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Old 07-04-2008, 06:27 PM
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Macro any insect
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Old 07-04-2008, 06:38 PM
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im going to set the bar as imo if u have an slr with a macro lens u should be able to get a shot as good if not better using your lens at full zoom...

here is 1:1 shot at
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Old 08-04-2008, 10:44 PM
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1:1 life size

well sort of fill flash.i under exposed on the histogram by 1 stop so only a little of the flash was used.(fill)

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I found the dead doodlebug a friend... (no doodlebugs were harmed in the making of this picture, they were already dead)

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All these pics are fantastic wish i had a cam that could take pics like these.
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Are they in the ashtray Ellie? Fab pics both of you - I ain't playing this time because it would mean I had to actually a) find and possibly touch a bug! and b) get close enough to it to try to get a pic lmao
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Old 09-04-2008, 10:47 AM
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wow some of your pics are really fab
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Are they in the ashtray Ellie? Fab pics both of you - I ain't playing this time because it would mean I had to actually a) find and possibly touch a bug! and b) get close enough to it to try to get a pic lmao
Yuppers... I found the dead doodle bugs on the windowsill, and the ashtray was on the windowsill. It made complete sense at the time lol
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so.every one chickened out of this weeks challenge .tut tut..and u call your selfs macro photographers

come on theres still 2 days left 3 including today..still time to get a great shot of a bug,.
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