Hershey's macro shots.

[hersheydesai]

macro shots taken at Hort park.

Equipment used:
Nikon D80
Sigma 150mm f/2.8
Inbuilt flash, Manual mode, varying power from 1/2 to 1/8 depending on the subject.
Milk bottle diffuser.

17. Some flies..or bees...I think they are bees.

18. Flower with dew drops at its center.

19. Zoomed up at 50%

20. Zoomed up at 75% (my fav)

 

[hersheydesai]

21. Butterflies love oranges

22. Getting ready to lick

23. Nature's patterns

24. Hort park, I like this picture, it evokes a sense of tranquility. Btw, thats not noise ...its raindrops, and also, the picture is not OOF. I specifically wanted the raindrops, with the background to be blurry.

25. Zoomed at 60%

 

[Maconian]

great series! TFS:thumbsup:

 

[sgfreestyler]

17. the lightning is too harsh
18-20. the color is kinda dull to me. probably underexposed
21-22. the head is OOF.

hmm. practise more. u sure will improve.

 

[hersheydesai]

17. the lightning is too harsh
18-20. the color is kinda dull to me. probably underexposed
21-22. the head is OOF.

hmm. practise more. u sure will improve.

17..didn't put the diffuser.
18-20..purposely underexposed. Found my first shots too bright. I liked it a little duller. Exposure is almost one step below thee mid range.
21-22 . Head is reasonably in focus in 22... and... I don't like things flying around me...soo..not really that easy to concentrate on shooting pics

Am trying to post process the bees..make the lighting a little less harsh...will upload the new version if it looks any better.

 

[hersheydesai]

macro shots of my Jeans

Equipment used:
Nikon D80
Sigma 150mm f/2.8
No flash

26. Jeans up close

 

[hersheydesai]

An old macro shot taken in my second night macro outing. I was relatively new back then, not that I am a pro now..just had 4 outings so far. Anyway, back then, I didn't have any diffuser so the light is kinda harsh. And new to the raynox too so didn't get the focus perfect. Regardless, I love the wings and am posting it here. The colors in the wings were obtained by shining a torch light from the corner right..any side angle will do basically.

Equipment used:
Nikon D80
50mm 1.4 AIS
Raynox DCR 250
Inbuilt flash, Manual mode, varying power from 1/4 to 1/16 depending on the subject.

27. Derbid bug.

 

[dOlBy]

27. Droobybug(I think thats it name..or something that sounds similar. If anyone can identify it, let me know and will make the corrections in the name ok?

It's a Derbid bug.

 

[hersheydesai]

It's a Derbid bug.

corrected it. Thanks

 

[hersheydesai]

Went out to Admiralty Park this time... was quite disappointed with the lack of variety there. Nice place to visit if you want to photograph stars though, very little lights nearby and area was quite clear. Next time I go there at night, it will probably be for astrophotography.

Equipment used:
Nikon D80
50mm 1.4 AIS
Raynox DCR 250
Inbuilt flash, Manual mode, varying power from 1/4 to 1/16 depending on the subject.
Milk bottle diffuser.

28. Metallic cockroach

29. Hairy Leaf

30. Late night snack for the ants.

 

[hersheydesai]

31. Camouflage spider

32. Big spider

33. Arachnophobic's nightmare

That's it. Only 6 shots from this outing. My personal favorite is pic number 30 and 33.

 

[hersheydesai]

Had gone to Sentosa a while ago. Weeks ago actually. Just never found the time to process my photos until 2 days back.
Managed to finally..FINALLY..capture a reasonably decent photo of a creature I have been trying to capture on my camera since the past 5 months.

I give you, The sea angel, tiny swimming sea slugs.
Sea angels are gelatinous, mostly transparent and very small, with the largest species (Clione limacina) reaching 5 cm.
These ones however, were barely 2cm.

Considering the environment I was snapping these pics, I think they are pretty good. Besides, you try shooting through a magnifying glass which keeps fogging up and there are dozens of whiny little brats around you. Damn school vacations.
I wish I could take one of them home so I can take a decent snapshot in peace.

Equipment used:
Nikon D80
Sigma 150mm
Inbuilt flash, Manual mode, powered at 1/16
Shot in RAW format.

34. Sea angel

35. Saying hi

36. Swimming around

 

[icemangrafx]

Nice shots and series you have. Keep postings...

Regards,
Jay

 

[hersheydesai]

thanks Jay,

Lot more posts to come.

 

[hersheydesai]

Equipment used:
Nikon D80
Sigma 150mm
Inbuilt flash, Manual mode, powered at 1/16
Shot in RAW format.

37. The three amigos.

38. Jellyfish

39. More jellyfish.

40. Close up.

 

[Numnumball]

Nice series

 

[hersheydesai]

Nice series

Thank you

 

[hersheydesai]

One more jellyfish shot.

41. The whole gang.

 

[hersheydesai]

42.Macro of a leaf at Singapore Botanic gardens

 

[hersheydesai]

43. couples close up at Raffles Place