Capturing the Moment
Capturing the Moment
Written by Wednesday, 05 November 2008 17:38
"“If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.” Lewis Carroll
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Capturing the moment If I say that I had carefully planned this picture I would be lying. As we all know photography means capturing the moment. There are a lot of things that can go wrong even at the moment you press the button (subject moves at that moment, there is a sudden wind burst, your battery is dead or a small branch you don’t see is in front of your subject’s eye). On some rare occasions, the situation is reversed. You frame your subject and then something comes in your frame at the moment you press the shutter release button, but this “something” adds to the picture. In this particular picture I had focused on the single flower which blossomed in the middle of nowhere. The lens was parallel to the ground and the shooting distance was about 60 cm. When I pressed the button, I thought I saw something moving at the lower part of the image but I was not sure about it. Back on my computer I was surprised to see that this “something” was in fact a wasp. I use high speed synchronization on my SB800 flash unit so I can use whatever speed / aperture combination I want along with a low sensitivity setting, no matter the ambient light levels - as far as you shoot at a close distance. Although I had preset an aperture of 11 and a shutter speed of 1/800, this was enough to stop any movements of a crawling insect but not a flying wasp. The body was not “frozen” and the wings are still moving. Still, the picture looks good, especially after the editing by Frank. Photo by George J. Reclos, edited by Frank Panis. Shooting Data: Camera: Nikon D300 |
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Capturing the moment II I was out shooting butterflies when I noticed this insect landing on a plant and hanging upside down from a stem. I could not approach to see what was happening as there were a lot of thorny plants between me and the insect. The sun was an added problem; it was too strong and I was facing it. I used fill in flash and focussed on the area between the thorax and the abdomen. When I checked the photos on the computer I realized why the insect had assumed an upside down position. It must had captured its prey in flight and landed on the plants to kill and eat it. The two photos show the predator killing its prey, then moving it closer to its mandibles. Photos by Marina Parha Shooting Data: Camera: Nikon D70 Camera: Nikon D70
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Capturing the moment III The photographer did not submit a text with this photo. Photo by Leonidas Kougioumtzis Shooting Data: Camera: Nikon D90 |
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