Macro with Alvinlau

[Gojira]

Hehehe....so as not to hijack Alvin's thread. As promised, here are a few macro pics....not many shot that day as it was quite windy...never try to shoot insect macro in the wind unless you want a really bad headache and serious eyestrain!

1) Boring dragonfly....cropped a fair bit.
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2) Come 'ere and gimme a bite!
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3) To answer Deric's question from Alvin's thread....the fly was much bigger than the spider, hehehe! Ladies, see what happens when you don't shave your legs often enough, wahahaha!
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C&C very welcome!

[alancheong7]

:jaw: :drool:

hola!
The 'fly has very nice blue colour - wish it were closer though and needs quite a bit of cropping
The ant head with wide opened mandibles :thumbs_up: Wish the rest of the body was in focus, though.
The spider :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up: Too bad the fella not on wider leaf, would show off his legs better.

Very nice bokeh in all

[Gojira]

Hehehe, the dragonfly was more of an afterthought....didn't think that I'd have gotten it in focus.

I personally like the ant the way it is....the soft blue in the background and woodgrain seems to complement the disembodied head...but that's just me and I do have a very warped mind!

Yes...Tamron also has nice bokeh...hmm....no need expensive Nikkors...*cough* *cough*

[Caveman]

My taste.

#1 is ok except the backgrounds, a bit messy and distracting
#2 I like it with shallow DOF, it brings up the weaver ant mandibles pretty well. Good focus on the eyes too. Probably you want to flip the picture up side down.
#3 Not bad at all except for some harsh highlights on the leaf and probably not to position the subject in the center.

[siew]

No 2 gets my vote.

No 1's nice too but the background a bit busy.

[derickuan]

Goji, thumbs up for a nice set of macro :rock: .....the ant and the spider pic is good...dragonfly would be better if not for the distracting background...imho..

[alvinlau]

I like #3.:) A tighter crop to focus more on the subject might be better, imho.

[Gojira]

I should have shot the spider head-on....but my poor back probably won't be able to take the strain.

Maybe a square crop of the spider whould have been better?

[noordin]

I like #2. The shallow DOF makes the body disappear! :D

[Gojira]

Yes, Noordin....it's my favourite too....the ant seems to be lunging out at ya! AIIEEE!

[Crazymalaysian]

Gojira, I digg the DOF in the 2nd shot, and that you got most of the spidey's body in focus. Btw, in the 1st image, I believe that's a damselfly, not a dragonfly.