Nature

[sunshine51]

Goompa....the Lady Bug shot...save or not...damn nice shot!

[Goompa]

Must work on the ladybug a wee bit more , thanks Sunshine

This photo is a bit busy , but I am lazy today to edit

Bee on Weed

[samuijimmy]

Some times frogs don't get across the road...

[Robby nz]

Me back again after 6 days on various roads.

Phyche

[Goompa]

Pollen Sucker

[Goompa]

Must be something about this little weed flower , even the flies are having a wee snack !

[Robby nz]

One of the more colorful ones.

Five-bar Swordtail.

[Goompa]

Dragonfly

and a close-up

[rhythmworx]

One of the more colorful ones.

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Five-bar Swordtail.

Stunning colours and pattern.

[samuijimmy]

Yeas great shots above ^^^

Sea nature, baby octipussy! It actually gave on of the kids a bit on the leg ...

He got thrown back to live another day!

[Robby nz]

Not so colorful but quite common.

Angled Castor.

[Goompa]

You're certainly getting some fine shots off Robby , I have a tendency of scaring all my subjects away

Cheers

Goomps

[Robby nz]

You're certainly getting some fine shots off Robby , I have a tendency of scaring all my subjects away

Cheers

Goomps

Your doing a great job with the ones you don't scare.

But hay I know what you mean I have the same problem, particularly with birds.

I have an advantage with the butterflies in that I get the best results standing back a couple of meters or so and zooming in. Even then I dump a lot before getting one that's worth looking at.

[Mousehound]

I have invested in a 180mm 3.5 macro Tamron to supplement my 100mm 2.8 macro but find I rarely use the 100 now. For butterflies it is great - allows me to just get that distance away. However sometimes I need to hold a branch and twist it to get a pic of a bug and the extra weight makes it heavy to handle with one hand. Tripod is best but often you just can't use one. These new bridge and mirror less cameras are looking really good foe macro work but just don't work for me with birds. I need the low light and high speed focusing often for bird shots. Tried the new Canon 7D2 for a quick flight shot yesterday - amazing lock on and very fast. Way better than the 5D3. Looks like I need to save up some more cash!

[sometime]

This Caterpillar likes to camouflage itself with dead leaves.

Must have known it was going to rain today found a nice dry place.

[Robby nz]

Was trying to get a photo of a butterfly when this little Skink turned up and scared it away.

[Goompa]

Butterfly and Blurry Blobs

[samuijimmy]

Not quite camouflaged or fast enough...

[FracturedRabbit]

P4130073 by pattayadays.com, on Flickr

[Robby nz]

Fire on the mountain run boy run, with music :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inQrMmh6QaE

Phu Toei National Park. Park staff told us it was a natural thing that happens in very dry hot conditions, something to do with bamboo self igniting

Not the sort of forest fire you see on Tele leaping to the treetops but a slow creeping fire burning the dead leaves and not burning the trees.

The forest recovers quickly I am told with new seedling sprouting, smoke being the worst consequence.

[Goompa]

P4130073 by pattayadays.com, on Flickr

Stunning photo FR , just stunning !

[FracturedRabbit]

Thanks. Olympus 40-150mm F2.8 makes it easy.

[FracturedRabbit]

P4130097 bypattayadays.com, on Flickr

The Olympus 40-150mm is not a macro, but at 150mm and a constant close focusing distance, you can get some close up shots without frightening away the subject. Could never have got this close with the 60mm macro.

[Goompa]

FR , can you alter the f stop to increase the dof on the 40-150 , it seems very tight at full length , would it change the dof if you were to set the camera to say f11 ?

[FracturedRabbit]

Yes, every lens increases depth of field as you increase the F stop; but close up at 150mm is going to give you a very small DOF at any F stop. Even F11 would not put the entire subject in focus.

The first shot above was at F3.5, the second at F4. I try and stay below F8 for M43 otherwise you can get diffraction degrading the image; plus of course at 150mm I need to keep the shutter speed up to ensure a sharp pic, although the E-M1 stabilisation helps a lot.

I was happy with the DOF in the first shot; in the second one I should have stopped down a bit more to try and get the "nose" in focus; but you don't get much time before they decide they have had enough and disappear into the bushes!

[Goompa]

Thanks FR , so in reality it does ,( the lens ) perform similar to a macro lens . I really like the IQ that the lens gives , maybe I will save some coin , nice work btw .

[FracturedRabbit]

You can get MUCH closer with a macro; but for lizards, butterflies, flowers and similar sized objects, the 40-150mm can fill the frame and allow you to get shots you would not otherwise get because the closeness of the macro would share the subject away.

You can hold this lens 70cm away from the subject, irrespective of focal length and even with the 1.4 extender attached and still get focus.

It's a great lens, really sharp across the frame even wide open. Good for sports, portraits, semi-macro, everything!

But it is comparatively large.

I wrote a review here: http://www.pattayadays.com/2015/03/olympus-40-150mm-f2-8-pro-review/

[samuijimmy]

When I got home this afternoon, this scorpion was running across my grass... one of the biggest ones I have even seen, not that I have seen many!

I removed him to out side the gate... (with a stick) he was mad !

[rhythmworx]

Do you ever check your shoes/slippers before you put them on Jimmy. or do you not wear them?

[sometime]

How to abuse nature, this little oasis used to be all lush green.