Hi there

I just want to share how I take my MACRO shots !!

I went with my sister in law out today, and she hold my other camera when I was busy with making some MACRO froggy shots. So she made a shot of me in action. I thought maybe you like to see how I lay on the ground to get a good shot...lol

BTW this tiny froggy was lost, I killed him almost, but thank God I saw him right on time .........and after my shooting we brought it back to the pond where it belongs.....

LooooooooL @ you! Heheh.. That is a nice pose Ilona and yes.. Its nice of you to share how you shoot Macros even tho in public! I do some many funny poses as well.. Some times even like Slawa :D

Now try to share something with Super Macro and how you shoot it :P Thank you Ms for the share and have a nice day/night

JOE

And this is one of my butties today

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!! This is super closeup Ilona!!! LOOK AT THE DOF!

Love the contrast of your colours and the details! Very well done Ms :) And congratulations for such a perfect shot! Thank you again for the share

JOE

And here a double catch......

dedicated to Danob, Bruce and Kort....

our team..they try to do their best to keep this running

And here my last one, all taken today, a lot more taken......I will uplaod them soon in my gallery

Nice Moths!! Love the details and colours in each of them and the DOF again in the second one is simple amazing Ilona!

Now looking forward to see your new posts "Macros" in the gallery

Thank you again and have a nice day

JOE

nattarious: Nice Moths?

These are butterflies my friend....haha

Love your macro shots, thanks for sharing these!

Wonderful images Ilona the last Peacock is a cracker

Those are some really beautiful macros vlaaitje. I particulary like that second frog-shot and the last peacock butty-shot. Really gorgeous. However...if you title a thread "How I make my MACRO shots !!"....shouldn´t you provide at least some information on how you do take them? :tt2:

Zacko: ooooooooooops yes I am still a Dutch one...lol..I will ask one of the MODS to change it......lol.....but I bet you understood me...and yes I made a whole series of this gorgeous butterfly.......

Excellent macros

Thats why I prefer being solo (with my dog Elli of course) when I crawl around taking macros LOL

Took this today you can find the big one in my galleri, it was wet on the ground LOL

Wonderful macros,Ilona.That peacock one is beautiful.All we ever get here are monarchs...rather commonplace,I'm afraid.I've been trying out my macro lens. My problem is,if I get really close,I get this really shallow dof and then only part of the subject is in focus...or I have to stand back,and then it's not really a 'macro' anymore... :(

Lovely mushrooms,btw.I've neevr seen ones like those.

Wonderful macros,Ilona

Thake my advice, if you do this a lot, get an elbow pad, trust me its worth it

*GoranForsberg: haha I can imagine how you took it, I do so much different things to get a good shot....with a lot of risks as well !!!

Margana: don't go to close, I use most of the time the AV and manual settings, but it is still a hard thing to do...especially if there are 2 butties on a flower !!!

Simon_P: You are damn right.....I will keep it in mind

I just switched from P to Tv,but I don't want to 'bog' down your thread with my silly questions.So I'll just say, thank you for sharing,Ilona.Your work is lovely. :^)

fantastic macro and very nice color too... excellent macro capture!!!

What lens do you use Ilona?

**valouchufy: ** I use the SIGMA 105 mm 1:2'8 DG MACRO lens

Ouch!....just kidding,Ilona. ;^)

it's really good Ilona, perfectly

I like the shooting room the 105mm gives you...mine is a 50mm and must be closer for the shots.

so, we went out today and I made some action shots of my wife as well, lol, always a pleasure to see her at work!! I knew about this thread, and thought I post one of her I took today on a gorgeous sunny day out. Here she took a shot of a caterpillar, I found that nice green one for her, I post one today also. You can't believe which kind positions she used to get her shot, I bet you will laugh

GER

Gorgeous images. Noticed you used your speedlight when doing macros. I have just started using my new one but never thought to use on my froggie shots. But might give it ago. Nice dedi to Danny, Bruce and Kort. Takecare.

I would be careful with the froggie shots....I don't want a flash that close to my eyes!  Besides, your froggies are wonderful.  I do believe you have these critters trained..or is it you eyes?

Gracious me...now I find myself searching for a good price on a 105mm macro lens....what this does to realistic thinking..oh well.        TomD'Art.

I hear ya ,Tom.Mine's a 60mm...