picture was shot at 15:41:22, the last picture at 15:41:28 - it turns out that 6 seconds are enough time to move closer. The fly was hovering for 35 seconds.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 1:12 pm

Seems I am always a day late and a dollar short, Welcome to the Forums there NitzanC

Hey some really great photographs you have posted here, bout time we got some talent around here. (Just kidding everyone, just kidding!

) Well all kidding aside, we do have a great and fantastic bunch of shooters here and I am sure you will enjoy your membership to the group. Again some really great photographs!

Gee...I hope they don't run me out of town over that "talent" remark. Hey, I was just kidding guys.