various insects

[Bill Pham]

just some photos i taken over the last few months with canon 30D and 100 macro lens.

hope you enjoys them as much as i do.

Bill

 

[macro junkie]

that last one..[SIZE=12pt]WOW[/SIZE]

 

[idolomantis]

WOW.....how did you get this perfect timing?

 

[robo mantis]

Yellow ladybug? or is it some kind of beetle?

 

[Bill Pham]

Yellow ladybug? or is it some kind of beetle?

thanks MJ, Idolomantids and robo mantids. i was lucky with the ladybug and i think the green one is a bettle.

Bill

 

[spawn]

How close are you to the subject with the 100 macro lense?

 

[macro junkie]

How close are you to the subject with the 100 macro lense?

100mm away from subject at full zoom

 

[ThorEH]

100mm away from subject at full zoom

This isn't correct Scott...

The closest focusingdistance on a 100mm macro lens is about 30cm (12 inches) - and there's no zoom on a 100mm macro lens (it's 100 mm no matter what)

 

[Bill Pham]

How close are you to the subject with the 100 macro lense?

i'm usually about four or five inches away from the subject. all the shot i post in this thread are uncrop ooops the first one is crop. the 100 macro is fix so no zooming MJ. all shot are handheld too. if you need to ask more info about my set up just ask me and i'll try to reply with the right answer for you

Bill

 

[robo mantis]

Nice those are good pictures!

 

[Bill Pham]

Nice those are good pictures!

thank you very much.

Bill

 

[Sparky]

I love the ambush bug the most. (5th pic)

 

[asdsdf]

Very nice pics, but I don't like the first one.....It's a parasitic wasp.

 

[macro junkie]

that 1st one bill..have u de-noised it?i was talking to brain about noise yesterday..he was saying that its caused by not enough light hitting the background..this isnt the sort of noise when u put iso on 800..i get it to cause i aint got enough light hiting the backdrop...whats going on with your mantids..pics pics pics.

 

[idolomantis]

that 1st one bill..have u de-noised it?i was talking to brain about noise yesterday..he was saying that its caused by not enough light hitting the background..this isnt the sort of noise when u put iso on 800..i get it to cause i aint got enough light hiting the backdrop...whats going on with your mantids..pics pics pics.

lol you only want pics how about vids

 

[macro junkie]

lol you only want pics how about vids

i would love to see a vidoe if they use a real camera and not a point and shoot camara vidoe... hey u seen that film yet alien insect praying mantid high def?its amazing!

 

[idolomantis]

i would love to see a vidoe if they use a real camera and not a point and shoot camara vidoe... hey u seen that film yet alien insect praying mantid high def?its amazing!

i saw. true amazing

 

[Bill Pham]

no MJ that noise is from being crop about 60 percent. i was using iso 100 and f9 that day. yea brian is right about noise being more using higher iso. mostly use high iso when i'm shooting my neice at her swim meet. lousy lighting there and need higher iso and faster glass like my 200 2.8 L lens

Bill

 

[idolomantis]

woow i dont uderstand anything about this camera talk :blink: