MACRO MONDAYS -- Smiling Bug
posted by micki at 7/10/2006 09:20:00 AM
Monday, July 10, 2006
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- Name: micki
- Location: United States
No digital photography here folks. Only film, all the time. No post processing. I shoot it, I have it developed, I scan the print, I post it. It is hoped that you would respect my ownership of the images posted, despite the ease with which you could copy them. If you would like a true photographic print of any of my images, please contact me at goodiesbaker@yahoo.com and I will be happy to provide you with one. Weapons of Choice: * Minolta 7000 * Minolta 9000 *Minolta Dynax 9 * Konica Minolta 70 *Minolta x-700 * Minolta AL-F Rangefinder *1958 Minolta Autocord *Holga *holgamod Holga *PIX Panorama Toy Camera *Polaroid One Step Close Up Lenses: Too many too list, just read the stats for each shot I post Scanner: Epson 4990 Perfection Photo Favorite Films: * Kodak Tri-X * Fuji Superia * Ilford HP5+ -- Goal: To make the best exposure possible, on film. A Theme a Day *Sunday – Take A Guess *Macro Mondays *A Glimpse of My Town Tuesdays *Wednesday's Colors *Thursday's Critter *Unique Film and/or Camera Fridays *Saturday – Anything goes
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Yesterday’s post was the bottom of the leg to my kitchen table. Markings courtesy of my vacuum cleaner from all the years that it was my dining room table and sat upon carpet. My great aunt gave us this old Depression Era table with waterfall chairs when we bought our first home 14 years ago. I hated that table, but it was free. It’s very heavy and the chairs are too, they don’t tip easily. After we started having children, this workhorse of a table developed new value in my mind. It has taken spills, hot canning jars placed on it, numerous carvings and paint and even a small fire started on it last year from a candle. I wouldn’t trade this old table for anything now, it can really stand up to what this family can dish out.
I don’t even remember taking this shot, nor the image of the fly before it that I almost posted. No memory what-so-ever. Sorry for the smaller picture, but most of the details on this little guy were lost in my scan.
Camera - Konica Minolta 70
Film - Fuji HQ ISO 100
Shutter Speed - 1/45
Aperture Setting - f-11 Aperture Mode
Lens - Sigma 105mm portrait/macro lens focused at 1:1 manually
Scanning Method - York Photo Labs’ scan of my negative (My cheap scanner couldn’t do it again)
Things I’m Thankful to Cliff For…. Taking me out on the tow truck runs. We got to go through the weigh station, that was pretty cool.
Good grief! You're getting them to smile for the camera now? I hope you are just telling them jokes rather than inducing the grins chemically. Maybe he thinks that if he just behaves himself, he can escape a worse fate (big white box in your kitchen).
I bow my hat at those of you that catch bugs with your macro lenses...these are sooooooo hard! and on film Micki???? How many rolls will you use? Tonnes! Bowing now!
nice dof and composition...i like the lime green color in the background...nice capture:-))
i sometime have shots in my archive that i never recall taking! shhhhh...
nice photo by the way, i might have prefered to see more contrast in the shot :)
It does look likes it's smilling. Great shot
Hi Micki
Nice capture and nice moment.
nice one micki! well done!
Hehe, now that I've tilted my head to the side for quite some time, I can see it. Very lovely! You seem to have a way with bugs, huh? :-)
Lovely composition and good dof, nice shot!
I bet when you turn your back he starts dancing a little jig.
I agree with Jide these are not easy shots for the rest of us. But just make sure the thawed Toad doesn’t get within tongue striking distance or that will take the smile off this little face . .
Nice. I think I´ve captured his brother here: http://www.peiros.de/fotoblog/index.php?showimage=199
:-)
He looks like a start from "Bugs Life"
The images you come up with always are lovely, and you take em on film, dang you ARE GOOD :)
Now it takes a lot of patience to snap shots like this. Well done as usual
Suby
Nice shot Micki. I can see him smiling.
Unfortunately I can't see the smile Micki. You will HAVE to get another scanner!! :-) Chris
Love the bug shot!
Nice pose from this little guy!
YES he is smiling!
I really like the perspective on this shot Micki. I like the way he is looking straight at us. I bet this one looks great at a higher resolution.
like the way he's angling to leap out of the screen at any second!
Love the story about the table. I suppose we reject a lot of things fot the wrong reasons, not realising the true value. Jiminy Cricket looks happy.
GREAT GREAT SHOT!!!
Smiling because it knows that smiling first is a good deal easier than a trip to the deep freeze :-)
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