Nature photography

[pronty]

How many of you do nature photography and enjoy doing it?

Here's my flying insect thread:
http://www.arachnopets.com/arachnoboards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5954

And one of my better pics:

 

[That Guy]

wow....just wow....

 

[The_Phantom]

That is sooo cool. I love bugs.

 

[Ravnos]

I do quite a bit when I'm out hiking.

Rav

 

[Henry Kane]

Great skills Pronty! Is that a Pepsis wasp?

Atrax

 

[pronty]

Originally posted by Atrax
Great skills Pronty! Is that a Pepsis wasp?

Atrax

A Pepsis wasp? Where?

The big photo I posted is of Cicindela sylvatica, A Tiger Beetle.

However in that area there are wasps that lay their eggs in paralyzed wolf spiders.

 

[The_Phantom]

I cant wait for summer to take pics of spiders w/digi !

 

[Baphomet]

I used to take a LOT of wildlife photos...even won a couple of ribbons (money would have been gladly accepted though ), and oddly enough, as much as I enjoy reptiles and arachnids, my subject of (photographic) choice was always birds of prey:

Hawks, Eagles, and Owls.

 

[pronty]

I have also tried taking photos of different kinds of birds. I like to take photos of all kinds of animals and also plants and scenery.

Here's "Lacerta vivipara":

 

[Bry]

Great pictures, pronty. That lacerta looks like she's gravid and ready to pop. I can't believe how big her abdomen is in proportion to the rest of her body.

Bry

 

[sunnymarcie]

Great pictures !
I like to take photos of everything!
I can just go out, any old place and take pix:0)
I guess I have way toooooooooo many hobbies!
All of them are on my other drive, I'll have to switch the
wires over, so I can put a few up.
There are some on my Ophoto web page on the net

http://www.ophoto.com

Just look up my user name: sunnymarcie

Sorry, I can't rmember the exact url

And also on my site, check below for the home page button

 

[Valael]

Incredible pictures.



That lizard looks OBESE!


I've always wanted to get in to photography, but it seems like a QUALITY camera is costly as can be.



Either digital or uh.."normal"

 

[pronty]

 

[conipto]

Thos pictures are really great pronty - Seems you have quite the talent for getting them. What kind of hardware are you using?

Bill

 

[pronty]

Originally posted by conipto
What kind of hardware are you using?

Canon AE-1 SLR, 50mm lens, 15mm and 50mm extension tubes.

 

[pronty]

 

[Valael]

I love that dragon fly.


How much did that whole camera set up cost you?

 

[pronty]

Originally posted by Valael
How much did that whole camera set up cost you?

Whole setup?
Umm.. about...

Canon AE-1 camera body: 100 Euros (I have 3 of them)
50mm lens: 50 Euros
400mm lens: 600 Euros (for bird photos)
28mm lens: 100 Euros (for scenery photos)
15mm extension tube: 100 Euros (new)
50mm extension tube: 100 Euros
+ many other accessories...

Most of them were second-hand.
The Canon AE-1 is the 1976 model....

 

[pronty]

 

[Ravnos]

Just thought I'd make this thread load even slower.

One cool thing about nature photography in TX is that you can find just about anything to take a pic of - including the kitchen sink.

Rav