Practicing my macro shots

[Squiggle]

Great shots there Mr Squiggle. Really like the fat mama yellow :encouragement:

Thanks dude, I think I'll always have a soft spot for my yellows, she is chunky, lol :victorious:

[ineke]

I felt terrible I took a sponge off my filter inlet and had to use a bit of force didn't realise the yellow was on the other side I felt really bad poor little thing. I might not be meant to breed yellows

[Heavyd]

Thanks dude' date=' I think I'll always have a soft spot for my yellows, she is chunky, lol :victorious:[/quote']

Yeah me too, they just look so great next to green mosses. Just can't get enough!

[MrShrimp]

Wow nice work squiggle, what happen to the panda? Did you manage to capture the white in him or is he still setting in.

[Squiggle]

Wow nice work squiggle' date=' what happen to the panda? Did you manage to capture the white in him or is he still setting in.[/quote']

Thanks, he has whitened up very nicely, he was hiding the whole time & when he finally came out in the open he was obscured by moss, cheeky bugger :victorious:

[torface]

Cool photos Squiggle! The GB is looking good :encouragement:

What lighting do you use for you shots?

[Squiggle]

Thanks Tor :victorious: I'm just using a cheap LED flash till I can get a decent one with a remote firing unit :encouragement:

[Squiggle]

So I tried some different settings & got some more shots :victorious: Still can't get a good shot of my panda though

This little fella turned up amongst my CRS shrimplets, I'm not sure about the red eyes, very interesting

[Squiggle]

Oh & this one too :encouragement:

[ineke]

Very nice Squiggle you have a lot of berried girls. The shrimplets are cute. I think the other shots were a bit closer? :encouragement:

[Squiggle]

Thanks Ineke, I'll probably give it another go in the next day or two :victorious:

[Heavyd]

Looking great mate.

I noticed a few of your shots had a bluish hue to them. Is this from your LED flash? Maybe you can adjust your white balance to compensate for this.

[Squiggle]

Yeah it's a bit of the LED flash & a bit of post editing to get the whites in the shrimp looking their whitest. I'm still not overly impressed with the detail, lots of out of focus bits i'm still working on. The second & third are my favs but there's still a lot of detail that's missing, I especially have trouble with the panda, just can't get the detail. :dejection:

I'm very intrigued by the red eyed SSS/GB, it came from SS mother & GB father(I think, have a SSS male in there too) I'd really like to know what the deal is with red eyes on a CRS/GB? Is it rare? How did it come about? :victorious:

[Heavyd]

Yeah good focus is the hardest part of the macro photos. I take most of photos free hand and with the weight of the camera, bracket and flash, it becomes really difficult to maintain that minute depth of field.

I have had red-eyed CRS before that were carrying the golden gene. I wonder if it's an albino trait.

[Squiggle]

I wonder if it's an albino trait.

That's a thought, hmmmmm :confused:

[poeticwinter]

just seen this, cool squiggle! NICE shrimp too

[Squiggle]

Thanks dude, just waiting for a new flash & I'll be posting up some more, watch this space! :encouragement:

[poeticwinter]

what camera, lens and flash you gonna use?

Thanks dude, just waiting for a new flash & I'll be posting up some more, watch this space! :encouragement:

[Squiggle]

I have a DSLR, it's a Nikon D5100 with a Tamron 90mm macro & the flash is Yongnuo Speedlite with remote 2.4ghz remote trigger. :victorious:

[K9932]

Very nice shots Squiggle!

I love how you captured the eggs! Most photos I see, they are blurred. These photos look outstanding!

I have a Snow White with red eyes :/

I wonder what it means...

[Squiggle]

Thanks K, I love seeing the eggs too & hopefully with the new flash they'll come out with even more detail. :encouragement:

I think it means they are evil & has been possessed by the Devil! Hahaha

[K9932]

This is one of my gb/sw with red eyes. They are quite "devil" looking haha

Like they can see through your soul 0.0

[Squiggle]

Hahaha

[Squiggle]

Well I think it's time for an update, I got myself a new flash for Christmas & gave it a bit of a crack tonight, enjoy! :victorious:

[Brado]

Wow squiggs nice cbs mate great shots