Thursday 14 May 2015

Crane Fly on the Kitchen Window

Spotted a Crane Fly on the outside of the kitchen window. Grabbed the 50D with 70-200 zoom lens + Raynox DCR-250 macro conversion lens to photograph the insect from inside. I only used ambient light which was failing rapidly as flash would just have reflected back from the glass.

Balancing my hand and the lens on a Honeydew melon which brought me to just the right height I took a few shots. The final three I then process in Zerene Stacker and spent a while in Serif Affinity Photo beta to take out about a hundred blemishes from dust on the window which were littering the background:

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This is the uncropped view which isn't too bad for hand held without extra lighting and at 7 p.m.. The out of focus green of the lawn made quite a good background.

8 comments:

  1. laughing at the honeydew tripod!

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    1. TWG: Anything goes when trying to keep the camera still.

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  2. I feel inspired to try some hand held stacks

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    1. Adrian: Balancing the camera is the hardest part so the subject isn't wandering round the viewfinder too much. This time I fired a shot each time one of the red focus spots showed in the viewfinder and the camera beeped. I think I had it set for 9 point focus.

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  3. Fantastic results, unorthodox approach! Loved the description of your methods.

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    1. Wilma: Thank you. Nothing more challenging than finding a quick and easy solution to keeping the camera on an even keel.

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  4. Bloody hell that's an awesome close up shot!

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