An insight in a few insects life

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"Gräshoppa"

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"Tistelfjäril 1"

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"Tistelfjäril 2"

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"Nyckelpiga 1"

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"Nyckelpiga 2"

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"Amiralfjäril"

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"Amiral- och nässelfjäril"

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"Slända"

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"Grön gräshoppa 1"

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"Grön gräshoppa 2"

All these photos are taken with a Canon EOS 350D and the kit lens (18-55, f/3.5-5.6). Better macro's could of course have been taken with a real macro-lens :)

Click on the pictures to enlarge. (recommended)

Since I'm pretty new to macro-photography (or all photography I guess), please give some critique on what to do better, be it composition, aperature settings or anything else.

i really like em man. i'm a huge fan of macro (though i don't know much about it...). i love all these pictures. the colors are so vibrant! :D swell job, keep em coming! :D

I love the blue dragonfly or "Slända", always enjoy the bug pictures.

The enlarged view is definately necessary to fully appreciate these. ^^ I particularly like "Nyckelpiga 1"..Very nice DOF. I love the detail macro shots are able to provide.

As for tips, watch out for small details or objects in the background that may distract from the focal point of the photo For example your hand(?) in "Tistelfjäril 2".

You should run some of them through neat image, then resize them, then crop them, then add a border.

I think it would make your photography alot more "professional". ;)

The shots themselves are indeed great, just need some post-editing. ;)

conspired: aah, hadn't even seen the hand there. Yes it is indeed my hand, I'm holding back a branch that was in the way.. :p

bigfatguy: from what I've seen from neat image it reduces noise very well. But you loose sharpness. I might try it out on a few pictures though. Borders for the pictures also sounds like a good idea...

/Peksa

1) i didn't notice the hand there, until something was said... :D

2) what exactly is neat image? sounds...neat... ;D rofl. i take occasional macros, and they come out pretty fucking grainy. i'm trying all i can! :D

I really really like all of the shots, the views are nice, and as sam said, postwork could make these look awesome! Bluebottle is probably my favourite :)

Nice camera you got there, good shots. =)

I have a tendency to notice those little things since I used to always do that too. :o

Honestly, I don't think NeatImage would be necessary for all of these. It tends to blur small intricate things such as tree branches (or possibly the flowers in "Tistelfjäril 1"). Borders would be a nice touch though. ^^