DSC09734: Food, Yumm!!

DSC09734: Food, Yumm!!, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Placed all around the Butterfly Dome are dishes like this for the Butterflies and Moths to eat. They place fruit and other foods that the bugs will eat. These two were sitting in the dish taking on some neutriant and after i took this photo, they flew away.

The depth of field was very nice and the Quantaray has a very good Bokeh to it. I love to shoot nature macros using this lens.

Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO Speed: 400

DSC09652: Butter and Bread!!

DSC09652: Butter and Bread!!, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I saw this piece of art in the museum on Saturday and it reminded me of Atlantis! It is a butter and bread server from some artist in Iraq back in the 1950s. Very wild looking stuff. I love how the light bounces and reflects all around the display case.

Exposure: 0.167 sec (1/6)
Aperture: f/10
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 400

DSC09741: Mothman Bokeh 1.1

DSC09741: Mothman Bokeh 1.1, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Same Great moth, same great lens! Wonderful DOF and Bokeh. This is just another angle.

Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 210 mm
ISO Speed: 400

DSC09729: On a Tree

DSC09729: On a Tree, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I took this on my first pass using the Minolta 35-105mm lens. It does not have as good as Bokeh as my 70-300mm lens.

Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 400

I learned a lot today shoot most of the photos in Manual Mode. I guess that i really never used this mode that much.

I was in a museum today shooting photos of art in cases and displays. I could not use flash(did sometimes) so i had to take all photos by adjusting the f/stop. I really never looked at the Light Meter" either.

Well today i did! I wondered how to get the photos to look as much like they did to my eyes so i started to adjust the apateur/f/stop so that the meter would read Zero(0). Not + or -, just dead zero. I was amazed! I started to get photos that i liked a bunch and how they looked like in the display cases.

It worked very well! I love shooting with the A200 anytime that i can and it is IMO, a very well built camera with lots of nice features and options with a great selection of lenses that most others don't have.

If you have never tried this, do it and you will learn lots from an exercise like this.

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DSC09744: Mothman Bokeh 1.2

DSC09744: Mothman Bokeh 1.2, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

As i was out and about St Louis today, me and a friend went to the zoo. I wanted to go to the Butterfly Dome to show him but to also do some photography. We walked out of the cold to the warmth of the dome and i found this dude.

He looks like he just crawled out of his cocoon as his wings are all messed up and wet looking. I love his colors, the red is very bright and it dramatically stands out against the blurry background.

I was using my Minolta 35-105mm lens as i was going from butterfly to moth and i was not getting the results that i wanted with that lens. I got out my Quantaray 70-300mm lens and this is what i got! I got an amazing Depth of Field, great Bokeh, and vibrant colors, just what i always get using that lens for Macro Photography.

Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 230 mm
ISO Speed: 400

DSC09463: Cross Macro

DSC09463: Cross Macro, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Another example at about 10'' from the object. A Silver Cross. Very selective Depth Of Field and good Bokeh.

Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 200