Bug
- Thread starter Misled
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Some I do for myself, or sometimes for local parks or conservatories. There's also a designer in Florida that picks up some, but when I deal with her, I send low quality in emails, then I just send her files on a usb drive. She'll like the butterflies, but some of the bugs annoy her.
tahiriqbal
Sialkot
Very nice Jesse, makes me want to invest in new camere gear 
We been having crap weather over here so not been out much. I hope we get a late summer, ohh well we can live in hope! Thanks for sharing such great photos.
Tahir
We been having crap weather over here so not been out much. I hope we get a late summer, ohh well we can live in hope! Thanks for sharing such great photos.Tahir
magdelan
Fish?
I've been working on my RAW editing. At this point, the only thing that would make me happier with my photos would be having a propper macro lens. I'm shooting with a Sigma28-75mm f/2.8 lens. It's a great "everyday" lens, but I want to get a bit more personal with my subjects. Is this first pic over exposed? If so, how can I fix it with out losing the vibrance of the bug?
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SushiGirl
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Ewww on that 2nd one! Really, John, it's almost all in the camera being used, especially the lens. The only thing the equipment can't give you is a good eye for a shot. I have a good eye & just OK glass. I could get much better pics with better glass, and it would help if I'd bother to re-learn camera settings since my biggest enemy is light, but I'm too lazy LOL.
IMHO, it's that too. The shot of the bee above was with a cheep 28-80 Sigma lens, (35 bucks), and a 24mm extension tube. I don't like taking my good stuff outside all the time. Your flash is one thing that's a must when you're that close. It's even more important when the glass isn't fast.
SushiGirl
Premium Member
I'm bad about relying on auto & not using a flash outside. I took flower pics the other day & it was so bright out that it really did a number on the highlights (blown out) & shadows. A flash would have helped with the shadows, but it hurt enough just bending & stuff to take the pics that I pulled the flash off to lessen the weight. I paid for it with pretty bad pics, some of which I couldn't fix in post-processing. I've never tried an extension tube except when we rented one with a big zoom lens for the races. Ended up trying it at home & had pretty bad results, came out blurry like with digital zoom. I'd really love to have a macro lens. I'll skip the stinging bugs, though LOL.
