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05-NOV-2006	Najinsky

Last collection

Guernsey, C.I.

I've now put together a little gallery of the better images from the shoot here: http://homepage.mac.com/miller.a/Bokeh_Insects/

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
1/320s f/2.8 at 60.0mm iso400 full exif

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Canon DSLR Challenge		14-Nov-2006 00:10
Thanks for the comments Michael, kt and Lonnit - Regards, Naj

Guest		13-Nov-2006 22:47
Lovely macro. -Michael

Canon DSLR Challenge		13-Nov-2006 04:56
Very delicate details in a serene setting. ~kt

Canon DSLR Challenge		12-Nov-2006 23:23
Lovely. :) ~ LOnnit

elips		12-Nov-2006 20:30
I am glad you are enjoying it! I am certainly enjoying your shots and everyone elses! ~Sharon

Canon DSLR Challenge		12-Nov-2006 14:01
Cat and Sharon, thanks for the feedback. Appreciate you taking the time to comment. Sharon, a special thankyou for the challenge theme. It's been so much fun and I feel I have learned a lot. Great choice! - Najinsky

Canon DSLR Challenge		11-Nov-2006 05:29
Great Macro, Najinsky! Very sharp, crisp and subtle colors! -Cat

elips		10-Nov-2006 07:26
This is beautiful, Najinsky! The light is just spectacular as if it was coming from within the flower! I enjoyed looking at your gallery and do agree that you chose the best one for this challenge. Although, I really like number 13 a lot! Excellent work! ~Sharon

Canon DSLR Challenge		10-Nov-2006 02:17
Thanks Susan and Sam. Sam, no mirror lockup, just the fast shutter, getting in real close and a reasonably steady hand (I try to apply shutter pressure in a way that does not tilt the camera), but mostly the excellent EF-S 60mm f2.8 macro lens from Canon. I love the lens and am delighted with some of the shots I've got out of it. If you have time, have a look at the gallery linked in the comment to see some more shots from the lens. - Najinsky

Canon DSLR Challenge		09-Nov-2006 18:34
Thanks for the informative guidelines Najinsky. The details and sharpness are incredible. Do you lock up the mirror is these situations? Sam Attal.

Guest		08-Nov-2006 03:08
I love this shot!

Canon DSLR Challenge		07-Nov-2006 00:52
Thanks for the additional comments (CJ, Olaf and dorys). I've added a link to a gallery with additional images from the shoot. See the caption above. -

Guest		06-Nov-2006 23:36
The flower almost has a cellophane feel to it. And the wasp is so delicate. Nice combination and great capture! I'm like Nico, my bugs need to be dead for me to be able to get a good shot from them!

Guest		06-Nov-2006 22:29
Wonderful bokeh and interesting details for the eye to explore!

Canon DSLR Challenge		06-Nov-2006 21:05
I guess I was looking a little too far into the smooth b/g for bokeh and there it was right in front of me! LOL! Terrific shot! :-) CJ

jnconradie		06-Nov-2006 15:36
Thanks for the comprehensive "tips and techniques" reply, Najinsky. Most insightful and helpful. Thanks and regards ~jnconradie

Canon DSLR Challenge		06-Nov-2006 13:22
Thanks for the comments. Nico, the technique: First there are the settings to avold blur which were to up the iso (mostly 800) and put onto manual focus. Usually I would also stop down to f4-9 depending on how close I can get but that would kill the bokeh here so for this challenge I left it at 2.8 and reduced the iso to 400. I use manual focus to prevent hunting and allow faster focus adjustments through small movements of the camera. The flowers were buzzing with flies like this and wasps. The flies didn't mind me getting in real close (lens just a couple of inches away) but some of the wasps got a bit protective and tried to buzz me away a few times, but in general they were too busy with their collection to bother with me. I got some great shots of the wasps too but not many with any bokeh although there is one I'm contemplating posting. I was shooting for about 40 minutes, so some patience needed, but more persistence really and not letting the wasps dictate! CJ - I count more than a dozen clear bokeh circles, how many is enough ;-) My main problem is the colour space. When converted to JPEG in sRGB there were horrible artefacts in the background colour graduations so I tried a version using Adobe RBG and the results were much better and thats what I posted here. However, when viewed on the work PCs the colours are very dull and muddy so I'm going to have to find a different way of processing into sRGB. The colours are bright and vibrant in the actual image. - Najinsky

jnconradie		06-Nov-2006 06:06
I have tried a million times (... well, almost...!) to capture such a sharp and in-focus insect on a flower - thus far with miserable results. So, I take my hat off to you for this one. What is the trick? Basically lots of patience? :-) Compliments. ~jnconradie

Canon DSLR Challenge		06-Nov-2006 03:42
Not a lot of bokeh but a great shot anyway - Lovely! CJ

Guest		05-Nov-2006 15:14
Simply awsome photo! Judi