I've tried taking ant pictures with my digital camera. Even though it's got a great macro lens, it's impossible. The shutter lag is so long, the quick little suckers are long gone before the shutter trips. I've got lots of empty frames to show for my effort.

Part of my difficulty is probably that I take pictures along ant trails. The ants are on a mission then, and they go very fast. You need a fast shutter speed, and a responsive shutter.

I was sort of disappointed that no one commented on my bumblebee pic. I guess it just wasn't small enough to qualify for the Close Up thread. Sigh.

Actually, I completely missed your bee because of Kagen's dupe -- sorry about that! He looks like a mean bastard, one that would chase you around the yard and divebomb. Did you take any hell from him for getting so close?

I think it's beautiful Elspode..I love how well the detail on its wings came out.

great...now the original works. sorry EL

I realize this isn't a Kitsune-caliber photo, but it looked so much like a cross between Tess the dog and Superbaton's cat that I had to post it.

I was speechless. :blush:

Whoa. Those are some striking eyes! Very nice!

...and what do you mean "Kitsune-caliber"? Am I doing something to come across as a photo-snob?

yes... :unsure:

(on a side note...this forum has an emoticon for everything i could possibley need)

No! No, no.... just that your photos are really really good.:thumb:

woah those eyes are great!

and that bumble bee is so ......close.Did you take that?

haha not too close but cute. Grannys back yard :)

are those Two Knomes trying to climb down from that burned out tree ?? ;)

knomes?? or gnomes....?

ZippyT has a different relationship with letters than many, but he gets things done. He is a Marine.

∞

Earie.

gnomes Kagen4o4. Actually they live in the ground. Who knows why they were up in that tree. haha


@zypit. Yes I think they appear to be going down. That ones either singing or cursing. The tree does look burnt but it is actually only wet and dead. My kids granny tried to spruce it up by making it look full of life as her whole yard does.

She's not yet even 60. A very young granny.


@superbaton That cat ear is amazing!

My mind cannot shake the Travelocity gnome's voice, nor can it block out the yodeling theme to Price-is-Right's Cliff Hangers when I look at that image.

Superbaton's feline radar dish is awesome!

Aw, really? I hope not and I'm really sorry if I came across that way in any post. I really hate that photography attracts equipment and perfectionist snobs when it really is a medium that should simply be enjoyed for the content it allows people to create. It is the only creative outlet I have and it is really important to me to not become like the people I think ruin the hobby.

He was pretty intent on sucking nectar. I wasn't all that close, actually. 10x zoom on my camera, you know. It is a bitch to get it to autofocus, though. I took numerous pics that day at the lake with the intent of putting them in this thread. That's the only one that came out worth a damn.

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Close-ups are so much fun, I love this thread! Walked around French creek today playing with macro.

http://pic7.picturetrail.com/VOL205/.../139047343.jpg


http://pic7.picturetrail.com/VOL205/.../139047357.jpg

http://pic7.picturetrail.com/VOL205/.../139047408.jpg

how's yer hole?

http://pic7.picturetrail.com/VOL205/.../139047387.jpg
family

http://pic7.picturetrail.com/VOL205/.../139049292.jpg


http://pic7.picturetrail.com/VOL205/.../139049300.jpg

Jinx - the acorn wins for depth of field and composition! A wonderful find!

No snobbery taken or assumed here :)


Great forest flower photo. And the curves of that tree. Humm interesting.


When a friend came to visit me from SK in Feb we went to these falls. I took a picture of a hole in the rock. I think it emarassed him a little so I deleted it.

Maybe I still have the original on c/d. I thought it was cool looking an not profane.

I'll have to look when I get a day off someday/

I, too, have confused feelings about that tree. The question of who I should blame is still open, though...

Thanks! I got so involed in taking that little nut's picture I put my sunglasses down and left them behind. :sniff: I like the pic a lot though. This one too

http://pic7.picturetrail.com/VOL205/.../139047451.jpg

I really like that last one Jinx. Something about the composition and the angle.

Any chance you could post a large version somewhere?

Thanks Dar! I would, but that's as big as I took it.... email quality, just practicing and fitting a lot on the stick.

Well that's doubly impressive that you were just practicing.

Luckily for me, it stretched without pixellating too badly. It's now my wallpaper.

:thumb:

I like them both. Lots of texture.

That's such a huge compliment, thanks :blush:
My wallpaper is a flower jaguar posted ages ago.

http://www.josephholmes.com/large/100Fins1.jpg


Arizona sandstone

some pics from Oz
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...2006/skink.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...littlefrog.jpg

my second niece Kira.
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/5450/kira4zp.jpg

God -- it's HIS tree, after all.

Would you prefer the french tickler version? :blush:

spiked, for your pleasure.

There are quite a few in here... I need to take the time to reduce the size of the files on my PC. They are too large and I noticed that we cannot post web-hosted pics. So, here be da' link.
http://tinyurl.com/gzox2

TBDitWW (The Best Dog in the Whole World). Yes, I did take this one.
http://www.tychounder.com/Arizona/20...s/DCP_3771.JPG

Petrified wood.
http://www.tychounder.com/Arizona/20...s/DCP_3712.JPG

The wood's pretty but what's it afraid of? :rolleyes:

change?

Pie -- I nosed my screen in response to TBDitWW. Puppy eyes!

skysidhe, that is awesome! Ice crystals at the bottom right? Is the whole thing a sheet of ice? I love the depth.

Shiftage.
http://static.flickr.com/56/132118767_e52f3371a2.jpg

Cool pic, Sky -- where/what is that? How did those asymmetric, yet oddly perfect bubbles form?

Now that's depth of field right there.

I'd say lack of it. ;)

we have a bunch of camel crickets in the basement. At least they don't make noise, but they are nasty. Jumping into laundry baskets, etc. Every once in a while, one will make it upstairs. Recently I decided to do something about it, so I bought a bunch of those sticky traps and just put them around on the floor. Here's the scene a couple days later.

and an overview of one of the sticky pads. I had no idea there were so many:

Kitsune

You have mastered depth of field like few others. I like your photo's, please continue to post them.

Wecome to the Cellar, Pyro. You have good taste in pictures. :D

Lido Shuffle
 

I am but an amateur, but here is the gentle face of the feline of my heart..
My cameria is crappy, years old and only 3.2mp - im currently saving up for a DSLR a conon hopefully.. then watch out!

Barnacles at the beach
 

This was taken at South West Rocks, north NSW. A plank of wood washed up on the beach full of barnacles, i snapped this before they all let go and washed back to the sea....

That is truly nasty and the close up shot makes it almost creepy! All those little bug eyes, staring, looking...

Was there much wriggling?

eww glat eww Those insects!! ...they have huge eyes too.

@ pie... I found that picture someplace on the net. I don't have a 'good'camera so you'll all have to forgive me while I cheat.
http://phototramp.com/images/00AK004.jpg

I hesitated posting it, because it's so gross. That stuff that looks like hair is the antennae stuck to the glue pad.

Yes, a couple of them were still alive and would wiggle a little bit if you blew on them. Almost feel sorry for them.

One thing that's kinda neat is you can see how some of them got trapped. At the far end of the pad, there are a bunch lined up at the edge. Those guys just walked onto the pad and got stuck at the edge. They were all in contorted positions, because they tried to get free and got more stuck. Then there are others stuck in the middle. They were just hopping randomly around, and got stuck when they landed on the pad. They are stuck in a more natural position, because they plopped down and landed squarely on all feet at once.

Am I sick for analyzing this so much? I'm really pleased with the number I've caught. It's a drag to climb into the shower in the morning and have to kill one that's sitting in there. Especially if I don't have my contacts in yet. They hop fast.

A janitor's mop. It wasn't pleasant to get close to.
http://static.flickr.com/48/127287395_9095cc09ab.jpg

You want more? You get more here.

glatt, you should get a few chameleons (anomalies). they eat those little buggers. just get males only so you dont have a lizard infestation.