350d is quite obviously a piece of crap...

[Rooz]

have you ever seen ANYTHING like this ?? :eek::eek::eek::eek: i mean WHAT THE ?!?!?!?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joserg/551906307/in/set-72157594269990908/

can you drug bugs ?????? whole set here...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joserg/sets/72157594269990908/

amazing...amazing stuff. incredible photostream. maybe the best bug macro work i've ever seen.

who else needs more proof that its not about the gear ??

[ssil2000]

wow... thats almost surreal

[cdifoto]

Looks like a screenshot from A Bug's Life.

[Nickcanada]

Nice pictures, too bad the camera sucks! ;)

[Rasidel Slika]

holy cow, those bugs are hUGE!!!!!!!

awesome pics, always been a fan of the praying mantis..

[Rasidel Slika]

WTF......... teh mantis is like posing for the camera!!!!!!!! WTf........

[michaelb]

These are awesome. And guess what? It looks like they were all taken with one of my favorite lenses - the 60mm macro.

I have heard of macro photographers freezing bugs to get their shots, but these all look pretty alive to me.

[drama]

Nice scene & capture but the largest size available is 1000 pixels

[Rhys]

I aways said this - the XT is capable of great photos. I prefer the handling of my 30D but I love my XT too.

[adam75south]

very very cool. makes me wanna go pick up a macro and try out the wireless flash on some bugs.

[AdamW]

Astounding!

Yes, it's possible to put a bug into the freezer for about 10 minutes and then it will hold still for a few minutes, until it warms up. I tried it with a spider. It seemed no worse for the wear. But it might've been confused. Or angry.

[BBPhoto]

It's not about the gear for sure. I bet you any money that this guy started in film when every shot had to count because it meant time and $$.

[Rooz]

freezing bugs ?? what an intereresting idea.
i wonder if that shot is as a result of freezing em ?

[Rooz]

Nice scene & capture but the largest size available is 1000 pixels


nice ?? lol understatement of the century.
why is it a problem that the largest size is 1000px ? i usually only upload them to 800. alot of people do that.

[Phill D]

Yes fantastic mantis shots nice find Rooz. He's a very tallented guy.

[Rhys]

I just had one of my prints made up to 11x14 from my XT. It looks fantastic. The XT was a much maligned little camera whose only flaw is the ridiculous ergonomics.

[TeddTucker]

How can you tell what lens he uses? Is there usually a section where the artist talks about their gear?

[Rhys]

It's in the exif. He's using a 60mm Macro lens.

[Gintaras]

amazing macro shots, speachless.:eek:

[drama]

nice ?? lol understatement of the century.
why is it a problem that the largest size is 1000px ? i usually only upload them to 800. alot of people do that.

The praying mantis is a natural predator of the butterfly, them sitting together has to be a setup, photoshop or courtesy the freezer

To make out either way, you have to see it larger

I am far more impressed by this guy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/

[Rooz]

LordV is a great photographer. his shots are mostly limiteds in size aswell btw. he uses focus stacking aswell so really, its the same sort of principal...ie: not "as shot" without some sort of set up. what you see in his best work is a result of many photo merges. thats not putting down his work by any means, just pointing out the similarities in that its not just off the cuff shots, there is some preperation there.

besides which i find LordV quite repetitive to be honest. he is also quite scientific in his approach, seeking to extract detail from the bug. compositin and framing etc run a distant second in his priorites. (Brian D is similar in that way). i think joserg is far more creative and artistic. just my opinion, they are both great in their own different ways. :)

[Gintaras]

Rooz, there is no question that a man behind the gear matters a lot. Still I think dropping prices for DSLR gear attract plenty of average consumer, hence buying a good DSLR is rather an issue of lowered prices than an issue of hype. Problem is many of them ascend from P&S, so you can imagine how many impatient people around blame their gear for their own faults. And many of them expect it to work the same way like with P&S, where you depend mostly on gear for its automated modes and processing.

That said I had not so good experience with Sigma on Canon, and later read it that Sigma tends work much better on Nikons, while XTi(s) are often having focusing issues with Sigma. I also hear Sigma runs a much closer cooperation with Nikon while almost no cooperation from Canon. I also would not like a universal zoom that would be slow, as a situation may call for a bit faster f4 opposed to f6.3. And Canon behaves akin Sony in that area forcing people to their proprietary more often.

[Rooz]

Rooz, there is no question that a man behind the gear matters a lot. Still I think dropping prices for DSLR gear attract plenty of average consumer, hence buying a good DSLR is rather an issue of lowered prices than an issue of hype. Problem is many of them ascend from P&S, so you can imagine how many impatient people around blame their gear for their own faults. And many of them expect it to work the same way like with P&S, where you depend mostly on gear for its automated modes and processing..

agreed. but look at P&S'rs like Aldor, Visual Reality, truflip, dylan, Xailo etc. these guys pop into dslr and BOOM right out of the box make great shots. these guys are just very good photographers, they would be that way regardless of the gear they used. the learning curve seems to be far less steep when you have a canon S3 as your learning tool.

valpo, (imo one of the best guys on flickr period), uses a d80, BrianD used a d80 before his d300, lordV still uses the 350d every now and then and so does josberg. again, these guys are just very good at what they do.