Grasshopper reflection

I spotted this grasshopper on a car and thought the reflection would work well.

Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

Focal length:105 mm

Max lens aperture:f/2.8

Exposure:1/160 at f/4

Flash:Not fired, compulsory mode

Exposure bias:0 EV

Exposure mode:Manual

Exposure prog.:Manual

ISO speed:ISO 400

Tilt and Shift

At the moment I'm having a play with a Canon 90mm Tilt-Shift lens (it also rotates although this is not in the name - 90mm TS-E).

In this example I've shifted the plane of focus so that it runs through the photo from front right to back left. The shot was processed in HDR Pro 2.

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, f/2.8 @ 90 mm, ISO 100, No Flash

Physalis alkekengi

FUJIFILM X-E1, f/2.8 @ 35 mm, 1/300, ISO 200, No Flash

Bluebells

I am very very impressed with the XF 60mm f/2.4 Macro - makes a great portrait lens, but on this occasion I fancied snapping some bluebells!

 

 

FUJIFILM X-Pro1, f/4 @ 60 mm, 1/150, ISO 200, No Flash

Winter leaf

Handheld - at the slowest shutter speed I dared to use!

 

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/2.8 @ 100 mm, 1/100, ISO 250, No Flash

 

Merry Christmas!

Many thanks for viewing my blog!

Merry Christmas all.....

Phil

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/2.8 @ 100 mm, 1/20, ISO 400, No Flash

Berries

A bit minimalist, but I liked it!

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/4 @ 100 mm, 1/100, ISO 200, No Flash

Rose in winter sunlight

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/2.8 @ 100 mm, 1/250, ISO 100, No Flash,

Fly portrait

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/7.1 @ 100 mm, 1/250, ISO 200, No Flash

Autumn Colours

Orange bug from France!

Any ideas please, Messrs Skinner and Latham? Seems to be a similar shape to Pyrrhocoris apterus.

The fly....

The full shot and a 100% crop of a fly on a branch taken with the Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L MKII.

This lens is ridiculously sharp!

5D MKII, f/4 @ 70mm.

 

 

 

Fungus on wood

A close-up using the Eos-M and my Zeiss 100mm f/2. I really like the Eos-M for Macro work. I might do a review of the camera at some point, but for macro it is great to have a light body with an excellent live view.

I had the camera on a monopod to help me steady it. The touch-screen zoom helped to ensure critical focus - I was so confident of being in focus at the point of taking I only shot a single frame.

I loved the winter light on this.

 Canon EOS M, f/6.3 @ 100 mm, 1/250, ISO 400, No Flash

Minibeast

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/5.6 @ 100 mm, 1/200, ISO 400, No Flash

Wood in the winter sun!

Hello - apologies for the gap in posting - normal service now resumed!

This was taken today on the traditional walk to invigorate after the excesses of New Year's Eve. I loved the warm winter sun falling on these logs.

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, f/4 @ 135 mm, 1/1000, ISO 100, No Flash

Gecko 2!

Flash off camera on cord camera right.

 

 

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, f/7.1 @ 100 mm, 1/200, ISO 125, Flash

Ferret's eye view

 

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, f/4 @ 100 mm, 1/200, ISO 125, Flash

Gecko

Camera handheld and manually focussed - always a challenge! The flash was off camera on a cord held by someone else!

 

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, f/7.1 @ 100 mm, 1/200, ISO 125, Flash

Gendarme bug (Pyrrhocoris apterus)

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/5 @ 100 mm, 1/100, ISO 400, No Flash

Brown Argus Butterfly (Aricia agestis)

These are common in England, but I took this shot in France.

The Canon 135L has quite a close minimum focussing distance so makes a good butterfly lens.

Canon EOS 7D, f/5 @ 135 mm, 1/800, ISO 200, No Flash