Above the Blue
A hoverfly approaching the Australian native Flower.
A hoverfly approaching the Australian native Flower.
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Apr, 2013Views
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Behind The Lens
Location
This was in my front garden.Time
It was taken early in the morning after a shower of rain when it was still. The rain had freshened the colours. Using a shadowed area as a background, I set my tripod up to get some profile photos of this flower. I had taken a few shots using a cable release to try and get it as sharp as possible. The camera is always set to motor drive. I saw this tiny fly approaching the flower and had the sense of mind to grab the cable release and fire off a few shots. Using F10 to get depth in the flower also enabled me to capture the little fly within the Depth of Focus.Lighting
Early morning sun is soft and warm.Equipment
As it is an older photo it was taken with my Pentax K10D, Pentax 100mm macro lens, tripod, cable release.Inspiration
I had the idea to get a profile shot with the yellow stamen against the black shadowed background trying to be a bit different than normal flower shots. I was lucky the small fly only a few millimeters long came along and I had the sharpness of mind to get some shots off, and got this.Editing
The only post processing was to clone out a couple of lighter spots in the background and do an auto levels and contrast in Photoshop CS2.In my camera bag
Currently Use my Pentax K3, The lenses I mostly use are my Pentax 100 mm f 2.8 Macro, Pentax 50-135 mm f2.8, Sigma 10-20mm f3.5-4.5, Sigma f2.8 28-70mm. Also my Samyang 10mm f2.8 for nght skies and auroras. Metz 60 Flash and a Manfrotto Pro tripod.Feedback
Get a good macro lens, wait until the conditions are right. Calm conditions, low sun angle to get depth to a flower image using light and shade. A dark background which will be even darker in the final image due to the exposure of the sunlit flower. To get the good images of airborne insects, patience is needed. Wait for the insect to come to the flower you have the camera set up on. Also some luck.
