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buy a canon :shifty:

blimey mate. Theres some birds their, i haven't seen in years!..... Bull finches! Absolute quality images John! god bless L series glass eh?

without hesitation, this is what you want. http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-bow ... t/p1029931 it'll give you this kind of lighting

Photoshop, John. crackin shot by the way. You are the 'bird man'! :thumbup:

hope you dont mind John :oops: , try the heal tool instead...30 second job.

bloody brilliant john!

smashing captures George. The bee especially!

the first shot is glorious! looks HDR almost. great exposure

thanks you. for these, i used the canon MP-E 65mm f2.8 macro. :thumbup:

Re: marco lens ? or macro filters ? macro lens all the time. the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM is stunning. The L series version, is just not feasible if your using flash. the only addition is IS i believe. I use the canon MP-E 65mm f2.8 but it's £1000 and needs additional lights which will...

some more to the series. The first 2 images are of a different moss. They all seem to be chucking these organs out now. for some reason, i cant get swans out of my head. maybe its how they look. the water droplets were to keep them moist. The second organ is my fave. lovely colours don't...

thanks guys. lil-lynx, the lens used was a canon MP-E 65mm macro As shot too, Clive. no PS work what so ever apart from resizing for web, and a border. Working with this lens in the field is impractical really, not impossible, but hassle. It's easier to bring the subject indoors and shoot.

A boring Sunday afternoon.

many thanks mate. The miniature world of moss is quite fascinating

Just an update on this thread. These images are from the same clump of moss. It's endured wind, rain, severe ice and snow. The clump. some close ups. I'm amazed at how they've changed form. thanks for looking. mark

As desperate as i am, I'm on hold temporarily. I pray for fancy dress parties, so i can put it on in public, rather than indoors, by myself. :shifty:

I know mate. I'm just having one of those 'crap' days. i need to get out more :crazy:

thanks mate. again, thanks. although, don't feel like this. :thumbup: I was beginning to wonder if anyone has looked at it :? recently my posting in the 'photography' section hasn't seen much in the way of a response.

well, for those few that are experimenting with their canon HD mode (stu :shifty: ....erm..thats it i think... Tonser in the wings I think. oooo, viktor has a 550d) I know it's not everyone's cup of tea...videos and stuff, so please forgive me. I've been trying out a few things. This was how...

no mate. my tripod is actually quite crap :? i've looking at some pro set ups but there mega bucks. I'm looking at getting a kessler pocket dolly or something similar for small but effective motion. you wouldn't regret it mate, :angel: ....

Thanks sam. I may go out and shoot a few more clips....alone. spending much more time on each one. :D

for the new canon HD users, were all aware of the capabilities from these cameras. I thought I'd share a roughly edited vid from this morning. I shot for about 45 minutes before Daniel, my son, wanted to go home :evil: bless him :angelic: .... some shots are ok, some are crap, some wonky...

if I recall, F8. iso 50 shutter was 1/200th. These are typical settings, with this lens. I just play about with the output of the flash. no worries with questions mate :thumbup:

for this, it was in camera. I created a pin light effect...correct term i think?.....shielding the light so it fell straight on the stem. The flash head is 200w out put but only used half of that out put. Thanks paulo :D

Here's a solitary shot of rotala rotundifolia from my Nano. hope you guys like it.

A quick vid...

no probs Andy. it's a killer effect mate. Theres many of us doing it now. just black out the substarte line though to prevent any problems later on down the line :thumbup:

here you go. one i've installed recently. without with it'll help folk with no additional lighting. be sure to tape out the rear substarte line though. and use for when your at home or public viewing :thumbup:

I'm not familiar with LED's. i do know though, either 24, 39 or 54wt5 depending on the tank size, works a treat. add a reflector too. i'll post a pick shortly

everything seems fine exposure wise. maybe place a piece of card @ the top of the tank to shield the light from the camera lens. if you have a spare light kicking around, try placing that at the back of the tank to illuminate the lower half and try to eliminate the grey are at the bottom (rear)

pretty little thing :D

Thanks johnny. the more i look at it the more it dont work in B&W. if the shed was more on the horizon line, it would work better. it's lost at the moment. here's the original in colour. uncropped

I drove past this shed on the way home from work. TBH, i shot at the wrong angle. (should of been more to the left) I didn't have time, as my labourer had to get home. Using the wall as my as my aid, i shot 3 shots. The DOF is what I'm liking the most about it. If I had time, I would of waited...

Thanks everyone. It's true George, for many of us, creating aquascapes certainly makes us look differently at our surroundings. I do remember though as a child I had the same kind of fascination. In my early teens, I was out with my binoculars and bird book, whilst the others were looking at...

cheers leah, The camera is the canon 5d mk2 and lenses are for some the canon 50mm f 1.4 usm and for most the canon 135mm f2 L series. A truly special lens indeed. Thanks to your expert advice my friend. you got it paulo! :D the powers of low maintenance scapes are slowly drawing me in...

some mangled roots. a mixture of mosses. and finally, The first flowers of spring.... thanks for at least looking 8)

the same as what i was thinking :wink: thanks guys. So, on to a few branches. This one is really random. submerged branches....

Following on from my previous thread, I revisited Rufford park to try and highlight things that, in a way, we can combine within our aquariums. or at least borrow ideas. This is more of a pictorial documenting thread. Just my observations. This time of year seems to be a great opportunity...

your welcome. The full res shots are a world apart from the uploaded ones. in actual fact, last night i had the best lesson ever from my best mate jamesm (who is actually a whiz with all things technical) in how to get the best from my images. I've been doing the whole process wrong! things...

of course mate, send your email to markevans127@googlemail.com and i'll send the high res shot! :thumbup: thanks for asking gill :D

went to rufford park with young daniel today. as you'll see, the robins played ball. tempting them with seed always helps This one was watching Dan place the seed. Rufford is a great place for birds and wild life in general. thier rather tame which helps. there's some great...

the title says it all :D

Thanks Andy. :D it is an awesome bit of kit. it does has a drawback, as in it just does 1 thing. a lot of £ for a 1 trick pony. I don't mate, I let the lens do the work. The first image, was intentionally abstract. I understand, not to everyone's liking :D

here's some more pics it's a non co2 tank, but putting 200w of light over it soon brings on the bubbles. i've used f 2.8 for the first to try and create something a little more arty.

cheers dude. the particular lens i've used is just amazing. colours are so rich.DPP provides some amazing colour control too he's mad on anything army at the mo. :mrgreen: thanks caroline. :D :D :D All on a tripod john. The live view has changed my picture taking tremendously. i just...

great john. the 3rd is my fave. maybe, for next time look at shooting RAW (if you already have not) you can control the W/B and pull out some of the orange tinge. The london eye, could of been shot looking at straight on, you'd maybe capture the motion rendering a perfect white circle. great...

thanks mate. but no where near as sharp as the original. i'm hacked off with media sites. i'm trying image shack. :geek: cheers dude. :thumbup:

thanks mate. that reminds me, i must mail you :thumbup: if i could create something as natural, i'd be well happy. :D A word of warning....there's a young man with a gun in the woods. so be careful. a couple of random shots. This second image shows clumps of grass growing along the...

Dull days dont allways inpire me when it comes to photography, but recently, i've found my self going out in any condition. Black and white has never been a strong point of mine so i tend to stay away from it and leave it to the likes of George and Dave Spencer who seem to produce great B/W...

Thanks George :D F2 for all the images.

cheers guys. i think, for me, there more to document all that's wild in the UK. The inspiration these woods give me is immense. moss rules the whole place. this next image was taken after walking through quite a dull part. looking across the fungus stuck out like a sore thumb. cheers james...

here's a few from a walk in the woods. it was rather damp and dreary, but the mosses looked radiant in the wet.

soz samc, i posted the wrong image. i posted my trial version. cheers garuf. TBH mate, i'm not sure if there a true strain, or interbred things. i dont know much about fish at all. :(

here's a head shot of one of these things. I got the 'butter cup' effect put with hydracotle :P (the green under the lower mouth) click for a larger view hopefully over time, I'll expand my fish images as well as shrimp images.

I went the long and expensive way around John. I don't use any software, neither is my monitor calibrated. trial and error for me. way back when i did many prints for people, I ran loads of prints off my epson r2400 and basically fiddled from there. nothing has changed on my system so I now...

thanks mate. not quite to his standard i don't think. i did notice mate. that tank is looking ace! i'm at a loss for a name for this plant. bit of a mystery it appears. the following plant is a common one though :D

moss is fascinating close up isn't it! nice pics flygja.

i've got a similar shot in my nano journal, but here's a close up of a pearling bubble.

lovely mate. can adjust the white balance in camera?

quite outstanding.

this was 400 George. F16 is all you get, and apparently, (and now IME) even at 16 you cant get good focus through out the image. shame really. 10 x better. the old 5d was quit remarkable, but this thing is insane @ higher ISO, but then many of the newer canon models have better noise/high...

quite something isnt it. there seems to be a pupil?....beyond the ommatidia. the next image shows this better. meet derick. I've started to name them simply because viewed closely they look so different to one another. i've found that turning the camera to a slight angle improves sharpness...

george, Thanks mate. this means a lot! paulus, i think the only way to get closer is to take a 'crop' of the image. this is as it was from camera. slight crop. thanks here's a movement of 0000000000.5 mm :lol: to the other detail beyond the eye.

yes, another cherry shot. This one stayed still for an age. so I was able to get the shot i've been after for ages :geek: because the eye is spherical, it still is difficult to get a pin sharp shot of the eye because of DOP. crazy eh? i think this is as good as it's going to get.

Thanks lozbug :D

here's a shot of one my endlers. I actually find the female much more interesting than the overly coloured male :geek: thanks for looking

lovin the water images john. great captures indeed!

too true paulo. just for you sam :hilarious: trying out backgrounds...well one at least. The tank is only 2 weeks old, so ignore the lack of growth 8) and can you spot the mystery plant?.....

I've just hooked the camera up with HDMI-mini HDMI and i've only just picked my chin up off the floor. :shock: the detail and quality is stunning! now i know what my 42' HD TV is for

another from the nano tank. it's a bit random and contains some still like plants clips. This is non co2 or ferts tank so pearling really is at a minimum. in the future I want to get some really artistic style shots in my high tech tanks. :D

i think the quality is stunning mate. TBH, not much difference at all in terms of resolution from what i can see. The 5dmk2 will however have more creative control. quality glass mate, we all know what that can do for an image. i now need to rob a bank and buy some L series glass. :shifty...

cheers mate, the quality still blows me away too. i've certainly got the video bug. it's quite easy after a day or 2. look forward to what you produce. i did hesitate a little, but on reading and watching reviews, I thought it's a must for DSLR videos. apparently it's good for getting pin...

cheers flygja, definitely a side of the camera I didn't think I'd explore, but glad I have :thumbup: true viktor, but i want to learn the basics first. then I'll expand with music etc. :D me too matey. look out for plenty more vids in the future sam. :D yes mate. about $60 what ever...

not sure if this is in the right section....here's hoping. the flickering is from the ripple from the water. still in learning mode, before i try and make things a little more complex.

here's a robin from today and a few other things...... this is a still from a vid i did at rufford park. I put clumber park on the vid, but the wife corrected me :oops: there's a few shots from the feeders that were out. again editing is dicey, but I'm still learning. also no sound.

great mark. robins are out in full force at the moment.

jessops for a tenner. :thumbup: thanks Caroline. I'm looking for new shrimps to shoot now. it appears their a pain to get hold of bless ya John, it's a lot of fun trying to capture these things. I'll never look at a shrimp in the same way. even now, looking at my cherries, I cant believe...

right click the image...properties :angel:

physically raise the light. This will spread the light more evenly around the tank, rather than an intense spot. or if you cant raise the light, make some kind of diffuser out of grease proof paper maybe?..... :D George is right, look at the lighting.

gorgeous John, what a difference glass makes eh.

lovely first pic caroline. :thumbup: John! a couple of things i do is....shoot manually. get a correct exposure manually and fire away in the knowledge your camera wont be fooled with dodgy metering. just watch for the sun coming out. if you can, shoot in RAW. giving you way more control...

Thats nice Dan, almost has film like quality.

cheers mark. it's from the 5Dmk2 mate. i'm still in the process of working out conversation, codecs...etc etc. i'm getting the hang of it now though. editing is a whole new ball game, nothing like stills. i did take 20 or so clips but thought i'd just bang 2 together to see what it looked...

here's my wife loving the freezing conditions. and a short, poorly edited, 2 scene vid. you can just see the snow starting to melt a bit

you'll have to improvise somehow. This lens requires quite ridiculous amounts of light. to the point that when the modelling lights are on and close to the water surface (just to view things through the view finder) it actually burns the back of your hands. :P for these i got.... iso 50...

i think thats a good thing? :shifty: cheers dude

last pic for this set. and a higher res of the crop,

here's a cherry shrimp shot. I've up loaded the original sized file and a crop from that image. having a nano really lets me get the lighting right.

true. I've just set up a shrimp tank, so I can shoot till my hearts content. thanks mate. :thumbup: hi mark. it's the canon MP-E 65mm f2.8. it's a dedicated macro lens, which does one trick and one trick only....close. :D cheers jase cheers Mr S 8)

true mate, even in winter. i've been going to the woods quite a lot. other folks must think I'm strange as I'm on my hands and knees most of the time. :shifty:

cheers WBS :thumbup: here's the last decent one of the many i shot. kinda reverse of the last shot. one of the problems I'm encountering is, if i don't get smack in the line of fire ( i cant be angled to the tank at all) i don't get the shot. Another problem is the shrimps have a...

Thanks leah and paul. :D

A few to share. I must admit, using a lens so close to the glass is tuff! The more I zoom in the harder it gets, but here goes. The first 2 are normal ish kind of pics and the 3rd is my fave. not the sharpest, but one a bit more 'arty' controlling DOP field is near an impossibility, but i...

A great idea Aaron, but so much moss would be needed. I do know of one place where it grows over huge meter squared areas, so it would be possible. A nano would be perfect for this.... Damn, you got me thinking now! :?

it's the canon MP-E 65mm f2.8 terrestrial John. there just great subjects. plus, with not having my own tank just yet, I really cant spend any quality time taking aquatic shots :( this needs to change pretty soon. one things for sure, I'll be incorporating plenty of moss on the next set up.

some may recall the 'raging planet of dandelion' shot i did. well, there's a moss version now. :lol: just look to the stars and see....it's there on a clear night :wink:

nothing has been arranged in this shot, and it's straight from camera. I went walking by the river and collected a whole host of mosses. The 2 blades of grass were growing naturally.The other things surrounding it are various moss species. i've placed all the collected moss into my moss pot.

yep probably about 5K worth of utter filth. L series by the looks of things. i see you like the birds john. that's what got me into photography a few years ago. I got a nice set of bins too.

cheers dude. ta John! :D i'm on a mission viktor, to better myself in a short space of time. much to learn, but the journey is fantastic. I may have a dedicated page on the plantedbox site. only if i can get enough quality images. summer and spring should give me many more things to...

I've covered this subject (moss) a few times on here. I thought I'd try to give a sense of perspective or scale through a progression of images using 3 different lenses. The lenses used were sigma 24-70 f2.8 sigma 70-300 macro. canon MP-E 65mm macro for me, the sigma 70-300 is real bang for...