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Post by stanleyb on Jun 16, 2018 21:29:18 GMT
I went down the local lake last week and took the following shots.
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Post by stanleyb on Jun 16, 2018 21:29:56 GMT
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Post by stanleyb on Jun 16, 2018 21:30:34 GMT
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Post by stanleyb on Jun 16, 2018 21:31:02 GMT
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Post by stanleyb on Jun 16, 2018 21:31:34 GMT
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Post by stanleyb on Jun 16, 2018 21:32:10 GMT
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Post by stanleyb on Jun 16, 2018 21:32:37 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Jun 16, 2018 23:06:28 GMT
Very nice, Stan. What camera/lens?
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Post by stanleyb on Jun 17, 2018 8:51:49 GMT
Camera is the Panasonic Lumix G80. Lens is the lumix 45-175mm.
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Post by zippy on Jun 17, 2018 9:10:28 GMT
Whenever I try to photograph bees, the little blighters won't keep still.
Any tips??
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 17, 2018 9:22:06 GMT
Very nice Stan.
Would take me an age to get shots that good
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Post by stanleyb on Jun 17, 2018 9:59:17 GMT
The trick is to:
1. Pick a spot where the insects won't be spooked by your shadow or presence.
2. Use a long zoom lens at the longest range so that you can stand some distance from the active spot. If your zoom has a macro setting, use that. If it doesn't, you can stick something like a +1 macro lens in front of the zoom lens. This acts like a minimum focusing distance reducer. That will allow you to get a bigger image of the subject in view.
3. Pre-focus on the flower etc so that you know that you can get it in focus. Then put it on manual focus and wait for the bee to enter the scene.
4. Set your camera to continuous shooting mode. You won't be fast enough on the shutter to capture that prized shot, so why not capture the whole sequence and pick out of it the best shot?
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 17, 2018 10:01:29 GMT
Ah, set up ! Obvious tricks of the trade - now you have told me  |
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Post by zippy on Jun 17, 2018 11:32:04 GMT
...Set your camera to continuous shooting mode...
- I never thought of that, D'oh...
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Post by ChrisB on Jun 19, 2018 9:16:09 GMT
I think they call it 'spray and pray'!
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