Final 10 macro

Final 10 Macro

NATURE IN FOCUS

 I was in the garden and i saw a Green shield bug that I have saw before mostly from landing on me it
 was in my garden so I took some macro shots of it wondering around I wanted to get a
macro shot of the bug coming towards me walking in between the moss and grass.
I think i got a good compostion of the bug with good exposure using flash

IT'S A BUGS LIFE



I got down low and face on to the bug
and used my Flash
I metered onto the face using spot

60mm lens

Shutter speed 1/50 sec

Aperture f 7.1

ISO 400

Metering spot

Flash used

I went to Stratford butterfly park and took some macro shots of the many butterflies

here i used a macro lens to capture the texture and colours of the butterfly

I got close up and used all manual settings to get this side close up view .

BUTTERFLY REST

60mm lens

Shutter speed 1/60 sec

Aperture f 6.3

ISO 200

Metering Evaluative

On board Flash used

FROSTY DAYS

I was walking along the river at stratford upon Avon on a frosty

winters day I found these plant heads in a row so took a picture

I used a wide Aperture of f/2 to get the depth of Field

60mm lens

Shutter speed 1/1000 SEC

Aperture f 2.2

ISO 100

Metering Evaluative

HIDE AND SEEK

I found spotted this Dead leaf butterfly well camouflage on some rocks ,

The remarkable detail of the butterfly mimicking a dead leaf is amazing 

 I wanted to capture all the beauty of this butterfly as well as its great camouflage .

Lens 60mm

Shutter speed 1/60 sec

Aperture f/10

ISO 200

Metering Evaluative

On board flash

I noticed this small spider on the water drops

so decided to try and capture the spider and the water drop 

INCY WINCY SPIDER

Canon 450d

Lens 60mm

Shutter speed 1/80 sec

Aperture f/9

ISO 200

Metering Evaluative

no flash

YOU LOOKING AT ME

This bug was be hide glass I wanted to capture the colours

 and texture I used flash to help with exposure and

 used Evaluative metering to meter onto hes face

I like the background colours and composition of the shot.

Lens 60mm

Shutter speed 1/60 sec

Aperture f/7.1

ISO 200

Metering Evaluative

On board flash

I wanted to use a shallow aperture to show some depth of Field so

 I used a Aperture of f/2.5 I like the composition and colour of the image .

BERRY FEST

450D

Lens 60mm

Shutter speed 1/80 sec

Aperture f/2.5

ISO 100

Metering Evaluative

I noticed the reflection of the plants leafs in the water drop

And changed the angle to get more of the reflection of the red leafs 

in the water droplet . I used 1 metering point and focused onto the 

water drop with spot metering .

RAINDROP REFLECTION

                                                                       Canon 450d

                                                                        Lens 60mm

                                                               Shutter speed 1/13 sec

                                                                       Aperture f/14

                                                                         ISO 1600

                                                                      Metering spot

I wanted to capture the butterfly and the Flowers in the background
I used a aperture of f/4.5 to get some depth of Field and to make
the butterfly stand out more and show sharp detail .

SITTING PRETTY

Lens 60mm

Shutter speed 1/80 sec

Aperture f/4.5

ISO 200

Metering Evaluative

No flash

I noticed the rain water left over on the leafs

The sun was out so i had good ambient light

so took some close ups using manual focusing

MARBLE RAIN

Canon 450d

Lens 60mm

Shutter speed 1/60 sec

Aperture f/8

ISO 200

Metering Evaluative

no flash