COMMENTS
If I had extension tubes I may have photographed
the bug (showing as black dot). I used External
Flash on this one. Is this a good idea for macros?
Photo
32
Leaves with Flash
(click photo to enlarge)
Location
Front
of House
Date/Time
31/05/2009
5:30:40 PM
Format
800x533
JPEG reduced at 60% quality
Camera
Canon
EOS 300D DIGITAL
Shooting
Mode
Macro
(Close Up)
Shutter
1/60
Aperture
6.3
ISO
Speed
100
Lens
28.0 -
300.0 mm (Tamron)
Focal
Length
300.0
mm
Flash
External
E-TTL
White
Balance
Auto
Focus
Manual
focusing
COMMENTS
I liked the effect with External Flash so I took
some photos of leaves with flash. Does this work
OK?
Photo
33
Leaf with
Flash
(click photo to enlarge)
Location
Front
of House
Date/Time
31/05/2009
5:30:40 PM
Format
800x533
JPEG reduced at 60% quality
Camera
Canon
EOS 300D DIGITAL
Shooting
Mode
Macro
(Close Up)
Shutter
1/60
Aperture
6.3
ISO
Speed
100
Lens
28.0 -
300.0 mm (Tamron)
Focal
Length
300.0
mm
Flash
External
E-TTL
White
Balance
Auto
Focus
Manual
focusing
Photos
34a, 34b
Corea with and without
Flash
(click photo to enlarge)
(click photo to enlarge)
COMMENTS
This corea was shot in Macro with External Flash
and then without in Natural light. The colors
and shadows are different. Which one do you prefer
and why?
Photo
35
Kangaroo Paw
with Backlight
(click photo to enlarge)
Location
Near
the House
Date/Time
26/10/2003
10:10:34 AM
Format
800x533
JPEG reduced at 60% quality
Camera
Canon
EOS 300D DIGITAL
Shooting
Mode
Macro
(Close Up)
Shutter
1/250
Aperture
6.3
ISO
Speed
250
Lens
28.0 -
300.0 mm (Tamron)
Focal
Length
300.0
mm
Flash
Off
White
Balance
Auto
Focus
Auto
COMMENTS
This is one of the old photos. In this shot there
is a bit of backlighting effect. There was also
a very blurred mesh in the background. Kangaroo
paw is a flower from Western Australia.
Photo
36a, 36b
Bug
(click photo to enlarge)
(click photo to enlarge)
COMMENTS
This bug was happily eating water lettuce on our
gold fish pond. No idea what it is called.
Photo
37
Insect in
South Carolina
(click photo to enlarge)
Location
Charleston,
South Carolina
Date/Time
22/03/2005
3:54:53 PM
Format
800x533
JPEG reduced at 60% quality
Camera
Canon
EOS 300D DIGITAL
Shooting
Mode
Auto
Shutter
1/250
Aperture
6.3
ISO
Speed
250
Lens
28.0 -
300.0 mm (Tamron)
Focal
Length
300.0
mm
Flash
Off
White
Balance
Auto
Focus
Auto
COMMENTS
This was a chance photo. No idea what the insect
was.
Photo
38
Seagull in
the Netherlands
(click photo to enlarge)
Location
Ferry
in the Netherlands
Date/Time
18/09/2006
12:21:28 PM
Format
800x533
JPEG reduced at 60% quality
Camera
Canon
PowerShot A620
Shooting
Mode
Auto
Shutter
1/1000
Aperture
4.1
ISO
Speed
Auto
Lens
7.3-29.2
mm
Focal
Length
29.2 mm
Flash
Off
White
Balance
Auto
Focus
Auto
COMMENTS
I took many photos of the seagulls chasing the ferry.
This one had the most interesting DoF.
Photos
39a, 39b
Swinging
Cockatoo
(click photo to enlarge)
(click photo to enlarge)
COMMENTS
These photos are off-topic but very interesting
so I included them here. We went cycling
on Saturday and saw a flock of cockatoos
(wild ones, not pets) near the station where
we left our car. I am not sure how the ribbon
came to be on the tree (it was about 3m
above the ground) but it provided a training
ground for the parrots. They took turn in
swinging and climbing the ribbon. It looked
like army training! They are pretty clever
birds and related to New Zealand snow parrots
keas which are even cleverer. I read that
one kea stole a passport of a Scottish tourist
last week (it was in a small bag that the
kea pinched and flew away with into the
remote parts of a national park - never
to be seen again).
