wow, that's hilarious, I just spent the better part of an afternoon attempting to shoot a spider too. The first one my husband screamed at and told me to take outside. While I was trying to photograph him, he ran into a corner and fortunately scared out a much more willing model. I used a piece of white paper and sunlight (cheating, I'm sure) so the second fellow wasn't running from my flash, but a giant black lens approaching its face probably didn't help its calmness level. Every couple of seconds I had to stick out a hand to herd the spider back onto the paper....
Where's your pics? rg2 On 6/7/08, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay, shooting macro is a bit harder when the subject is annoyed > by the flash and keeps running away. And when the subject is on > the ceiling and I can't reach the viewfinder with my eye at the > same time as I have the camera at a useful distance from the > subject. And especially when both are true at once. Fortunately > the LCD lights up to tell me I've missed (or that I got the framing > and focus but had the flash at the wrong distance so the exposure > is off). Still, photography is so much easier when I can see what > I'm doing _before_ I trip the shutter ... > > Hey, when the spider fell off the ceiling and landed on me earlier, > I figured it was volunteering to model for me when I found it again. > (At some point I'll try to catch it and contain it in a more easily > photographed location. If it comes out of hiding again.) > > OTOH, I got some cute birds yesterday ... though I cheated: they > were standing instead of flying, which made it much easier. (And > yes they were small birds, but no, not small enough to count as > macro photography; this paragraph is a deliberate _non_sequitur_. > Pbbbt!) > > -- Glenn > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
