Dark Valley (South Hungary)

O, it's ok, i saw it in one of your threads... canon material with macro sigma.

great photos

incredible photos,and i see stags here in illinois around my garage light as well,very similar to those.great bugs my kids love 'em
andy

In these days i taking photos again at Dark Valley. Now i brought a bounch from these pictures. Of course i will continue this work in the nexth moths.



The next generation coming...



Male Philodromidae



Probably she is the female of this species (i found her very close to the male).



One larger Xysticus sp.





Two ant sized spiders





Pregnant Black lace-weaver (Amaurobius sp.)



My older friend the Buzzing spider (Anyphaena accentuata)



Sac spider (Clubionidae) look out of the balcony



Harvestmen



Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne)

froggyman said:

that Rosalia alpina is amazingly beautiful

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there is a species just like this in the US. it is called Rosalia funebris
http://cheryl.dewolfe.bc.ca/Photos\Miscellaneous/rosalia1.jpg

rosalia beteshi
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...141&prev=/images?q=Rosalia+bateshi&um=1&hl=en


here is our native elephant stag
http://bugguide.net/node/view/165387/bgimage

hey fince, here is something you might enjoy. dynastes granti in flight

josh_r said:

hey fince, here is something you might enjoy. dynastes granti in flight

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Hi,

Very hard to take photos from flying insects by simple camera. Grat work!

You can find how built (home made) a special camera which is usable for take a good quality pictures from flying insects on the below links:

http://www.pbase.com/fotoopa/equipment

http://www.pbase.com/fotoopa/laser_system

and the photographer's pictures here:

http://www.pbase.com/fotoopa

awesome, thank you for the links! i am definitely going to check them out! yeah, it took me 100 or so shots to get those 2 good ones. it is VERY difficult to freehand a good flight shot. well, i gotta get to bed. i will definitely check those links tomorrow. thanks fince

-josh

Fince said:

Hi,

Very hard to take photos from flying insects by simple camera. Grat work!

You can find how built (home made) a special camera which is usable for take a good quality pictures from flying insects on the below links:

http://www.pbase.com/fotoopa/equipment

http://www.pbase.com/fotoopa/laser_system

and the photographer's pictures here:

http://www.pbase.com/fotoopa

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You won't catch me with that rig outside. lol
Unless I was getting paid for it, I'll take my chances with manual focusing and fast shutter speed.

Tetragnatha sp. male and female



The male:



and the female:



Harvestmen again



Red-Headed Cardinal Beetle (Pyrochroa serraticornis)

Kingdom of Cerambycidae



Morinus funereus





Rosalia alpina







2 species together



Other beauty Aromia moschata

Hi Fince,

your pictures are amazing!

Can you tell me something about your equipment and workflow? What kind of body, lens and flash are you using?

EXIF Data of this picture (Link) would be interesting. Just as an example.

You have a kind of "blur/dream"-filter over your pictures. How do you set it up?

Many questions that are looking for an answer.

Best regards,
Hendrik

Hendrik C. said:

Hi Fince,

your pictures are amazing!

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Hi Hendrik,

Thank you very much! I am happy if you like my pics

Hendrik C. said:

Can you tell me something about your equipment and workflow? What kind of body, lens and flash are you using?

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I using Canon EOS 30D camera body.

Leneses what i using:

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8
Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro
Tamron AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di
MC Volna-9 Macro (M42)
Zeiss Flektogon 35mm f/2.4 (M42)
Meyer Optik Orestegor 200mm f/4 (M42)

The most used lens is the Sigma 105mm at the fieldwork.

Flashes:

I using Sigma EM-140 DG Ring Light Flash when i working by „go and shoot” method (example the spider pictureround above). You can see me in action with this equipment.



or the other method where i using normal camera flash - Canon 580EX Speedlight on the picture (example the Parnassius mnemosyne picture below).



Tripod: Manfrotto 055PROB with Manfrotto 804RC2 head and 4 way macro rail

Hendrik C. said:

EXIF Data of this picture (Link) would be interesting. Just as an example.

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Camera Model Name
Canon EOS 30D
Shooting Date/Time
2008.05.31. 19:32:41
Tv(Shutter Speed)
5Sec.
Av(Aperture Value)
F20
Metering Modes
Evaluative metering
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
100
Lens
105mm
Focal Length
105,0 mm
Image size
3504 x 2336
Image Quality
RAW
Flash
Off
White Balance
Auto
AF mode
Manual (MF)
Picture Style
Standard
Parameters
Tone Curve : Standard
Sharpness level : -
Pattern Sharpness : -
Contrast : 0
Sharpness : 3
Color saturation : 0
Color tone : 0
Color matrix
-
Color Space
sRGB
File Size
6858 KB
Drive Mode
Single-frame shooting
Owner's Name
Fince

Hendrik C. said:

You have a kind of "blur/dream"-filter over your pictures. How do you set it up? Many questions that are looking for an answer.

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Sometimes i using dark spotfilter. Furthermore noise reduction by Neat Image if necessary.

I hope i could to help you but if you have any question let me know.

Just 1 more picture from Dark Valley which is my either personal favourite:

Cicada throw its underground past

Hi Fince,

thank you very much for providing the information! Interesting thing that we have nearly the same equipment but totally different pictures styles!

I'm using a 30D + Sigma 105 + Sigma Ringflash as well for most of my pictures.

Best regards,
Hendrik

Hendrik C. said:

Hi Fince,

thank you very much for providing the information! Interesting thing that we have nearly the same equipment but totally different pictures styles!

I'm using a 30D + Sigma 105 + Sigma Ringflash as well for most of my pictures.

Best regards,
Hendrik

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Yes, indeed

I checked back your posts and now i remember your photos. You have excellent pictures. I think sometimes you working with other temperatured lights (other lamps..etc) as me and these different lights cause the different picture styles.

Elemental truth: "it's the photographer who makes an image, not a camera" (Ken Rockwell)

Hy all! Fince: Gratulation the photos! Beautifull!!