Butterfly, beetle, burnet, bunny and sunlight

Tigress · 07-09-2008, 19:25

Taken on our recent holiday to Center Parcs at Longleat Forest.

1. Gatekeeper

Canon 30d, Sigma 105mm, f5, 1/160, ISO 200, -0.33, hand held

2. Burnet Moths

Canon 30d, Sigma 105mm, f5, 1/160, ISO 200, -0.33, hand held

3. Beetle

Canon 30d, Sigma 105mm, f7.1, 1/200, ISO 200, hand held

4. Bunny

Canon 30d, Sigma 105mm, f5.6, 1/125, ISO 400, -0.67, hand held

5. Sunlight

Canon 30d, 100-400L @ 100mm, f7.1, 1/160, ISO 100, -0.33, hand held

**Dabhand16** · 07-09-2008, 20:08

Very nice set. Like them all but the sunrise looks good.

Would have thought that at sunrise the angle of the Sun would have been lower, though?

JMitchell · 07-09-2008, 20:15

Very nice shots Angela-who-never-posts-photos

, WB looks a bit cool on 1 and 4

Love 3 + 5

Tigress · 07-09-2008, 20:16

Just had the same comment from Mark

Yes, it should have been called "Sunshine" as it was just after 7.30am, but in my defence, I was chucked out of bed at sunrise, so I'm claiming senility and disorientation

Thanks Jack, temperatures were cool on both those shots, 4400 & 4550.

I had thought the beetle was a jewel beetle, but not so sure now, having looked it up! Anyone else know?

Steve400 · 07-09-2008, 21:58

very nice shots all round, good detail in the macro's! i take it you used the sigma for these?

Steve

marcinklysewicz · 07-09-2008, 22:01

great macro shots.

i agree with opinion that they look cold. and that last one - very good.

Tigress · 07-09-2008, 22:44

Thanks Steve & Marcin. The sigma was used for the first four shots - have now edited to show details - and the last was the zoom lens.

Jack - I did go back and 'warm up' the temperatures in both photographs, but wasn't very happy with the outcome.

**Markulous** · 07-09-2008, 23:15

Not too shabby

and I can (now) say confidentally that #4's suffering ISO400ism (which I get occasionally and seems to be a WB/saturation problem and I never seem to be able to correct the colour cast properly

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JMitchell · 07-09-2008, 23:57

Ok I had a go with the bunny, see what you think

P-E · 08-09-2008, 07:34

Great set of shots

Whipspeed · 08-09-2008, 19:12

Lovely set of shots.

simpbow · 10-09-2008, 00:20

Nice set of shots,#2 looks interesting.

Tigress · 10-09-2008, 11:10

Thanks guys.

Quote:

Originally Posted by simpbow

Nice set of shots,#2 looks interesting.

A few seconds later, another burnet arrived and, although they settled pretty quickly, they weren't really staying still long enough to get a decent shot, so I left them to it!