06-02-10 – Macro Bugs – Page 4 – Its not photography, its Farktography

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June 2, 2010 at 9:07 pm #27626

Elsinore
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Yep that’s fine. It shouldn’t be huge, but it’s allowable.

June 2, 2010 at 11:16 pm #27627

olavf
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Lately I’ve taken to not tagging the 640x post print, but I do tag the pop versions – basically anything big enough someone could print.

I felt like the imprimatur was making the small versions a bit too ‘fussy-looking’ for my tastes. YMMV though.

June 2, 2010 at 11:24 pm #27628

ravnostic
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olavf wrote:

Lately I thought of that, too, but having figured out a way to make a watermark with my ghe-tow technology, I went all out. Probably will only use it on the good stuff, henceforth (but the one is ‘the good stuff’.)

Hey, the McQuotem thing farked up.

June 2, 2010 at 11:47 pm #27629

olavf
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I found a spiffy scripts for the Gimp that works pretty well – Especially once you figure out how to modify it so it defaults to your name, etc.

June 3, 2010 at 12:01 am #27630

Curious
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it worked for me ravnostic, although i didn’t use it. yours has no closing tags.

i have three tonight which will do crap in the voting compared to many you all will submit but i wanted enter and it turns out 1) my archives are skimpy for macro bugs, 2) my film archives are old and don’t seem to scan very well, 3) waited to the last minute to shoot for this and the bugs were hiding. odd for spring in my yard.

June 3, 2010 at 12:05 am #27631

justkat
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kestrana – I’ve never seen a moth look so cute!

June 3, 2010 at 12:08 am #27632

justkat
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Jesus tap-dancing christ, U-Man, is there any type of photography you don’t own? 😉

June 3, 2010 at 12:11 am #27633

Elsinore
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Contest linky:
http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=5363952

June 3, 2010 at 12:12 am #27634

Curious
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hey there are some really great macro bugs in tonight’s contest.

there are also so nice shots that at best are close ups but we knew that would happen.

June 3, 2010 at 12:16 am #27635

ravnostic
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Jesus tap-dancing christ, U-Man, is there any type of photography you don’t own? 😉

I’m fairly certain the answer is ‘no’. I shoulda became a docta loik my mudda wanted; oy-vay, to have the $$ for such toys!!

June 3, 2010 at 12:17 am #27636

Elsinore
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orionid: Were you posting that baby mantis for justkat? I see her watermark but no mention it’s OBO?

June 3, 2010 at 12:25 am #27637

orionid
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I posted a baby mantis?

Edited to add: It’s a just-kat post in my viewing of the thread.

June 3, 2010 at 12:27 am #27638

ennuipoet
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Jesus tap-dancing christ, U-Man, is there any type of photography you don’t own? 😉

I’m fairly certain the answer is ‘no’. I shoulda became a docta loik my mudda wanted; oy-vay, to have the $$ for such toys!!

Not to compare myself to U-Man (or anyone else for that matter) but I shot mine with a Sigma 70-300mm lens that I bought for $99 on Ebay. Just flipped the switch to Macro and shot the ISO way up and went for it. I’m going to get myself a Canon EF 100mm Macro soon, but I don’t think I could’ve done better with it on. Don’t sell yourself short, all the gear in the world doesn’t replace a good eye, and you’ve got one.

I am, BTW, moderately proud of my butterfly. Whatever the vote total may say! 😀

June 3, 2010 at 12:34 am #27639

Elsinore
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I posted a baby mantis?

Edited to add: It’s a just-kat post in my viewing of the thread.

Ok clearly I need more alcohol..I swear on all that is holy that said it was an orionid post before!

And I second ennuipoet‘s motion about equipment. I got a set of extension tubes for Mother’s Day, and they turn any of my lenses into a macro lens on the cheap. Also, my bug porn shot was taken with my small digicam on macro mode. Toys are fun, and they can certainly help, but there’s more than one way to skin a spider. Or something.

June 3, 2010 at 12:41 am #27640

ravnostic
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Thanks Ennui and Els! I think this week I turned a corner with my photography; I’m hoping to top it, though, for ‘All night long’, as I have two new telescope toys to try out…
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