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Macro of a wasp on my curtains.

Photographer:	X Loren Lewis
Folder:	Loren's Photos
Uploaded:	03-Sep-2010 03:54 CEST
Current Rating:	8.50/2 View all ratings Delete my rating
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Camera:	Olympus E510
Exposure time:	1/125
Aperture:	f22
Focal length:	50mm
Lens:	Zuiko 50mm + EX-25
Focusing method:	Manual
ISO:	100
White balance:	Auto
Flash:	external
Image format:	SHQ
Processing applied:	unsharp mask, brightness/contrast, clarify, crop, and resized down to fit guidelines for this site. Also orientation changed from vertical. Further cropped per Han's suggestion
Various:	Experimenting with a new STF-22macro twin flash on a wasp that was walking around my living room curtain today.
Image resized to:	545x685

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Very sharp macro of this wasp. The ED 50 together with the 25 EX is really difficult in use. With your twin flash and F 22 you made a great shot.
A little bite more crop on the right site seems to me better. Congratulation!
Regards Hans

Hans Gerlich at 21:02 CEST on 07-Sep-2010 [Reply]

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Thank you Hans. Yes, it is difficult but when one come out well, it's worth the trouble. The twin flash works well but has one disappointment for me. It attaches too close to the outboard edge of the 50mm lens. To get close enough to focus properly on an insect (with the ex-25), the flashes must almost make contact with the surface the insect is on, risking them to be scratched for instance. I would be happier if the attachment point could be a little closer to the camera.

Hans Gerlich wrote:
> Very sharp macro of this wasp. The ED 50 together with the 25 EX is really difficult in
> use. With your twin flash and F 22 you made a great shot.

Loren Lewis at 22:18 CEST on 07-Sep-2010 [Reply]

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Cropped a bit more on the right per your suggestion Hans.

Hans Gerlich wrote:
> A little bite more crop on the right site seems to me better. Congratulation!
> Regards Hans

Loren Lewis at 22:39 CEST on 07-Sep-2010 [Reply]

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Oh, let it be, it's alltime a great macro.
You did a great capture!
So long,
Hans

Hans Gerlich at 23:37 CEST on 07-Sep-2010 [Reply]

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Those details are stunning!
A very good macrophoto needing a lot of skill and
fine tool.

Congrats...

Victor Biefnot at 18:27 CEST on 08-Sep-2010 [Reply]

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Victor, Thank you very much for your kind words.

Victor Biefnot wrote:
> Those details are stunning!
> A very good macrophoto needing a lot of skill and
> fine tool.
>
> Congrats...
>

Loren Lewis at 18:46 CEST on 08-Sep-2010 [Reply]