Planet Insecta - Part 2

Continued from Planet Insecta - Part 1 ..

First serious insect macro photography sure was a lot of fun. What was funnier was the glares and stares I got from other visitors in the museum. I'm sure they were wondering what I was up to in the bushes, when the museum exhibits were in the other direction ...

~AC

Planet Insecta - Part 1

When someone enters an Aerospace Museum, people expect him to get tonnes of pictures of planes and choppers. It was a little different for me. Although I did spend a good part of an hour snapping planes, I found something which was more interesting.

Amongst the numerous flowers and plants which lined up inside the museum was a whole new world. A world which I had only seen in great photographs, a world which I had always aspired of capturing in my pictures and a world which was usually ignored by all other visitors. Welcome to Planet Insecta!

Location : HAL Aerospace Museum, Bangalore

Gear : EOS 550D, Canon 100mm f/2.8, Canon Speedlite 430 EX II

Continued in Planet Insecta - Part 2

~AC

At the Flower Show... Part 3

Continued from At the Flower Show - Part 2 ...

The new macro lens is sure going to be fun to play with. I can only hope I'll be able use it to it's full potential. Only time will tell, I guess....

~AC

At the Flower Show... Part 2

Continued from At the Flower Show - Part 1 ...

To be continued in At the Flower Show - Part 3 ...

~AC

At the Flower Show... Part 1

This one was purely by chance. I was to pick my 100mm macro lens today. I was waiting for this the whole week. I had originally planned to hit the local park to test some macro flower/insect shots. But, as luck would have it, a friend told me about the flower show that was to happen in Lalbagh. What better place to test drive the macro lens, I thought.

Honestly, I'm not happy with the pics. Made a critical mistake - did not use flashgun even though I was carrying it, resulted in shooting pics with ISO800 - noise, grain, loss of info in noise reduction in PP. Annoyed!

Here are a few pics from the day.

Location : Lalbagh Botanical Gardens, Bangalore

Gear : Canon EOS 550D, Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro Lens

To be continued in Part 2 ...

~AC