Cuteness

[cariadus]

I had to take the Mayor to Bridgend County Show over the weekend and couldn't resist taking a snap of these:


Llamas by Cariadus, on Flickr

Taken with E-M5 and 14-150mm. I believe the one in the front is a llama and the one behind is an alpaca - but please do correct me if you think that's wrong!

And I thought this little fellow was also cute - taken in our garden yesterday:


Sunlit web by Cariadus, on Flickr

This is the first shot I've taken with the 75-300mm that I bought from Simon (Simon Bee). I did also try to take some shots with the 12-50 in macro mode but, even though I had to crop it a little, the result with the 75-300 was much better. I still struggle with macro shots of any kind, though.

As always, comments/criticism welcome.

[al_kaholik]

Re: Cuteness

Can't get enough of llamas, possibly my favourite animals.

The spider being soft against the web works well with the lighting for me

[Imageryone]

Re: Cuteness

The monochrome works so well to detail that wonderful coat!
Nice colours in the Web Shot

With Macro, I find if I experiment on a tripod, it gives a very good idea of optimum focal distance. Also, if you get sharp manual focus at 35mm and look at the markings on the lens, then magnify to 100mm and refocus [ you might have to move back to do this ] and note the setting then 200m and 300mm the he same, you get a fixed idea of where you need to be away from the subject.
Hope this helps

[cariadus]

Re: Cuteness

Thanks both. I did have a bit of trouble focussing the 75-300 on the web so I switched to manual focus and moved forward and back until the spider and web were sharp -which wasn't easy as the web was being blown by a slight breeze.

[Jim Ford]

Re: Cuteness

Can't get enough of llamas, possibly my favourite animals.

Would they be alpacas, rather than llamas?

Jim

[cariadus]

Re: Cuteness

Jim, I think they're one of each - llama in front and alpaca behind.

[al_kaholik]

Re: Cuteness

What he said! The alpaca is smaller and has a different face. Their fur tends to be better too. They're also very timid in comparison and useless as guard animals when compared to the llama

[tomphotofx]

Re: Cuteness

I quite like the lighting on No 2 the spider has a wrap around glow which is appealing to me.

Tom