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After a lot of help and advice from Ade and Annette following a debate regarding the macro prowess of the Tamrom 90 SP Di 1:2.8 Macro Lens, I had a play with mine in the back garden. I set the lens to the 'Full' position and open the lens right up to its limit, then went hunting. Julie had just finished watering the plants, when I stumbled across this tiny spider in his or her web, which were in turn covered in microscopic water droplets. I immediately went to play, and this was one of my first attempt suing the settings Ade and Annette so kindly provided me with. Thanks guys, I know I have still got a long way to go, I will try Butterflies next, however we don't seem to get many in our garden... "any ideas?"

Thanks to you all for you wonderful comments and kind words following yesterdays upload. I shall be around only a very short time again today, as I have got to go see myCBIT chap in Tonbridge Wells.

Regards Nathan.

Brand:Canon
Camera:Canon EOS 550D
Lens:Tamron 90mm Sp Di Macro f/2.8 Check out Totally Tamron!
Recording media:RAW (digital)
Date Taken:25 Jul 2012 - 9:07 PM
Focal Length:90mm
Lens Max Aperture:f/2.7
Aperture:f/3.5
Shutter Speed:1/250sec
Exposure Comp:0.0
ISO:400
Exposure Mode:Manual
Metering Mode:Multi-segment
Flash:Off, Did not fire
Title:Sodden Spiders
Username:NDODS NDODS
Uploaded:27 Jul 2012 - 7:28 AM
Tags:Close-up / macro, Detail, Microscopic, Minute, Tiny, World
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CarolG
CarolG (e2 Member)
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108 forum postsCarolG vcard Greece12 Constructive Critique Points
27 Jul 2012 - 7:35 AM
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An excellent capture, Nathan, and I love your presentation. Regarding butterflies, try planting a couple of buddleia bushes Smile Carol

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saeidNL
saeidNL (e2 Member)
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27 Jul 2012 - 7:43 AM
1

Fantastic and lovely macro shot,very well done,
saeid

Rolepics
Rolepics (e2 Member)
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27 Jul 2012 - 7:48 AM
1

Lovely tiny scenes in those moisture droplets, a good macro and so well presented.
Carole

annettep38
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27 Jul 2012 - 7:49 AM
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Very nice , lovely lil' droplets.
Butterflies? The method to attract them is leave the grass alone and make sure there are enough scabious, clover and buck weed. Thyme and marjolain are loved by all the blues.
The also love cosmos and daisies. We just hav wild corner in the garden and I take half of my pics there.

Look at my PF and tell me what you think of my 'method '... Reg setting I use 400iso or more to get some f 11

WhiteRose1
WhiteRose1 (e2 Member)
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27 Jul 2012 - 8:17 AM
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Your settings have created a very small dof, Nathan, which has captured some of the water drops perfectly. As Annette says, f11 would give you more depth but you would probably need a tripod for a slow shutter speed, or increase the Iso accordingly.

Dave

AnnChown
AnnChown (e2 Member)
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27 Jul 2012 - 8:23 AM
1

I love those water droplets on his little legs!! Look forward to seeing more of these from you Nathan.
Ann

Tibetan
27 Jul 2012 - 8:44 AM
2

These sodden spiders are every where lol. keep walking into their webs, Well done Nathan nice one, regards Leon.GrinGrinGrinGrinGrinGrin

jdinne
jdinne (e2 Member)
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27 Jul 2012 - 8:45 AM
1

Stunning Nathan and like above those water droplets are superb. Love the presentation.

John

morpheus1955
morpheus1955 (e2 Member)
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27 Jul 2012 - 8:46 AM
1

Fantastic image Nathan, i locve the water droplets

Hugh

ValeryAst
27 Jul 2012 - 8:50 AM
1

It turns out the spiders, too, can be beautiful... Wink Very good macro!Smile
Regards, Valery

Last Modified By ValeryAst at 27 Jul 2012 - 8:50 AM
vickyf
vickyf (e2 Member)
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27 Jul 2012 - 9:01 AM
1

Beautiful image. I think the shallow dof works brilliantly. Re butterflies, I plant just about every butterfly friendly plant but have hardly seen any this year. I'm useless at photographing them anyway! Smile

mrswoolybill
mrswoolybill (Critique Team)
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133 forum postsmrswoolybill vcard United Kingdom340 Constructive Critique Points
27 Jul 2012 - 9:07 AM
1

This is brilliant, so delicate and fleeting. The presentation is an original addition in this case, it seems to convey the ephemeral nature of life. But I'd be interested to see the image full size, without the frame.
Moira

sable
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England6 Constructive Critique Points
27 Jul 2012 - 9:50 AM
1

A very nice piece of macro work and interestingly presented - Elizabeth xx

wnbeat
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27 Jul 2012 - 9:58 AM
1

Butterflies, I have to chase them all over !! Lavender, and Hebe's they seem to love !! Smile An interesting image Nathan, I mustinvest in a proper macro lens

N

Metro6R4
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27 Jul 2012 - 10:18 AM
1

Love the water droplets, gives impact to the image.......... Paul.

KingBee
KingBee (e2 Member)
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283 forum postsKingBee vcard Scotland2 Constructive Critique Points
27 Jul 2012 - 10:33 AM
1

Excellent macro work.

regards.

Bob

TrevBatWCC
TrevBatWCC (e2 Member)
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27 Jul 2012 - 10:35 AM
1

Lovely capture, Nathan, not the easiest subject this macro stuff! Wink
Trev Smile

digital_boi
27 Jul 2012 - 10:35 AM
1

never easy macro for me as have a bit of a shakey mitt Nathan but once you get used to macro the results are very rewarding.
Love the water droplets and the presentation
As has been said above a higher F no. will give you much better depth but you would porbably be best using a tripod for me i normally also prefer to manually focus i find i get better results....

Trust all is well and you have a trouble free weekend

GrahamGrinGrinGrin

prabhusinha
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27 Jul 2012 - 11:02 AM
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I like the presentation.

achieverswales
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27 Jul 2012 - 11:42 AM
1

Some great advice Nathan, just remember one thing! The closer you go to the subject, the greater the magnification and then very shallow depth of field so having to go sometimes to f32 just to get part of the subject in focus, hope this helps, like the water droplets like diamonds.

Regards

Trev.

Chinga
Chinga (e2 Member)
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27 Jul 2012 - 12:01 PM
1

Original... beautiful.... and very well composed. IB

Herge88
Herge88 (e2 Member)
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36 forum postsHerge88 vcard England4 Constructive Critique Points
27 Jul 2012 - 12:20 PM
1

Great capture, and I love the frame although I'm not sure it suits the subject.

Best Matt

Lillian
Lillian (e2 Member)
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27 Jul 2012 - 1:03 PM
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Plant a budlia really attracts butterflies
but as long as you keep that spider there, I like this image
brilliantly shot Nathan
Lillian

gary_d
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482 forum posts Wales12 Constructive Critique Points
27 Jul 2012 - 1:26 PM
1

Great work mate. - gary

exposure
27 Jul 2012 - 3:13 PM
1

A lovely image tones & presentation Nathan.
Pauline.

ChiliMan
ChiliMan (e2 Member)
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27 Jul 2012 - 3:31 PM
1

Excellent shot, Nathan with those droplets! I love the presentation in V1 but yeah, a deeper depth of field would work better. Also love the title Grin

Andrew

mrswoolybill
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27 Jul 2012 - 4:04 PM
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Thanks for uploading V2 (and for the pm), it's very simply beautiful.
Moira

mikbee
mikbee (e2 Member)
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27 Jul 2012 - 4:30 PM
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I don't mind the frame Nathan !!
Good work.
Mick.

SlowSong
SlowSong (e2 Member)
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27 Jul 2012 - 5:01 PM
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Really cute. And I love those soft tones and drops of water. Smile
Chris

taggart
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27 Jul 2012 - 5:51 PM
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An astonishing image-- this works so very well---

We are recovering from a very wet and thunderous storm-- internet is also recovering--- but I still have the link-- will get to it soon!
Like the frames!

netta1234
netta1234 (e2 Member)
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27 Jul 2012 - 8:54 PM
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Great shot
Netta

pdcche
pdcche (e2 Member)
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27 Jul 2012 - 10:24 PM
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Nice presentation and a good capture on your first try, like the droplets Nathan, Peter..

Humblebee
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27 Jul 2012 - 10:37 PM
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V1 has a better colour than v2, and to me appears a little clearer - love the water drops, and look forward to seeing more macro shots ... Carol

HarrietH
HarrietH (e2 Member)
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237 forum postsHarrietH vcard Portugal
28 Jul 2012 - 6:41 PM
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Very well done, I am having the same problems you had with the Tamron so I will be following the advice too.

BIGRY1
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29 Jul 2012 - 7:41 AM
1

Great shot. The water droplets look amazing!Smile
Ryan

LexEquine
30 Jul 2012 - 9:20 PM
1

'Two superbly rendered Color Images,' Nathan~

Stay Well.~~

Ciao~ Peter Wink

pascalg
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2 Aug 2012 - 1:07 PM
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details in #2 (water drops) are beautiful too...

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