almost home by Nasht

Photography • Macro • posted on Oct 26, 2004

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Now this is probably the most difficult photograph I've ever taken. I had this dream of shooting some flying insect because I've seen almost nobody ever do that (and now I understand why). The problems connected with this shot are: - you need a volontary insect willing to come and go for some time to give you the chance of adjusting your aim and settings - you need a fast shutter speed to freeze the moment - you need a small aperture to increase the chance of have it in focus when he'll come - you need to increase your iso speed to have more sensibility because you just decreased so much light, and doing that you're going to have rumor in your picture so - you need a good sensor like the one in my EOS300D. - you need some time (in my case this was achieved after one hour and a half, but if you're lucky maybe you'll do better than this) As always you'll have to find a good compromise for that. My settings for this shot were: iso 400 f 13 shutter 1/800 This is a 100% crop, colors were slightly altered because... well I like it that way. :) Let me know if you like it!

Comments (16)

kathymoon

5:14PM | Tue, 26 October 2004

wow wow awesome awesome,vote!

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Blacklilia

5:40PM | Tue, 26 October 2004

!!! V !!! Excellent shot1 Congrats!!!

Minalobata

6:03PM | Tue, 26 October 2004

Congratulations on an excellent but as u said a "difficult" shot. love the color

Chazzy

6:40PM | Tue, 26 October 2004

you said, "...maybe you'll do better" I don't know how that could ever happen. Great photography.

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Dianthus

10:38PM | Tue, 26 October 2004

OMG that is brilliant capture. VOTE for the patience i dont have.Thanks :O)

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Vana

10:47PM | Tue, 26 October 2004

Well and truly worth your wait. May I ask if I am right in assuming that this was not done with a digital camera, rather an SLR?? I am not sure how would I be able to captures such a great shot using my digital.

AgentMai

10:48PM | Tue, 26 October 2004

V Love it!!! Very impressive, I have tried this with bees...and it's almost impossible. Not only did you get everything in focus, you even have perfect compo!! You make this look easy, Perfectly done =)

Dafa

12:11AM | Wed, 27 October 2004

really fantastic! i shall try it too. you did it perfectly! and the composition is superb!

cynlee

12:13AM | Wed, 27 October 2004

your patience really paid off!! fantastic image! perfect in every way, congrats! :]

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