Red Eyes

It’s Vincent Price!

Goodness, this is great! Hairy nose and spikey hair toboot.

awesome catch!

oh wow how on earth did you manage to get that pic dennis

WOW Amazing capture! Love the eyes!

See?? that’s what I love about bugs.. so alien looking – like being in a whole other world! Awesome macro!

Dennis…we seriously need to talk. When I bought my new camera…this is what I want to take.
Im very inexperienced and don’t get this kind of result. What lense did you use for this? I bought a macro lens…but dont know if I got the right one. Also can you share your camera settings? I just dont know where to begin. I LOVE THIS PIC. I LOVE YOUR WORK. Always have. Its making me go buggy.

Fantastic image.

Wonderful Shot. Great detail.

Amazing macro work.. Well done!

now thats CLOSE – excellant

I have NIkon gear so here is what I generally shoot and my technique:

Nikon D2X
Nikkor 105mm F/2.8 Macro
SB-600 Speedlight (flash)

I’m shooting all manual: Exposure and Focus.
ISO 100
1/250 sec
F/6.7
0 EV

A lot of practice but know what your minimum focus is. For my lens is around 14 inches (basically from the middle of your camera to the subject)
For the dragonflies and damselflies… they have a territory so watch them and learn where they land. Then slowly go to one of those areas. Dragonflies like bare tree/shrub branches or rocks. Damselflies stay lower to the ground on grasses or rocks. Get comfortable and wait. They will come to you. Slowly move and you’ll be surprised, with a little patience and practice, how close you can get.

Main thing, get comfortable with your lens and camera. Manual focus is the best way to get the sharp as a tack details I strive for. Most pros manually focus, especially the really fine detail photos.

Hope this helps..

This is amazing! How did you get so close? What settings did you have it on? What lens did you use?

Fantastic!!!

amazing shot… the clarity and detail is outstanding!! thanks for sharing your technique… it really helps!!

Eek. lol.. great picture but.. it creeped me out.

Whoa! What a wonderful Macro, this is excellent my friend and a big congrats on the feature. :-)

I can’t believe I missed this one. Ok, you take the crown out of our macros!

Really, this is just incredible…...Nice work!

It been up a while… You get any at the house this weekend?

yes they surely are, they are one of my favorite subjects to do; however they like your patience…

Awesome macro ! just beautiful…......

wow! its soo close uppp! looks aweosme!

Phenominal!

great one! excellent subject.

Whoa! The thumbnail doesn’t do it justice

Awesome macro shot, incredible details!

eventho i dont lik flies, this is amasing! basket case, ruby eyes, looks like he’s in war gear, love it… truly amasing!

Hi Dennis! I see this wonderful photo has been featured on the home page!!! Congrats!!!

Amazing capture! Love the eyes!

Unbelievable. What did you do? Rub it on the sensor?

OH MY !!! What big eyes you have!! Marvellous capture. Worth every long minute of waiting that it took you. Patience is truly a virtue…. your work is the proof!

This is amazing…great work!!!!

that is simply incredible, such an amazing shot, curious to see what lens you are shooting with for this results, wow

great capture

Very cool shot…....

TOTALLY CREEPY! WOW!

Just weird, but yet so darn cool and awesome!

Superb photography. Very impressive.

Absolutely Brilliant!!!!!

amazing shot !

My goodness… that’s such an extreme macro capture!! WOW!!

Now this is a most amazing shot, all I can say is, you have one hellified camera.

wow… stunning image

Great macro.

Brilliant macro shot Dennis. I read your advice above and once I get my hands on a decent macro lens, I’m going to give it a go. Thank you sharing your technique with us. :)

Wow Fantastic Macro.

Trev.

OOOOOOOOOO…...speechless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fantastic shot Dennis.

just a stunning macro ~ simply amazing!!

Fabulous macro! I like the catchlights in the eyes.

Holy Macro! lol That is a very cool shot. You can see every detail in his eyes, head, everything. Very well done!

Super macro, wonderful job

Where can I get some sunglasses like that?

Wow! talk about macro, this is definitely it!

WOWO!!! Excellent!

Fantastic capture!

this is just too fantastic…how did you get this little guy to hold still for you?

Spectacular shot. I just showed my husband your fabulous rusty water image … and showed him how kind you were to include camera details. The best photographers are always so happy to help!! And you’ve done it again on this one!!!!! Magnificent image!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE it!!!!

Superb macro my friend!!

A beautiful close-up!

Congratz on being in the top 10 in the Extreme Close-up Group great image !!!!!

FANTASTIC SHOT!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR TOP 10!!!! WELL DESERVED…STUNNING CAPTURE!

“eye-catching” hehe. The detail is really great. Only one flash? The highlights fooled me into thinking it was dual-flash, perhaps a macro flash. No reflectors? Fill-tubes perhaps?

Very well balanced exposure, I didn’t even think of daylight.

WOW,........amazing macro! :)

Wow! Thank you for sharing your techniques Dennis! =)

Wow, that is an amazing shot.
I just got the same lens and have yet to find a good subject.
This is quite an inspiration!

Cool shades and a military haircut… pretty crappy mustache though.

SUPER macro ;)

You have made it into the top 10 of our Challenge Well done !!!!

oh my what eyes you have

Pretty much perfection…