Few shots from new camera

[weight_forward]

I got a new camera (well it was second hand but new to me) the other day so thought I'd take a few arty farty Scratchesque shots of a bumble tied practising for the Irish flies swap. Judging by the list of names in there I need lots of practice.

Rear End


Front Bit


Any comments greatfully received

Steve

[Stillwater angler]

A lot better than i can manage mate

What camera you using ?

Fred.

[hobble]

Lovely tyings mate, maybe use a little more jay on the cloak,

fantastic pics, impressed with the quality

[weight_forward]

Fred, Its a Fuji finepix S5700, so not particularly cutting edge. I think the bigger lens helps compared to a true compact.

Hobble, More Jay do you think I'm made of money, I'll have to tie 15 for the swap - that's probably a full pair of wings

[Buzz]

I am jealous.
Very very swanky.

[Captain Scarlet]

Lovely Images mate....

May have an attempt at a 'Scratchesque' shot over the weekend, when the lights a bit better....

Did you use any special effects, or just get quite close to it?

Thanks For Shraring

Carl

[hobble]

Originally Posted by weight_forward

fred, its a fuji finepix s5700, so not particularly cutting edge. I think the bigger lens helps compared to a true compact.

Hobble, more jay Do you think i'm made of money, i'll have to tie 15 for the swap - that's probably a full pair of wings :d

hahhaha oops , well a little more then,

try guinea fowl might be easier and cheaper to get,

AND YES THE GUYS WERE SAYING YOU ARE LOADED

[Stillwater angler]

Cheers Steve,

Does it have super macro ?

I love seeing these photo's, yours, scraches etc, and i'd like to get that kind of detail. mines 8mp but i'm no photo man

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[QUOTE=Captain Scarlet;567976]Lovely Images mate....

May have an attempt at a 'Scratchesque' shot over the weekend, when the lights a bit better....

Did you use any special effects, or just get quite close to it?


I've seen some pretty good shots on your flies

[Scratch]

Originally Posted by weight_forward

I thought I'd take a few arty farty Scratchesque shots

Nice work mate. I'm just looking forward to seeing your flies in all their true glory, true colours etc... the 'arty farty' stuff is always a bonus though

[weight_forward]

Thanks for all the comments gents, except Hobbles suggestion of using guinea fowl instead of jay - wash your mouth out fella

Stillwater Angler & Captain Scarlet - Yes, camera has super macro, can get the lens within 10-20mm of the fly, although the depth of field suffers that close. I don't use any special effects as such. Just take the shot and crop it down in photoshop. I'm sure the pics could be improved if I was any good with photoshop, but I only know the basics. If I try to tweak the colours it all seems to go a bit Andy Warhol.

Scratch - "I'm just looking forward to seeing your flies in all their true glory" there's a gag in there somewhere, but I'll resist the temptation.

Steve