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vanessa shakesheff
{K:68840} 4/17/2007
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Beautiful detail and colour..hreat dof and light..nessa 7+++++++++
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Robert Chin
{K:22282} 4/6/2007
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With a 400mm you don`t have to Christine,awesome capture on this one.Beautiful colors and lighting
with wxcellent dof.
7+++
Take care
Robbie
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C.A. Mikulice
{K:13300} 4/5/2007
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Thanks for your comments :)
christine
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C.A. Mikulice
{K:13300} 4/5/2007
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Thanks for the very helpful comments, Albert. I experimented a little with the aperture settings, and I think I got some better results. I probably won't post anymore bee shots for a while... too much of a good thing ;), but I will keep your suggestions in mind as I shoot the macros.
Thank you again for looking and commenting on my work, my friend.
christine
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Alicia Popp
{K:87532} 4/5/2007
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Estupendo macro y gran nitidez al hacerlo... excelentes texturas!!!
Felicitaciones!
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D. & Go
{K:612} 4/4/2007
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hi Christine,
fantastic colors for this macro,
regard
D. & Go
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Albert Jacobs
{K:9527} 4/4/2007
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Hi Christine,
Excellent macro, with very nice details. Composition and colors are also good. You isolated the subject very well from the background with your use of DOF. I like your POV (eyelevel with the (bumble)bee).
A few experience values I came up with since about 1 year exercising on macro, under different circumstances. I mostly use my Sigma 18-200mm (comparable with your Nikon, only quality of yours is higher)
Further, I use a cheap Voigtlander 100 mm macro, somethings with additional rings.
Each type of lens has it's own optimum, that you can find by shooting equal shots of a subject at the same distance and under the same lightconditions. Just change each time one value in a serie to compare (F-factor of iso) and later on the mix of best practices. So I concentrate the rest only to the 18-200mm lens.
Afterwards I realised that I worked to long with a too high iso value (oft 400 or 640) and to long at f-values from f6.3 till f11.0 (18-200mm).
Maybe it helps you to experiment a bit on macro with f-values between f7.1 till f16.0 / f18.0 when using the 18-200 mm at macro-position.
It is also useful to take iso 200 as a startpoint for shooting and to higher this value only when lightconditions do not allow you to work with this value.
Anyway try to limit to no more than about iso 400 till maximum 640, except when you want a noise effect because it's needed by your subject or the speficic view you want to realise.
I hope, this advice can help you. Anyway this view of yours is excellent and I see a lot of fast improval in your skills and results. Th pollen on the legs of the (bumble)bee is a nice detail that adds value to your view. Well seen and done !
So go on with your nice work and give us the possibility to enjoy more of +your beautiful shots. Compliments, dear friend !
Friendly greetz,
Albert Jacobs  :)
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C.A. Mikulice
{K:13300} 4/4/2007
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Thanks, Jose!
christine
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Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia
{K:96391} 4/4/2007
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great details. marvelous tones. wonderful composition.
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