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Post your Macro shots here - bugs, shiny things, hardware, unusual items, depth of field shots - along with a location and desciption of the pic. 8)
Ladybird @ Lizard peninsula (most southern point in UK)
http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr57/coilercat77/e2a1b352.jpg
Spider @ girlfriends parents house in Newquay
http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr57/coilercat77/be9f58c4.jpg
Kynance Cove
http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr57/coilercat77/2208ec8e.jpg
Entrance seaweed @ Lizard Peninsula sea cave
http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr57/coilercat77/b637bfed.jpg
My review, took this random macro:
http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/7401/snv31692ap3.th.jpg (http://img60.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snv31692ap3.jpg)
I dont think I have many on this computer, but i'll post a couple of the ones I do have :)
One of the many grasshoppers that ended up in the house:
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w19/adunne_2007/e4e5f253.jpg
Scorpion that found its way into the girls bedroom and I ended up removing with a glass, a bit of paper, and my hands.. Slightly scary experience.. :lol: Its not a great quality photo, but I think its still quite interesting..
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w19/adunne_2007/99852ca0.jpg
I'll try and find some more :)
Saturation tweaked a touch but otherwise my own work which I was really pleased with.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v131/cordobabrendy/gaslamp1fr.jpg
A horrible critter in my office last year.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v131/cordobabrendy/DSCF0783.jpg
I liked this one (one of a couple I took, unadulterated totally)
A tow home.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v131/cordobabrendy/DSCF0609Large.jpg
Apologies on this last one, a panoramic picture of Scrabo tower reaching round to strangford lough. Not the best quality but looks amazing on my screens in work.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v131/cordobabrendy/scrabopano.jpg
I need to get a decent camera before i can take decent macro's, my K800i just isnt upto scratch
Quite impressive coiler makes me wanna get a new camera. But my camera's good enough for the shots i usually take. :redface:
Brendy that panarama is insane!
I also have on of belfast city stretching to the above pic and beyond to newcastle 40 miles south, 27000pixels wide :O
Aaron, where do you live to be getting scorpions? I heard the big black ones aren't deadly (you'll just be in some pretty average agony for a couple of days), it's the little ones you want to watch for!
Those were in Croatia earlier this year.. and yeah, I've heard that too, but only after I'd got it out of the house, using the glass and persuasive fingers - that one was about 1.5 inches, so it was one of the really small ones :O
Although, I am in Devon, and there are some weird scorpion like things that appear every so often tho.. Kinda like a long ****roach with pincers and a tail that raises up and stings. I've not ever been stung by one, but its got the cat before and some friends - apparently its just like a wasp sting..
Yeah I think those scorpions have been imported on fruit! Apparently its warm enough for them to breed in the south.
My experience with scorpions is on holiday in Egypt, we used to go looking for them under rocks. We stopped that little game when we discovered Egyptian Cobra!
:lol: Bet you did..!! :lol:
Never annoy a Cobra. It's scary.
I intend to take more macro shots and shots worthy of a desktop wallpaper, but first I need a better camera. I really want a DSLR, but can't afford one at the moment. I use a Fujifilm Finepix A825.
Here's my favourite macro shot. I haven't taken many others yet:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y206/akaCol/DSCF0853.jpg
In my front garden.
I've got another one of a rose in my back garden, but I can't find it at the moment. I haven't ventured far yet to take my pictures...
That is a good photo, could do with being a little brighter I reckon, can it be tweaked?
it looks like the sun was out in the other half of the photo, and this was in the shade?
Yeah, the sun was really bright that day. I thought it made some really nice shadows personally. It's a favourite effect of mine to have the background of a photo darker and blurred.
The reason for the unbalanced lighting was because I couldn't really get a better angle without putting my own shadow in it. The right side of the photo is facing the sun, the left side is facing a wall, which is visible there.
http://www.alexnifty.co.uk/images/DSCF0853RETOUCH1.jpg
Ran the auto colour balance filter in Photoshop CS, then selected the flower and hoverfly with the magic wand tool and increased the brightness by 12% and the contrast by 3%.
Hope you see a good difference :D
EDIT: If I could be more bothered (and I might yet) I would select the bright stuff in the top right and lower its brightness.
The thing I really like about that photo is the way the petals aren't perfect, you have these big chunks taken out by a caterpillar or something and one is totally missing. Lots going on and it looks real and interesting.
i'd like a decent dslr but they are a little out of my price range, my ickle nikon s210 will suffice for a while.
http://www.alexnifty.co.uk/images/DSCF0853RETOUCH1.jpg
Ran the auto colour balance filter in Photoshop CS, then selected the flower and hoverfly with the magic wand tool and increased the brightness by 12% and the contrast by 3%.
Hope you see a good difference :D
EDIT: If I could be more bothered (and I might yet) I would select the bright stuff in the top right and lower its brightness.
good work! big difference!
A couple taken with my semi cheap compact, indoor macro shots under artificial light never come out fantastic but i am reasonably happy with these considering the camera cost under £100. One with and one without flash, i'll let you work out which is which ;). This is as they come, no touching up / altering etc.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/mac124/DSCN0239.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/mac124/DSCN0242.jpg
One I took out for a walk with the dogs.
http://www.simon11.ukfsn.org/Hoverflysmall1.jpg
Jeebus how you get so close to that?? Cracking pic Simon.
Jeebus how you get so close to that?? Cracking pic Simon.
Thanks!
I use a Nikon Coolpix S51. It is a little camera that you can lose in your shirt pocket but it takes great macro close ups. I wouldn't change it for any other camera.
Similar to mine then by the sound of it, i have the S210. Whenever i try to take a pic of something like that the wee beastie in question normally does a runner.
Similar to mine then by the sound of it, i have the S210. Whenever i try to take a pic of something like that the wee beastie in question normally does a runner.
Yeah I was dead lucky it stayed arround for quite a while! This is one I took in the woods by the sea it was pretty tame and stayed for me to take the pic.
http://www.simon11.ukfsn.org/Robinsmaller.jpg
That Robin is such a poser! Look! You can see him pouting!
But seriously. Nice pic :thumbsup:
wonderlust
09-10-08, 20:22
very nice pic, but surely not a macro shot! :D
LOL now that IS a quality pic and must have been quite close as it looks like the flash was used, Robins can become quite tame, if you are lucky they will feed from your hand. We have a Robin visit our garden regularly and you can get quite close to it but i doubt i could get a pic like that one.
We're on page 2 in the offtopic forum... Frankly I'm amazed it didn't go offtopic at the first post. 4th post has sailing boats so I guess that's where it begins :lol:
wonderlust
09-10-08, 20:26
Same here, (advantage of living in the country :)) but with the cat about the birds tend to be very nervous, thats appart from the thrushes that eat the dry food out of the cat's bowl
very nice pic, but surely not a macro shot! :D
Perhaps not truly! But Mine is called close up mode and I took it in that mode. It would have been out of focus in my normal mode.
wonderlust
09-10-08, 20:44
it's ok, can't think of a better place to put it. :D
Ladybird @ Lizard peninsula (most southern point in UK)
http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr57/coilercat77/e2a1b352.jpg
Spider @ girlfriends parents house in Newquay
http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr57/coilercat77/be9f58c4.jpg
Kynance Cove
http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr57/coilercat77/2208ec8e.jpg
Entrance seaweed @ Lizard Peninsula sea cave
http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr57/coilercat77/b637bfed.jpg
Very nice shots. I particurlarly like the pink flower!
Not really macro but hey ho another from the archives.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/mac124/DSCF1098.jpg
wonderlust
09-10-08, 21:59
Is that a grey or a red squirell?
Grey. For some reason they have slowly been turning redder over the years.
Evolution at work ppl.
Yep its a grey, had that picture printed in the local rag :D
wonderlust
09-10-08, 22:03
lol, squerrells = rats with good PR :D
I don't really like Grey squirrels because they are helping to wipe out the reds :(
wonderlust
09-10-08, 22:06
too true, thats all we get down here.
Tis true they are vermin technically but the fact is they are here to stay, the reds do have a few strongholds in the pine forests, we should all plant some pine trees.
Or buy air rifles...
Could take care of those rats with wings while were at it.
Not really macro but hey ho another from the archives.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/mac124/DSCF1098.jpg
Wow
Wow!!! That is a cute pic!
some good shots here!
iceprint in the sand >>>
http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr57/coilercat77/77fd7174.jpg
http://www.alexnifty.co.uk/images/DSCF0853RETOUCH1.jpg
Ran the auto colour balance filter in Photoshop CS, then selected the flower and hoverfly with the magic wand tool and increased the brightness by 12% and the contrast by 3%.
Hope you see a good difference :D
EDIT: If I could be more bothered (and I might yet) I would select the bright stuff in the top right and lower its brightness.
Awesome! I should have done that before I submitted the picture to FujiFilm for their monthly competition. One of these days I'll nearly get to 3rd place!
Being out in the country means there's lots of opportunity to get good natural photos, but getting close to anything living is difficult. I should have cut Simon11's hoverfly out of his photo and pasted it onto mine. Much better!
Last year in October, Fuji's chosen photo genre wasn't really in time with the year. I can't remember what it was. This year though, I'll be out looking for "Spooks and bangs". I try to keep my eyes peeled for good photo opportunities just for the sake of entering that competition each month. I don't actually mind not winning either - I just like taking photos, and trying to enter each month is like regular practice.
Please someone tell me how to post pictures/ I mean how to attach picture to the thread
Click this http://forums.aria.co.uk/images/aria_style/editor/insertimage.gif in your message toolbar, and then paste the URL of your picture into the box.
EDIT: For really huge photos which will break the forum, please consider using:
[screenshot] tags.
To attach them as per Alex's instructions you will first need to upload them to something like a photobucket account. Once you have done this you should be able to lin to them via the instructions above.
you cant, you would need to host them with a image hosting site and then hotlink to the host with [img] or [/screenshot] as mentioned above.
good question tho, why cant we upload pron to this forum? geek pron of course :D
Couple taken with my new camera, sorry about the size, can't remember how to use the thumb nail thingy. Still experimenting / learning so feel free to offer advice / constructive critisism.
Meet Sticky, a sucking loach in my fishtank.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/mac124/IMG_0097.jpg
And my watch.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/mac124/IMG_0090.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y65/biodoid/Makro-2.jpg
:lol::lol:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y65/biodoid/Makro-2.jpg
:lol::lol:
Hmmm not quite what this thread is about, nice effort though :thumbsup:
well someone had to do it :P
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1854/dscf1359.jpg
Linked because it's too big at 8.3mp. :)
Also, you might want to put on sunglasses before you click. I think I've changed my mind about DSLRs. You don't need one to take a good, clear, close-up shot. But I do need practice.
Woohoo! I've finally found this photo I've been trying to find for ages. It's too late now, because I've finished my course and was going to use it on a website i was making for the last unit, but anyway, I really like this photo.
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/9776/dscf0073u.jpg
Linked because it's big.
Ooooooh. That's postcard-worthy. Really nice :thumbsup:
ppppppppp........partial!
Excellent pic Col :thumbsup:
Some of the guardians of my greenhouse guarding my chilli's
DIE PESKY WASP DIE!!!
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/mac124/DIEWASPDIE.jpg
Fat bloater..
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/mac124/incywincy.jpg
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/8323/dscf1740.jpg
/\ Here's a clue. Find me. :D
mac that spider looks like a boomer!
col that pic eh?!
I swear that stone is more legible in that photo than in real life.
I swear that stone is more legible in that photo than in real life.
eh? LOL :surprised:
Not really macro, but just having a bit of an experiment.. Looks like the devonian cousin of macs spider..
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w19/adunne_2007/P1040998.jpg
It must have spent a lot of time and care making that web.
Go ruin it!
You should never harm spider's, there the most handy insects ever, id rather have a few spiders about that flying bugs everywhere
And all the spider pictures reminded me of this
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/OOAKDolls/SpiderWEBDRugs.jpg
Looks like caffeine ****s you up more than anything... i know what ill stick too
You should never harm spider's, there the most handy insects ever, id rather have a few spiders about that flying bugs everywhere
And all the spider pictures reminded me of this
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/OOAKDolls/SpiderWEBDRugs.jpg
Looks like caffeine ****s you up more than anything... i know what ill stick too
Caffeine? :D
Well yeah, that and the other :P
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