A few Crop shots
Having a little time on my hands today, I again went to "squirrel wood". obviously, I wanted some more shots of the squirrel as the light was so much better today. Whilst waiting, I strolled about 50 yards away to do some "macro" work. Now I say macro but, all the shots were taken with my 135mm lens, then, having 18 million pixels to work with, crop each shot. Hence the title. I hope you like them.
This is the lake at Newborough Woods. Now if you look middle right, there are some Canada Geese there. The next shot is the crop.
Now you get the idea behind what I am experimenting with today.
Cropped again and still no loss of detail and not much "pix-elation" (is that a word!!)
A common Blue. Using this method, you don't really have to get too close to the subject.
Again in flight this time.
The Hover-fly from about 12 foot away.
From 6 foot away
Again from 6 foot (2 metres)
In flight this time.
Hover again
Azure Damselfly
I have no idea what sort of fly this is, never seen one before. If anyone could name it, I would appreciate it. Thanks in advance .
Turquoise Fly
Same again.
Bumble Bee in Flight
This was about 50/60 foot away and cropped a lot more obviously. Now let's see if I can see that Squirrel.
There he is on the left-hand side of the tree.
Cropped
The light is much better today and here he is lit up by the sun. This is a good 60/70 foot away, perhaps more.
I love the quizzical look here. OK off back home now.
I just had to include this. In a field close to our house.
The proud Mum
Thanks very much for having a peep. I hope you liked the results. Experimenting with the 135mm and 18 million pixels.
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Nice results. You certainly have the tools to be able to crop in tighter than I can. Luckily my 70-300 gets me in nice and close.
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nice images steve
loves the squirrel and the bee images
i take it you enjoyed the walk well done
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good photos and blog looking forward to getting good macros like yours in the comming weeks
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Great shots of the squirrel. The 'halo' effect of the white tufts of hair really sets them off. I think the brown fly is a Hornet Vespa Crabro
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Steve, what can i say? These are wonderful shots and i think i have fallen in love with that little squirrel xxx
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Another good'un Steve. Like the 'in flight butterfly'. Mike
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Great shots from your megapixel Cannon Steve. It certainly gives you a lot of flexiblity, especially if, like you, you're into serious photoghraphy. With all the travelling we do, I need portablity and am thinking of the HS20. I'm waiting to see what the independant reviews have to say.
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Cracking shots Steve, can only imagine what my 50-500 on your canon would be like cropped. Have never asked what Cannon you have?
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I love your blog Steve, 10/10
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Great blog Steve and some excellent results. Cropping your 18MPs is definitely cheaper than my long lens...lol
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Are these with your new camera Steve love the Action shots
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Great blog Steve, but then we wouldn't expect anything different from you. thank you for sharing and inspiring.
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good blog Steve like colour of the butterfly
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Impressive Steve, the colour and detail on your Common Blue are outstanding. Great images.
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Hi Steve, love the shots of the squirrel, it looks like a red. The pony's, only a add on, were my favourites.
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great shots steve, love the bird in flight, there again like the lot of them
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Well doen Mr Ransome, that's some mighty fine cropping!!
Great squirrel shots, what a difference good light makes.
An interesting blog and food for thought.
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Great blog and super shots especially the ones of the squirrel.
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You confused me there Steve, I was looking forward to fields of corn or rapeseed etc...........being a Lincolnshire lass I see a lot of those! Still, your photos were pretty damned fine, thanks for sharing.x
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Loved the images. How do you think these would look as projected images?
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Hate to be a bore but, yet again, Love this blog. Can't pick a favourite, too many. Thanks for sharing."Liked"
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Hi Steve.
I think this lens / camera combination is working with the butterflies but it's pushing it a bit with the Turquoise Fly.
Not for magnification but focus. I realise how next to impossible good macro is hand held and I think you are doing well but I can't help thinking perhaps you need to get to stabilize the camera a bit more. Not side motion but forward backward movement seems to be throwing the focus a tad. The squirrel for instance has a nice set of visible whiskers and works well whereas the Turquoise Fly seems to have been cropped /enlarged beyond it's practical resolution. Perhaps less of a crop would work better.
There are some lovely shots here and a great example of what can be done,but I'm not quite sure about one or two of them. The hover-fly that's not so servierly cropped works better for me than the Turquoise Fly pictures.
Still overall an excellent blog and food for thought.
Thanks for making the time for putting it up.
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Hi Ray
Well you see, the other folk are far too kind to give honest CC. I do agree about going in too close with the crop and it was very windy yesterday and you are quite right, I was swaying about all over the place for some of them. Like most with something new, until the novelty wears off, one does tend to over-do things and that is certainly what I have done with some of the shots.
Thanks for your honest and respected CC, that is the main reason I sent you the email in the first place. Just never speak to me again!!!! Ha ha
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hehe, Im guilty of the same offence, I cant be bothered dragging my tripod everywhere with me and in a strong wind its not much help anyway. A really interesting blog, plenty of food for thought and loads of good photos. The blue butterfly is probably my favourite.
Im glad to see you using macro this way, I do it a lot and it gets me some really nice results too.
So long and thanks for all the fish
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Good set of images Steve. :thumbsup:
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Sorry I missed this yesterday Steve - unusual for me to miss looking at one (I commented on the one before it)!!
Lovely colourful selection especially the squirrel!!
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Nice shots Steve, love the macros. Well done.
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Cheers Dave and it was nice to speak to you on the phone last night. You take care now. I hope you are able to put some shots up in the very near future.
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I think the fly might be a "snuffle-butt-nosed dung monkey tick" Steve (although I might be mistaken - LOL)?
Love the squirrel close-ups.
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Stunning images, will have a go with the macro thing thanks for the hint. You cant always get close enough to wild life to get a nice close up
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Only just saw this Steve sorry, A great blog and gives a good insight into" Macro " Oh! what it's like to be clever. Never mind I'll get there some day.
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Fantastic shots. I have also been experimenting with crop shots, it was the reason I persuaded my husband to buy the camera HS10 for my birthday although it was not what I wanted when we went shopping in Spalding.
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Beautiful macro shots.
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As always Steve, a fabulous blog. I crop quite alot as sadly the s1730 does not have a great zoom.
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i loved the butterfly and flower. i think the 'fly' thing was the **** that bit me last sunday, xxx
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Hi Steve i have the HS20 EXR and have just had the chance of getting a picture of a rare visitor to our shores, the Sandhill Crane which i must say was quite a distance away. (picture is on my last blog) I think i need help with my settings. As you know the camera has 16 million pixals and was very impressed with your Canada Geese photo. Do you have any suggestions for me. My photo was taken in auto mode. Would appreciate some help.