macro photography – green tree frog

There was a big storm last night. Buckets of rain with scattered thunder and lightning. Geckos and a couple of green tree frogs were clinging to the windows outside until it blew over.

macro lens learnings

First things first. I’ve always admired the technical skills demonstrated in the kind of photography that gets up close and personal with the subjects. Having spent the last two days doing almost nothing but attempting to come up with just one good shot, that admiration has increased considerably.

It’s not helped by the fact that I’m using an adapter. If there is a way of setting the f-stop prior to attaching the lens plus adapter, I haven’t found it yet. It would be helpful to have a smidge more depth of field control.

Still, I’ve got to know three garden spiders very well this weekend. With the right conditions and more practice, practice, practice …………

come in spinner

Persistence means I get to show you two of the better attempts at capturing web work in the wind.