tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31064349975063060292024-03-05T23:57:36.603+08:00In Plain Sight...Macro photography - Nature in MiniatureDetritushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09226142927233127338noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106434997506306029.post-67923932754953055292011-11-26T22:44:00.000+08:002011-11-26T22:44:56.006+08:00Processing old stuff<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Haven't had much time to shoot lately. but took the time to do some tidying up and found some old photos that had not been processed, including one of a very nice katydid i found in an abandoned quarry once. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Moral of the story: getting the shot is just half the story - finding the time to organise and process them properly is the more important other half. </span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">K-5, DFA-100WR</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jMiwX5QL7D8/TtDwDIZu8cI/AAAAAAAACCw/uKIz_PE2RUE/s1600/IMGP2700.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jMiwX5QL7D8/TtDwDIZu8cI/AAAAAAAACCw/uKIz_PE2RUE/s320/IMGP2700.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div>Detritushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09226142927233127338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106434997506306029.post-29366496066662372992011-09-15T23:14:00.000+08:002011-09-15T23:14:13.141+08:00Beetle - Salad Dinner<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Took a short detour after work to check out my usual hunting ground near my apartment. Main intention was to try out the new panagor 55 that arrived some months ago, but never got to use.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I first came across this lens abt a year ago - it belonged to a friend and after taking it out for one test shoot, i could not get it out of my mind. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Its small, light and VERY sharp. The only limitation was that its a PK lens with no A contact so that complicates matters when using a flash. nevertheless, its a very good lens.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div>Detritushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09226142927233127338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106434997506306029.post-6949156706397474452011-08-07T18:15:00.000+08:002011-08-07T18:15:18.220+08:00New lightweight setup: GXR + A12 50mm Macro F2.5<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">After spending a few months lugging a heavy DSLR setup for macro shoots, i got to the point where i wasn;t sure if there was a point to all that weight. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The <a href="http://www.ricoh.com/r_dc/gxr/unit.html">GXR system</a> needs no introduction to enthusiasts. And oh, about all the terrible things they've said about the A12 AF speed - its mainly true - its terribly slow... but i've never used AF for macro before so it makes no difference to me. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I just set the thing to MF, turn it to the min focusing distance, which gives 1:2 magnification.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">My 8-legged friend dropped in to gimme a chance to test out the macro capabilities... some tweaking needed to improve the lighting but seriously, not bad at all...</span><br />
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</span>Detritushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09226142927233127338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106434997506306029.post-37503750754966834422011-07-23T15:05:00.000+08:002011-07-23T15:05:25.092+08:00Early Morning Shoot at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserves<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Haven't had a chance to update for some time as my newborn princess demands my time and attention. Nevertheless, managed to find time to make an early morning trip to the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.sbwr.org.sg/">Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserves</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The reserve is located in the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=14764137588359504821&q=Sungei+Buloh+Wetland+Reserve+Lim+Chu+Kang+Lane+6F+Singapore&hl=en&ved=0CBEQ-gswAA&sa=X&ei=qWkqToXfJKqEmQXfz8CdCQ&sig2=uNtcG4GewiyBYSeqJtiMyw">north-west of Singapore</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">. It is very popular among bird-watchers. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Macro opportunities are pretty good too :) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#1: Common sun skink - sun skinks are most easily found and photographed early in the morning, while they are sunning themselves. They're very shy and skittish so its important to approach gently when attempting to photograph them. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#2: Jumping spider: very common resident of the local nature parks. The "high jumpers" of nature. This one's female, judging by its abdomen.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#3 Orange Fly: I see these flies often, but i don't know much about them other than they're probably Family <i>Lauxaniidae.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#4 Leaf Footed Bug - I nearly mistook this for a assassin bug on account of its needle like mouth-part. But on closer examination (and subsequent research), its actually a leaf-footed bug nymph :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#5 Brown beetle: a rather unexciting shot of a pretty unexciting brown beetle :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#6 Black and yellow mud dauber: named for the nests which they build from mud, this attractive specimen landed in front of me just as i was preparing to pack up and leave :) </span><br />
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</span>Detritushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09226142927233127338noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.445244 103.724560399999971.309033 103.48755039999998 1.581455 103.96157039999997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106434997506306029.post-3403993827346372502011-05-01T21:44:00.000+08:002011-05-01T21:44:14.094+08:00More shots with the Voigtlander<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">#1</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XyqjSVUIfck/Tb1YlwYv6iI/AAAAAAAAB5U/x5LEkE-sK68/s1600/IMGP4539_crop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XyqjSVUIfck/Tb1YlwYv6iI/AAAAAAAAB5U/x5LEkE-sK68/s320/IMGP4539_crop.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">#2</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UFWcrRHDAkA/Tb1Yny36ddI/AAAAAAAAB5Y/CZ04vRogC4U/s1600/IMGP4540_crop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UFWcrRHDAkA/Tb1Yny36ddI/AAAAAAAAB5Y/CZ04vRogC4U/s320/IMGP4540_crop.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">#3 - Stacked - 3 shots to bring rear segment / legs into focus.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DUQoupdKVuc/Tb1YpmqShuI/AAAAAAAAB5c/XVObekOS1bU/s1600/IMGP4552_crop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DUQoupdKVuc/Tb1YpmqShuI/AAAAAAAAB5c/XVObekOS1bU/s320/IMGP4552_crop.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Detritushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09226142927233127338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106434997506306029.post-65570519030593693332011-04-23T08:58:00.000+08:002011-04-23T08:58:54.443+08:00Early morning shoot with the Voigtlander 125<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I love this lens... ok... that felt good... let me say it again... I LOVE THIS LENS! *phew*</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I had problems getting used to the minimum focusing distance - 38cm... its pretty long - which makes composition very challenging. Solution: PK-A extension tubes. Shortens the minimum focusing distance to a more manageable distance, magnifies the subject and thanks to the PK-A contacts, passes the aperture information back to the camera so p-ttl still works :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The challenges of using this lens are:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Weight: its 600+ grams - double the weight of a D-FA100</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Focal Length: at 125mm, it works out to 35mm equivalent of 180 on an APS-C... its a little long for hand-held and when using it for macro, support is a must for me.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Reputation: its a sharp lens. anyone who manages to screw up their shots with this lens can only have them-self to blame.</span><br />
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</span>Detritushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09226142927233127338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106434997506306029.post-27596996012223549042011-04-23T08:48:00.002+08:002011-04-23T08:49:05.669+08:00Who am I?<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I could not get a positive ID of this fella... so if anyone knows what it is, appreciate if you could just drop me an msg :)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#1</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WOGaSBSnbgw/TarXgw3t3aI/AAAAAAAAB1c/tA4p5R9pYVw/s1600/IMGP3874_crop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WOGaSBSnbgw/TarXgw3t3aI/AAAAAAAAB1c/tA4p5R9pYVw/s320/IMGP3874_crop.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</div>Detritushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09226142927233127338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106434997506306029.post-58644894870945805072011-04-16T17:41:00.001+08:002011-04-23T08:49:19.970+08:00Stuff found near home<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The things I can find at the park connector near my place never ceases to amaze me... Enjoy :)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#1 Weevil</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4W4NeVSLakW-PfGxTPL5xb2SI1dIRfO9dmk5fVmMddpxjY7uGwzo0lJq3QFz4MZ517lEAqPmBYam6475udd6dt2ytmYV1PYFLei07s0q83cT9EGWexmzfiFbkQ0rfi0PQmV1uKFa4YT4/s1600/IMGP3792_crop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4W4NeVSLakW-PfGxTPL5xb2SI1dIRfO9dmk5fVmMddpxjY7uGwzo0lJq3QFz4MZ517lEAqPmBYam6475udd6dt2ytmYV1PYFLei07s0q83cT9EGWexmzfiFbkQ0rfi0PQmV1uKFa4YT4/s320/IMGP3792_crop.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">#2 Jumping Spider</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoQ4fBx1KqTO7jjSzYJZ3jWBwOFEekKIq8dR0Ev5-V1EFGZHVZfw-taXKd2JcuwZsd5PAcOAIRZBF5Xs4mDGe5JFLlpj0i_QBObsaHORsY1o19jAmu__PA5j_5LpWNGrjtaLEod7vSNM/s1600/IMGP3803_crop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoQ4fBx1KqTO7jjSzYJZ3jWBwOFEekKIq8dR0Ev5-V1EFGZHVZfw-taXKd2JcuwZsd5PAcOAIRZBF5Xs4mDGe5JFLlpj0i_QBObsaHORsY1o19jAmu__PA5j_5LpWNGrjtaLEod7vSNM/s320/IMGP3803_crop.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">#3 Jumping Spider</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-woUGsbVME2I/TalhoyfUUwI/AAAAAAAAB0o/yhlw2V1yZhc/s1600/IMGP3807_crop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-woUGsbVME2I/TalhoyfUUwI/AAAAAAAAB0o/yhlw2V1yZhc/s320/IMGP3807_crop.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">#4 Jumping Spider</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJiDxtdZE1WvTDBhCSqKVKX-8rPzkNiCgnHFleCV79_9w8mGuKtxh9zfTsyJvHwHzb_FCZr9y-8mLJP7S-Rw-nZOcZGaurfwAvHamyzCN8_-atzgJJFba9-OqZhrlBZmOyVZJVvd1GtaU/s1600/IMGP3820_crop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJiDxtdZE1WvTDBhCSqKVKX-8rPzkNiCgnHFleCV79_9w8mGuKtxh9zfTsyJvHwHzb_FCZr9y-8mLJP7S-Rw-nZOcZGaurfwAvHamyzCN8_-atzgJJFba9-OqZhrlBZmOyVZJVvd1GtaU/s320/IMGP3820_crop.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">#5 Crab Spider</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nBSOg2zC0bg/TalhvAwM6II/AAAAAAAAB04/smHj_8Bx62o/s1600/IMGP3842_crop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nBSOg2zC0bg/TalhvAwM6II/AAAAAAAAB04/smHj_8Bx62o/s320/IMGP3842_crop.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">#6 Crab Spider</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zIdGqGbBD-o/TalhxOXCteI/AAAAAAAAB08/MrgGCToE6Pw/s1600/IMGP3846_crop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zIdGqGbBD-o/TalhxOXCteI/AAAAAAAAB08/MrgGCToE6Pw/s320/IMGP3846_crop.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">#7 Praying Mantis</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi75elt4cOt7gS1f7XxFYtyEDUkIfuhhWpI7qmduUHx8OuFtcySqEApn69RasErSsjg-jJ0pXedFeucOsSgwp6CYZQik6ueA3n1T1TzWksuAQtFNM3N9EpYv7RNI1vk-SU7jJJpHWVh9fo/s1600/IMGP3824_crop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi75elt4cOt7gS1f7XxFYtyEDUkIfuhhWpI7qmduUHx8OuFtcySqEApn69RasErSsjg-jJ0pXedFeucOsSgwp6CYZQik6ueA3n1T1TzWksuAQtFNM3N9EpYv7RNI1vk-SU7jJJpHWVh9fo/s320/IMGP3824_crop.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div>Detritushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09226142927233127338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106434997506306029.post-90557516824701507632011-04-16T17:37:00.000+08:002011-04-16T17:37:49.650+08:00Diary Farm Night Shoot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Katydid 1</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpkmw8lkLcuGB2_pgONw7RopL0-HX3mdJdBshL67uzKXUlo5qVJMYJpVzcFzd_KdlDaB_JmCZYTHpOQENtGAVutZglbDR91b8YqzGqYx4OojhYW9e9K38pnhsmLaIcHrr-uxqtwmi0tU/s1600/IMGP2890_crop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpkmw8lkLcuGB2_pgONw7RopL0-HX3mdJdBshL67uzKXUlo5qVJMYJpVzcFzd_KdlDaB_JmCZYTHpOQENtGAVutZglbDR91b8YqzGqYx4OojhYW9e9K38pnhsmLaIcHrr-uxqtwmi0tU/s320/IMGP2890_crop.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Katydid 2</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWtZL49szLp-wI_VJTtoLtEVRXqyuWarvcRc32DQCYNUpXrrr-4v44HOOZOsynSCxIy5aFvzGoHBgZZjrWas27L0MxrcKAITJkcxyKmsqMnmcVH1PevKJCilWP3GXa_rGHyd7xnKMygY/s1600/IMGP2895_crop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWtZL49szLp-wI_VJTtoLtEVRXqyuWarvcRc32DQCYNUpXrrr-4v44HOOZOsynSCxIy5aFvzGoHBgZZjrWas27L0MxrcKAITJkcxyKmsqMnmcVH1PevKJCilWP3GXa_rGHyd7xnKMygY/s320/IMGP2895_crop.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Long-Horned Beetle with Mites 1</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHaEM7GvpCAubQoHh0FKs5qK9uDLuMrUa3ZRlyWNl3o5slyu7RRrAdICZEG9dA6yfrOExRk40aa5wQVWtld52ULVP0gfNIWsWjS0LSDMpot50xdcgjhstKQInzpKkoHvMg1DDvJzyx9QY/s1600/IMGP2918_crop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHaEM7GvpCAubQoHh0FKs5qK9uDLuMrUa3ZRlyWNl3o5slyu7RRrAdICZEG9dA6yfrOExRk40aa5wQVWtld52ULVP0gfNIWsWjS0LSDMpot50xdcgjhstKQInzpKkoHvMg1DDvJzyx9QY/s320/IMGP2918_crop.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Unknown Beetle 1</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E04R_2_h7mA/TZShBTgIKXI/AAAAAAAABxs/6n-XCzccUkY/s1600/IMGP2944_crop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E04R_2_h7mA/TZShBTgIKXI/AAAAAAAABxs/6n-XCzccUkY/s320/IMGP2944_crop.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</div>Detritushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09226142927233127338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106434997506306029.post-52434137870823859672011-03-22T23:04:00.001+08:002011-03-27T20:36:37.824+08:00Macro Catch-Up<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Ok... My bad habits have finally caught up with me... Taking too many pictures, and not spending the time to review and process them. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#1</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-T331ZB7fW3o/TYi44f0XYSI/AAAAAAAABts/ltrprtaDF7Y/s1600/IMGP2535_crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-T331ZB7fW3o/TYi44f0XYSI/AAAAAAAABts/ltrprtaDF7Y/s320/IMGP2535_crop.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#2</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHip72jJ3fgm2dqxOk9MLYTJSuJcx3AtBgmkQ-ULOyxmZEVqOs53MhWcqVPU2-gKxLB1q_QzPIjBrRFMDkgW7shN7R6oWP5gjPzj1c07UrQGjLFW0Xmb1wc4EawOI0UsEPtTY_dN1xg80/s1600/IMGP2538_crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHip72jJ3fgm2dqxOk9MLYTJSuJcx3AtBgmkQ-ULOyxmZEVqOs53MhWcqVPU2-gKxLB1q_QzPIjBrRFMDkgW7shN7R6oWP5gjPzj1c07UrQGjLFW0Xmb1wc4EawOI0UsEPtTY_dN1xg80/s320/IMGP2538_crop.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#3</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxbVjwwTeqcQ7eqRHB9m2-5dQLignsEh26eZxMOKN1MLURPShv-mc6adWq9sSmGtI6wn-iW6m3P7pirecFvO1c9VFKF9WsIbNiXrpUD1-EeMO87C5DNZY7EtrkItcB-Rgg0jOY6dlg3Y/s1600/IMGP2716_crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxbVjwwTeqcQ7eqRHB9m2-5dQLignsEh26eZxMOKN1MLURPShv-mc6adWq9sSmGtI6wn-iW6m3P7pirecFvO1c9VFKF9WsIbNiXrpUD1-EeMO87C5DNZY7EtrkItcB-Rgg0jOY6dlg3Y/s320/IMGP2716_crop.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#4</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZBMy8IYHmUOYDuyjyhS4jR-9H1EqFY9bUkljZ2Jn6OWwbwMWQh5vmddSuLQ1LXoMkrKhcYMkt8MlZE-2A3P3LBozJUsKwzn83NWwEEAlEr2VTy3G-fSdal4v6pJKDmEC9acf47vaNlc/s1600/IMGP2746_crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZBMy8IYHmUOYDuyjyhS4jR-9H1EqFY9bUkljZ2Jn6OWwbwMWQh5vmddSuLQ1LXoMkrKhcYMkt8MlZE-2A3P3LBozJUsKwzn83NWwEEAlEr2VTy3G-fSdal4v6pJKDmEC9acf47vaNlc/s320/IMGP2746_crop.jpg" width="320" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#6</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2mT-Fp4neI8/TYi40kMw0aI/AAAAAAAABtg/XGiMY9JsUx4/s1600/IMGP1956_crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2mT-Fp4neI8/TYi40kMw0aI/AAAAAAAABtg/XGiMY9JsUx4/s320/IMGP1956_crop.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#7</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xyY3Sq8yE-g/TYi49SO0PHI/AAAAAAAABt0/ftf7Ag8fM0Q/s1600/IMGP2576_crop_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xyY3Sq8yE-g/TYi49SO0PHI/AAAAAAAABt0/ftf7Ag8fM0Q/s320/IMGP2576_crop_2.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#8</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpiiQAhQoXAi6o2N9UwiLJzzcYWDHpoZorcaqafmqAOcumV6C0M88HV857nA4JbEX2lzMXyxUn9IgFM8eSQlJnIEsYaLqvym4nd5GS9BZ0PJUad_jUVDLLi_p_sJOrLZ9xm6IsIM44Fu0/s1600/IMGP2577_crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpiiQAhQoXAi6o2N9UwiLJzzcYWDHpoZorcaqafmqAOcumV6C0M88HV857nA4JbEX2lzMXyxUn9IgFM8eSQlJnIEsYaLqvym4nd5GS9BZ0PJUad_jUVDLLi_p_sJOrLZ9xm6IsIM44Fu0/s320/IMGP2577_crop.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div>Detritushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09226142927233127338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106434997506306029.post-77823146800449546402011-03-22T23:01:00.000+08:002011-03-22T23:01:45.073+08:00Test Shoot: Elicar 90mm F2.5<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Yes, LBA strikes again. When I saw a mint copy of this lens, I just HAD to have it to complete my collection =)</span><br />
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</span>Detritushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09226142927233127338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106434997506306029.post-28000950981890081152011-03-11T23:19:00.000+08:002011-03-11T23:19:14.904+08:00Tiger Beetle<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">FINALLY had a chance to go out for a night macro shoot! Been so busy lately!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Decided to try with a lightweight setup this time so mounted the sigma 50mm with the vivitar 2x macro converter. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">the <i>p<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">ièce de résistance</span></i> for last night - tiger beetles! Its the first time i managed to find them :)</span><br />
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</span>Detritushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09226142927233127338noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106434997506306029.post-76517483801800567762011-02-12T17:01:00.001+08:002011-02-12T17:12:04.420+08:00Focus-Stacking Experiment #2 - Lynx Spider<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Not entirely convinced of internet wisdom so decided to try something else... </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">While most experienced macro shooters seems to take the approach of stacking by moving the camera (i.e. with focus rails), and advises against using the focus ring to shift focus because (a) it changes the size of the image and (b) it changes the bokeh. these factors will complicate attempts to stack if not properly dealt with. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">But having researched further, it seems that these factors are more critical when stacking images at HIGH magnification - 3x, 4x, etc... seems that at 1:1, both approaches are possible and will yield similar results. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Hence, i decided to try the focusing ring method today - yes, it can be done and its much easier too.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Select and process all the pictures selected for processing:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">First, took 2 pictures of a very co-operative subject</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#1: Head in sharp focus</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">This was achieved by shifting the camera slightly, so that the same perspective is maintained, but with a different part of the subject in sharp focus. Most guides would suggest this method instead of using the focusing ring because using the focusing ring would change the size of the subject, and change the bokeh, which would make a smooth stack more challenging later. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I tend to agree. even with a very straightforward pic, stacking just 2 shots, there were a lot of things that did go wrong. I had to use the healing brush to smooth out some of the more awkward areas that didn't stack properly. Fortunately, it was only very slight. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">K5, Vivitar 2x macro converter, Sigma 50mm macro, monopod, AF160 Ringflash</span></div>Detritushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09226142927233127338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106434997506306029.post-65761737887779862202011-02-05T11:37:00.001+08:002011-02-05T11:38:11.337+08:00Making it Big - Magnifying Subjects: Satisfying or Irritating?<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I've gravitated back and forth on this subject - is bigger always better? or should we aim for better composition and magnify only when it serves a purpose?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The key problem i think, is that once u magnify, the scope for composition is drastically reduced and the technical complexities increases greatly as well - shallow DOF, more light needed to light up the subject, tripod... </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Oh nevermind... Its still fun to do once in awhile when the right subject comes along :)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">#2</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FxULVUhqnNc/TUpE5v0QSYI/AAAAAAAABjQ/H7I0hHRiyoY/s1600/IMGP2524_crop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FxULVUhqnNc/TUpE5v0QSYI/AAAAAAAABjQ/H7I0hHRiyoY/s320/IMGP2524_crop.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"> #3</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FxULVUhqnNc/TUpE7jsWsjI/AAAAAAAABjU/n1rzzBFsjnw/s1600/IMGP2527_crop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FxULVUhqnNc/TUpE7jsWsjI/AAAAAAAABjU/n1rzzBFsjnw/s320/IMGP2527_crop.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Detritushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09226142927233127338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106434997506306029.post-47435520386773147462011-02-01T10:29:00.001+08:002011-02-01T10:29:48.387+08:00Giant Shield Bug - Pycanum Rubens<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Ok. I exaggerate - maybe not "giant", but "adult" :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It rained all weekend so there were a few perched on the branches drying themselves when i went out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">They were HUGE - abt 2 - 3 inches long.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I bought this lens mainly to serve as a lightweight, hand-held setup and that was how I tested it - hand-held with pop-up flash =) no fancy flash-gun or ring-flash, just a pop-up flash diffuser. It performed beautifully.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#1 - the boken is very nice and the sharpness is very good.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#3 - because its a small and light setup, it allows me to close-in and respond quickly to any subjects. this JS would have been a little hard to catch if i had to struggle with a mono-pod or tripod.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#4 - it renders colours beautifully. Not much PP done. just the basic tweaking in camera raw.</span><br />
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</div>Detritushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09226142927233127338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106434997506306029.post-29337156583053537212011-01-29T10:05:00.002+08:002011-01-29T10:07:16.874+08:00Beetle-Sutra<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I got the name for this post from someone who commented on the same pic I posted in <a href="http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=841841">ClubSnap</a>. Thanks for the inspiration :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">This one ranks as one of THE MOST interesting shots I've captured. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The male beetle was clinging on to the leaf with only 1 leg... while having it on with his mate. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Don't try this at home...</span><br />
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</span>Detritushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09226142927233127338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106434997506306029.post-66687358751923551322011-01-27T19:59:00.002+08:002011-01-27T20:02:06.960+08:00New Toy - AF160FC Ring-Flash<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I received an offer I could not refuse for a Pentax AF160FC Ring-Flash... I was actually waiting for the Metz 15 MS-1 to be re-stocked but since this one became available, I changed my plans ;)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Results are not bad at all :)</span><br />
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</span>Detritushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09226142927233127338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106434997506306029.post-30694374157588055832011-01-24T22:23:00.000+08:002011-01-24T22:23:33.541+08:00New Toy - Sigma 50mm F2.8 Macro<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The speedpost courier delivered this today =) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Its an old MF sigma 50mm F2.8 macro. Its not a very rare lens ;) it becomes available on ebay once in awhile and since this copy looks set to close at what i felt to be a very reasonable price,i put in a bid for it and won =)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Its a truly mint copy. Almost no blemishes on the lens barrel and focusing ring - the rubber focusing ring looks almost brand new. All the markings were intact and it came with its original front and rear caps. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I buy stuff from ebay occasionally and the conditions usually range from terrible to pretty good. This is only the 2nd time that I had been impressed with the quality of the item i bought.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I only have 1 thing more to say about this: WOW!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Interesting fella... I was searching through the bushes with a torchlight when I caught a pair of blood-red eyes staring at me! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Turned out to be a horned Treehopper. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Snow's fun and all, but metering was a real challenge... everything was WHITE... so pictures almost always came out under-exposed... fortunately, I shoot RAW.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Not sure what people feel about photo-shop. Is it "cheating"? Or is it "enhancing"?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Was feeling lazy so I just grabbed my camera, the TC and the DA35Ltd Macro for a quick, hand-held shoot - no tripod, no monopod, no flash-gun... just pop-up flash with diffuser.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Its not a setup i would likely use again... it reinforced my belief that the DA35Ltd is great for stuff that's not moving... like food... and flowers in a vase. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#1 Ladybugs sharing a private moment</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#3 Assasin bug</span><br />
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