A Gatekeeper Butterfly

I spotted this in my brother-in-law's vegetable patch in France. Pretty sure it is a Gatekeeper butterfly (pyronia tithonus).

Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

Focal length:105 mm

Max lens aperture:f/2.8

Exposure:1/640 at f/7.1

Exposure prog.:Aperture priority

ISO speed:ISO 400

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

2016_52 - Week 1 - Metal

I've decided to attempt the 2016_52 challenge having not completed one since 2010!

 

Each week a topic is picked and all participants attempt to take a shot matching the title.

 

Week 1 was metal.  Thought I'd try and get some molten metal! Used a 70D on a tripod (useful having the articulated screen!) and a 580EX2 off camera on a stand. Manual focussed, put it on a timer and tried to get lots of smoke!

 



Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon EOS 70D

Focal length:105 mm

Max lens aperture:f/2.8

Exposure:1/125 at f/13

Flash:Fired, compulsory mode

Exposure bias:0 EV

Exposure mode:Manual

Exposure prog.:Manual

ISO speed:ISO 100

Metering mode:Partial

Araneus diadematus

Really tricky getting this little guy's eyes perfectly in focus - I braced against a fence and slowly adjusted my distance whilst on live view. I certainly appreciated the articulated screen.

Canon 70D, Sigma 105mm f/2.8 OS, 1/125s @ f/8, 580EXII.

100% crop:

Moss detail

Hello everyone and happy 2014!

Sorry I've not posted for a while - miserable weather has kind of left me a little uninspired! However, today the light was lovely and I decided to see what I could get out of my x100s in Macro mode.

FUJIFILM X100S, f/4 @ 23 mm, 1/320, ISO 200, No Flash

Spider and Snail

A bit of back-garden macro!

 

 

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.

Lilly detail

(Common?) Blue Butterfly

Yellow Ladybug

Gecko 2!

Flash off camera on cord camera right.

 

 

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

Froggy!

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, f/8 @ 100 mm, 1/250, ISO 100, 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

A bee makes its last mistake..

I saw this in France. I've included a 100% crop so you can see the spider spinning the thread. In case you wondered, yes I do recommend the Zeiss 100mm Makro!

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/8 @ 100 mm, 1/400, ISO 400, No Flash

The white form of the "goldenrod spider" (Misumena vatia)

Saw this in France last week - never come across one before and thought it was rather attractive (as spiders go!) and unusual.

 

Captured on the 5D Mark II using the Zeiss 100mm Makro and natural daylight.

 

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/2 @ 100 mm, 1/3200, ISO 400, No Flash

Grasshopper

Canon EOS 7D, f/5 @ 100 mm, 1/250, ISO 100, Flash

Colourful bee!

I'm not 100% happy with the composition of this shot, but I love the colours!

Canon EOS 7D, f/4 @ 100 mm, 1/500, ISO 100, Flash

Large Skipper

Canon EOS 7D, f/4 @ 100 mm, 1/640, ISO 100, Flash