Macro Photography

[hwchoy]

i was referring to the blowing. i used to blow ants when i was little. mmm ... doesnt sound right ...

it still works right?

don't feel bad. lots of people like to blow cows. 

the weaver ant pix I posted, they were looking at me because I gave them my bad breadth.

[hwchoy]

i get alot of practise playing shooting games on my xbox. tracking shld be not that bad. i am not that old. 

try it and you will know the difference. the biggest issue of tracking small moving things is that your angle of view is very narrow and they often disappear from your view and you have to find them again by taking your eyes off the viewfinder.

[boredphuck]

don't feel bad. lots of people like to blow cows. 

the weaver ant pix I posted, they were looking at me because I gave them my bad breadth.

ok. always wanted to shoot bugs actually. that was the reason i took up photography.

[boredphuck]

try it and you will know the difference. the biggest issue of tracking small moving things is that your angle of view is very narrow and they often disappear from your view and you have to find them again by taking your eyes off the viewfinder.

its like shooting with a sniping scope. 

time to use liveview. 

[hwchoy]

I have not used live view but I started on this genre with a G5 with centre point zoom enabled. you need to practice a lot to get critical focus.

[Denosha]

Try using a monopod. Obviously not as good as a tripod but it's much faster to use/setup and does give you more stability. As for lens choice, a 180mm would probably be better for most bugs. To get 1:1 on the 100mm macro you need to be pretty near (basically almost touching the hood, if you use one). I'm using the Sigma 180mm macro and apart from the typical warm Sigma colour cast and pretty much useless AF (and i only try to use it when shooting non-macro stuff), it's pretty good value for money.

[boredphuck]

sounds like 180 is the only way to go for bugs.