dkCambridgeshire Posted July 25, 2017 Share #1 Posted July 25, 2017 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) A meet-up with friends at Barnack Hills and Holes near Stamford yesterday for a butterfly photography evening … rather windy but we managed to find some specimens including this male Chalkhill Blue: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Sony A7SII Leica 100mm APO Macro Elmarit R … f16 ISO 3200 (it was windy! ) 1/160sec … natural light, handheld camera rocked to & fro in the wind at closest focus setting … and played the % ref correct focus. Best wishes dunk Edited July 25, 2017 by dkCambridgeshire 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Sony A7SII Leica 100mm APO Macro Elmarit R … f16 ISO 3200 (it was windy! ) 1/160sec … natural light, handheld camera rocked to & fro in the wind at closest focus setting … and played the % ref correct focus. Best wishes dunk ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/275053-male-chalkhill-blue-at-barnack-hills-holes/?do=findComment&comment=3323688'>More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 25, 2017 Posted July 25, 2017 Hi dkCambridgeshire, Take a look here Male Chalkhill Blue at Barnack Hills & Holes. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Ernest Posted July 25, 2017 Share #2 Posted July 25, 2017 Awesome! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted July 26, 2017 Share #3 Posted July 26, 2017 Excellent! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
euston Posted July 26, 2017 Share #4 Posted July 26, 2017 Complete mastery of the technique and superb results. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Schleider Posted July 26, 2017 Share #5 Posted July 26, 2017 Absolutely outstanding shot! Really great job.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share #6 Posted July 26, 2017 Complete mastery of the technique and superb results. Not so sure about that but was an enjoyable evening. Insect photography is a little easier nowadays (compared to the pre-digital era) with availability of high ISO capable cameras, in-camera IS (enabling use of legacy lenses) and little need for flash. We've 'never had it so good' as regards equipment aids. All very different to years ago when obliged to use flash and ASA 100 film! Best wishes dunk 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share #7 Posted July 28, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Just double checked EXIF data ... taken at ISO 5000, not ISO 3200 as stated previously. dunk Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 29, 2017 Share #8 Posted July 29, 2017 I like doing butterflies and flying insects , but I admire you for your equipment. I use a 200-800 equivalent with stabilisation and fast AF nowadays. It multiplied my hit rate over the 400 and manual focus I used before, but I still am down to something like 50% on the moving stuff. A manual 100? Chapeau! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share #9 Posted July 29, 2017 Jaap, My close-up photography excursions commenced 35 years ago with manual focus lenses e.g. the currently 'great unloved'100mm f4 Macro Elmar R which is still capable of excellent results. There is a bellows type example of same on offer at a well known dealer for just £49 … add an R bellows or some R tubes and it could produce excellent insect photos. Nowadays photographers appear to lack confidence to use manual focus macro lenses but they can be cost effective and with a little practice can be enjoyable and satisfying tools. Going up a notch, the 100/2.8 Leica APO Macro Elmarit R is one of the finest lenses of its type ever designed … so its (or more correctly the photographer's) relatively lower 'hit rate' is more than compensated for by its excellent results. I have an EM1 in reserve for the time when maybe I too decide to acquire a Pana-Leica 100-400 … but for the time being am quite happy experimenting with manual focus legacy lenses. Best wishes dunk Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 29, 2017 Share #10 Posted July 29, 2017 I went a similar route, Dunk, a fair bit of my macro work in the last years was actually with the Visoflex/Tele-Elmar 135 head on bellows, which was my preferred rig for handheld macro. However, times change, and we change with them 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted August 2, 2017 Share #11 Posted August 2, 2017 Excellent work, in particular the first image with the wings spread and the beautiful background. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted September 6, 2017 Share #12 Posted September 6, 2017 (edited) A meet-up with friends at Barnack Hills and Holes near Stamford yesterday for a butterfly photography evening … rather windy but we managed to find some specimens including this male Chalkhill Blue: That colony must be one of the furthest north for the Chalkhill Blue in the UK. Quite possibly the most northerly as I have a feeling the species no longer flies at Copper Hill. Edited September 6, 2017 by wattsy Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Barry Posted September 6, 2017 Share #13 Posted September 6, 2017 Exceptionally well done. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share #14 Posted September 6, 2017 (edited) That colony must be one of the furthest north for the Chalkhill Blue in the UK. Quite possibly the most northerly as I have a feeling the species no longer flies at Copper Hill. Exceptionally well done. Barnack Hills and Holes is a 'Site of Special Scientific Interest.' comprising scarce limestone grassland habitat which supports scarce limestone dependent flora and fauna including the Chalkhill Blue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnack_Hills_%26_Holes_National_Nature_Reserve https://fbhh.org.uk dunk Edited September 6, 2017 by dkCambridgeshire Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEB Posted September 7, 2017 Share #15 Posted September 7, 2017 Wonderful shots! I have that same lens wish I could get the same quality captures! Mark 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted September 7, 2017 Author Share #16 Posted September 7, 2017 Wonderful shots! I have that same lens wish I could get the same quality captures! Mark The lens is not so important … it's the getting down to ground level and awareness of e.g. windy conditions / subject movement / lighting / required ISO setting / required aperture /need to hedge exposures … which count towards the final images . A humble Elpro supplementary c/u lens on a zoom or prime lens would likely enable a similar image. dunk 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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