Comments on: insect photography 101 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/09/28/insect-photography-101/ a place where nature, photography and writing meet Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:13:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: bev http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/09/28/insect-photography-101/#comment-207329 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:21:26 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/09/28/insect-photography-101/#comment-207329 Hello Clive, Thanks for the kind comments about my macro photography. You had asked whether I work my photos in Photoshop. The short answer is "just a little". Actually, I use Photoshop Elements -- and mainly for cropping images to a better size, and a bit of sharpening. Sometimes, I will use it to brighten or increase or decrease contrast in a photo. On rare occasions, I'll use the cloning tool to take out something like a telephone cable across a sky shot of a building or something like that. I also use it for restoring old, damaged family photos from 50 or so years ago. Apart from that, I'm not much for working on photos. It sounds as though you've really taken to digital! By the way, I've seen photos of praying mantis such as you've described, but I don't know why they curl their tails in that odd way. Hello Clive,
Thanks for the kind comments about my macro photography. You had asked whether I work my photos in Photoshop. The short answer is “just a little”. Actually, I use Photoshop Elements — and mainly for cropping images to a better size, and a bit of sharpening. Sometimes, I will use it to brighten or increase or decrease contrast in a photo. On rare occasions, I’ll use the cloning tool to take out something like a telephone cable across a sky shot of a building or something like that. I also use it for restoring old, damaged family photos from 50 or so years ago. Apart from that, I’m not much for working on photos.
It sounds as though you’ve really taken to digital! By the way, I’ve seen photos of praying mantis such as you’ve described, but I don’t know why they curl their tails in that odd way.

]]> by: Clive Morris http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/09/28/insect-photography-101/#comment-207289 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:21:48 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/09/28/insect-photography-101/#comment-207289 Hello Bev, I am very "pleased to meet you". I come from Australia, I will be living in the Philippines for the next 6 months and was wondering about why a praying mantis I was photographing in the Philippines had its tail curled up over its back. It is the first time I have seen this, whether here or in Australia. I "stumbled" on your site because of the praying mantis and have just been reading about which cameras you use. Your pictures certainly are beautiful. Do you "work" them in Photoshop at all? Or another photo programme? I have just taken delivery of the CS3 suite and the extended version of Photoshop is awesome. I started out in photography 50 years ago (I am 66 now) and went through the SLR stage, Pentax (ME) and then a Pentax manual with Sigma 28-80mm and 75-250mm zoom lenses, taking slides back then, sold this equipment and went to a little point and shoot. 3 years ago (thanks to my sons) they presented me with a Canon A530 for my birthday. My first digital camera. I gradually learned how to use it, and I had great enjoyment with it. Not enough control over shooting, although I got some amazing pics (lots of close-ups --- my world had changed into digital mode). My sons saw what I was doing so decided to get me the Canon S80 (lots of control over picture taking). The versatility of this camera is incredible, from 28mm to 100mm and good macro mode too. The A530 I am giving to a friend in Australia who is heavily into dingo research on Fraser Island, off the Queensland Coast, Australia, and she needs a little point and shoot (hers had died). She has been studying these much-maligned animals for the past 6 years and has just completed a manuscript and pics for a book she hopes to have published in the near future. I will have great enjoyment reading your journey. Thanks for sharing the same. God bless you, your hubby and your dog, and what a beautiful pic of the 2 of you!!!! Clive Morris. Hello Bev,

I am very “pleased to meet you”. I come from Australia, I will be living in the Philippines for the next 6 months and was wondering about why a praying mantis I was photographing in the Philippines had its tail curled up over its back. It is the first time I have seen this, whether here or in Australia. I “stumbled” on your site because of the praying mantis and have just been reading about which cameras you use. Your pictures certainly are beautiful. Do you “work” them in Photoshop at all? Or another photo programme? I have just taken delivery of the CS3 suite and the extended version of Photoshop is awesome.

I started out in photography 50 years ago (I am 66 now) and went through the SLR stage, Pentax (ME) and then a Pentax manual with Sigma 28-80mm and 75-250mm zoom lenses, taking slides back then, sold this equipment and went to a little point and shoot.

3 years ago (thanks to my sons) they presented me with a Canon A530 for my birthday. My first digital camera. I gradually learned how to use it, and I had great enjoyment with it. Not enough control over shooting, although I got some amazing pics (lots of close-ups — my world had changed into digital mode). My sons saw what I was doing so decided to get me the Canon S80 (lots of control over picture taking). The versatility of this camera is incredible, from 28mm to 100mm and good macro mode too.

The A530 I am giving to a friend in Australia who is heavily into dingo research on Fraser Island, off the Queensland Coast, Australia, and she needs a little point and shoot (hers had died). She has been studying these much-maligned animals for the past 6 years and has just completed a manuscript and pics for a book she hopes to have published in the near future.

I will have great enjoyment reading your journey. Thanks for sharing the same.

God bless you, your hubby and your dog, and what a beautiful pic of the 2 of you!!!!

Clive Morris.

]]> by: bev http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/09/28/insect-photography-101/#comment-196256 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:46:26 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/09/28/insect-photography-101/#comment-196256 Skye - the photos and the above article are all by me (Bev Wigney) Skye - the photos and the above article are all by me (Bev Wigney)

]]> by: skye http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/09/28/insect-photography-101/#comment-196188 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:54:18 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/09/28/insect-photography-101/#comment-196188 ca you please tell me the name of the photographer??? its not that hard to write your name.............................. ca you please tell me the name of the photographer??? its not that hard to write your name…………………………

]]> by: bev http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/09/28/insect-photography-101/#comment-182630 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:21:34 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/09/28/insect-photography-101/#comment-182630 Carlos - Gracias! Carlos - Gracias!

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