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macro time Nikkor 70-180mm f/4.5-5.6D AF ED Micro
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:01 amby KerryPierce
This shot was probably taken with a 1.4 TC and a Canon 500d or with some extension tubes. Unfortunately, I can't recall those details any longer...
Nikon D70, Nikkor 70-180mm f/4.5-5.6D AF ED Micro
1/160s f/11.0 at 180.0mm ISO 800 hand held
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:05 amby Greg B
Wow.
Wow.
Good.
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:08 amby MHD
Ahhhh bugger! There goes my chance of pic of the week...
That is insane!
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:08 amby sirhc55
Kerry - when I first looked at this pic I had one word in my head - scrolled down to see Greg’s reply and it was the same word
Wow
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:13 amby Charlie Chalk
Your teasing us aren't you?
I bet this was a 6 foot tall bee that commisioned you for a portrait shot.
I am right aren't I, please tell me I'm right?
If I'm not, then this is a fantastic capture - a real gem
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:26 amby JordanP
Brilliant!!
what more can I say?
Hi
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:32 amby yeocsa
I like the sharpness - esp the head. IMHO, it would be better to include the whole insect.
regards,
Arthur
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:37 amby fozzie
KP,
One word 'AWESOME'.
I just love macro, please keep them coming...
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:43 amby Glen
Absolutely fantastic Kerry
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:45 amby leek
I had one word in mind as well and it rhymed with WOW...
HOW...
How on earth did you capture that at that magnification while it was in flight???
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:59 amby KerryPierce
Thanks to all for the very kind comments!
This is a very, Very large insect, called a Cicada Killer, which is a wasp. Fortunately, they don't usually bother people, unless seriously provoked. They didn't sit still for very long and they're quite fast, making photography extremely difficult. I have a shot of the cement, showing the wasp's shadow, where one had been sitting a split second before the shutter released.
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:03 pmby mic
Kerry, Great stuff
Isn't this last one a Zepplin hovering overhead
Mic.
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:11 pmby KerryPierce
mic wrote:Kerry, Great stuff
Isn't this last one a Zepplin hovering overhead
Mic.
Thanks, Mic.
Yeah, those critters are huge. The small ones were about an inch in length and the big ones were probably 1.5 inches long (about 4 centimeters?).
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:21 pmby sirhc55
I have read somewhere that it is always best to concentrate on the head of an insect in macro photography as it has the most detail and interest and Kerry has proven this theory(?) superbly
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:46 pmby redline
so how far can you work away
from your subject using the 70-180?
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:59 pmby stormygirl
WOW
This is great, Kerry! I love the colours - it's just brilliant and the details are amazing!
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:01 pmby KerryPierce
Thanks to Stormy and Chris for the great compliments.
Redline, I don't know the exact working distance of the lens. I think it's a couple of feet at 180mm, but not sure. I'd have to find the manual, which is packed away somewhere.....
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Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:34 pmby kipper
Man, you think that is huge. You should see some of the hornets I saw in France. Bloody things required clearance to land at Charles De Gualle!