Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park - Taman Rama-Rama

[ShaolinTiger]

My first try at macro photography on insects back in December last year, just after I'd gotten my SB-800.

Very useful to have a good flash for macro shots.

I didn't know much about my cam though only having had it two months and not having shot a lot of pictures, so I shot all the pics at 1/60s which is a bit slow so they aren't pin sharp.

Remember to use a faster shutter speed when doing macro without a tripod kids :) Anyway here's my first insect macro attempt, C&C welcome.

#1 Moth on Red

870

#2 My first Dragonfly

871

#3 Motheye

872

#4 Flower Tip

873

#5 Common Butterfly

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[ShaolinTiger]

Hope I have improved a bit since these were taken.

#6 Dreamy Flowers

875

#7 Regal Butterfly

876

#8 My effort at pro close up Dragonfly eye

877

#9 My Wallpaper - Dragonfly on Green

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#10 Sharp in Pink

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[ShaolinTiger]

I'll organise another trip to the Butterfly Park soon!

#11 Dragonfly on Black

880

#12 Crosswing

881

Consider this another lesson in Tamron SP90 poison!

[dtbh]

Nice 1st try ST. I note that the butterflies in that farm are not very colourful except for one. I find the bull frogs there are more attractive. :D

[alancheong7]

Beautiful set, ST :thumbs_up:

[jayhan]

Nice and beautiful set you have there ST. I think the sharpest among the lot would be the 2nd shot of the dragonfly. But personal fav would be Dragonfly on Green though. :) Were your SB800 off shoe or on it?

[noordin]

Tack sharp! Beautiful set. :)

[noruazumi]

the flash kinda harsh don't u think coz the shadow was so obvious, but not on all photos.
some are very nice esp. #2. very handsome dragonfly! :D



and this is POISON!! stop poisoning me.... stoooop!!!! :P :D

[ShaolinTiger]

Nice 1st try ST. I note that the butterflies in that farm are not very colourful except for one. I find the bull frogs there are more attractive. :D

Yah I agree doc, for a butterfly farm I didn't take many shots of butterfly's. Most of them have tattered wings too from flying in captivity, so they don't make for good shots. It's a decent practice ground tho and quite good for Dragonflies in the afternoon. The frogs are nice, but I found it hard to get a good angle as they are so far below the path.

Beautiful set, ST :thumbs_up:

Thanks alan.

Nice and beautiful set you have there ST. I think the sharpest among the lot would be the 2nd shot of the dragonfly. But personal fav would be Dragonfly on Green though. :) Were your SB800 off shoe or on it?

Thanks jay, on-shoe. I'd only had the flash for less than a week when I shot this, so was pretty noob. Using Omnibounce diffuser for these I think at about 30-45 degrees. Need to build a lord-v style macro diffuser soon.

Tack sharp! Beautiful set. :)

Thanks noordin, still can be improved a lot IMHO though. Let's go for a trip to the Butterfly park soon!

the flash kinda harsh don't u think coz the shadow was so obvious, but not on all photos.
some are very nice esp. #2. very handsome dragonfly! :D



and this is POISON!! stop poisoning me.... stoooop!!!! :P :D

Yes I find the flash too harsh, like I said to jay, still quite noob with flash then hehe. Hopefully next time it'll be better. Thanks!