Hi all,
After 2 weeks being chased by blood hungry mosquitoes at Taman Rimba Kiara, I decided to pay a visit to the KL Butterfly Park for some macro action. Being in a more "control" environment would mean, less bugs , less wind and NO mosquitoes.

Went with 2 objectives - 1) Dont Underexposed and 2) Shoot RAW

C&C is Greatly Appreciated

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It seems that you didn't meet objective number 1.

Which seems underexposed to you ?

Actually, I too think that your photos could deserve a little more brightness. That'll help bring out more 'tang'. Otherwise they're well-taken. No.7 would make a nice postcard with a cute speech bubble coming out from the caterpillar.

Seems that as a result of the direct flash I used, any more brightness / curves adjustment would result in severe overexposure on certain areas. Would certainly adjust my diffuser mod.

thanks for the input guys.

i like it... it got that creepy crawly feeling...

I would have preferred a natural light macro photography rather than flash. Flash makes an object not evenly exposed and lack of 3D looks.

You may want to refer to the attached link for some great macro shots. IMHO, this is how a macro photography should be taken:
http://www.juzaphoto.com/eng/galleries/mac...a_valley-03.htm
"005924 - Sympetrum fonscolombii" is the best macro that I've ever seen.

This post has been edited by kelvinyam: Sep 23 2007, 08:03 AM

Nice site indeed, Can't help to notice 005924, that there might be a possible flash used ?

Probably when I change my macro reach to the Canon 180, then I'll start to consider resting it on a tripod. For now, I love the freedom of handheld.

Juza didn't use flash on that, or else he would have mentioned it.

but bouncing the light (so that there's not too much light) could've define surface a bit more right? like the roundness or smoothness of the object

well, if Juza said so, then I guess it must have been a very strong light source to bounce from the eye of the dragon fly to the camera @ 1/8

I really have no idea. I wish I can afford a similar equipment to test it out myself. With my S3IS, it's not even reaching quarter of the quality that you guys are seeing in that website.

yes, for this website, better get DSLR
i see he's using 1/10 - 1/30s on tripod, subjects are butterfly, dragonfly etc they are not really stay continuously or freeze but the pics really sharp. I don't think S3 IS will make as sharp as his shot

"005914 - Sympetrum fonscolombii Index

Canon EOS 20D, Sigma 180mm f/3.5 EX APO Macro HSM, Sigma 2.0x TC, 1/40 f/11, iso 100, tripod. Trebbia Valley, Italy.

Look at the lens...