Nope. The Archbold Biological Station (west to east) is right about
dead center in the state. Nothing nearby except cattle ranches and
citrus groves. The nearest beach is probably 75 miles away. No pythons
either that I know of. No one knows for sure I suppose but I'd guess
the nearest python might be 30-50 miles south or southeast. Now,
eastern indigo snakes is something else. Here's a shot of me holding a
little one (they get to about 9 feet) from last year's Florida Zuikofest
:-)
<http://www.chucknorcutt.com/Archbold%20Biological%20Station%20w%20Dean%20Hansen/p2200524e.htm>
Chuck Norcutt
On 2/15/2013 1:05 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Eeew...bug close-ups before breakfast. Was there no beach nearby with more
> appealing subjects?
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> On Feb 15, 2013, at 5:06 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
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>> Dean Hansen and I got together today at the Archbold Biological Station
>> in Venus, Florida for the 2nd Annual Florida Zuikofest. Attendance was
>> limited... only Dean and me manipulating the Zuikos.
>>
>> The main purpose of today's gathering was to try out Dean's large
>> collection of OM macro gear on the OM-D E-M5. This presented some
>> challenges since OM macro gear is most easily used with OM TTL flash.
>> We had the TTL flash gear but, of course, there's no OM TTL logic in the
>> E-M5. We had to make do with two T-32s operating in auto mode while
>> adjusting their output and total exposure with a combination of aperture
>> and ASA setting on the flashes and physical aperture on the Zuikos and
>> ISO on the E-M5.
>>
>> It took a lot of twiddling but we eventually managed some decent
>> exposures. But during all we were plagued by problems with vibration,
>> flash brackets having difficulty holding the weight of T-32s, lenses
>> getting in the way of the flashes, not having enough light to focus
>> properly, etc, etc. We were shooting with bellows mount Zuiko 38 and
>> 20mm macro lenses. We were shooting these on the telescopic auto tube
>> which offers no aperture automation on a non-OM body. Too late in the
>> day to do us any good Dean suddenly says... "Hey, why aren't we using
>> these lenses on the auto bellows where we could stop them down with the
>> dual cable release." I replies... "Duh... how come?"
>>
>> Well, we know it will all work but doing it conveniently and being able
>> to focus well will require some ingenuity in constructing some
>> specialized equipment that allows easy focusing and rapid and precise
>> positioning of the flash units.
>>
>> Below are 7 shots that are sharp enough to be of interest. The first
>> and fourth are just a leaf at different magnifications using the 38 and
>> 20mm lenses. The second and third are of a moderately cooperative
>> little spider (after she was chilled in the fridge) to slow her down.
>> These were shot with the 38mm and the vertical height of the photo
>> covers only maybe 4-5mm. She's a very lovely little lady with 8
>> beautiful eyes. We also discovered that spiders also get red eye from
>> the flash. These shots both needed red eye repair on one eye.
>> Unfortunately we couldn't use Dean's cross-polarizers with the flashes
>> in auto mode since the filters covered the sensors.
>>
>> The last 3 shots are the scales of a tiny, male butterfly who was
>> perhaps 15-20mm across. The shots cover only a tiny spot of dark brown
>> scales on one of his wings. The tan patch in the middle is a sort of
>> pheromone in powder form that the male sprinkles onto his intended lover
>> to make him unresistable. We'll be marketing this soon and you'll be
>> unresistable to female butterflies. :-)
>>
>> Anyhow we had a good time even if we were only getting about one
>> reasonably exposed and in-focus shot about once per 1/2 hour. :-)
>> I'm sure the camera could have probably helped out by brightening or
>> magnifying the display but I haven't gotten that far yet. But at least
>> the battery held out for the entire shooting session all done on the
>> display rather than EVF and I think there's still a lot left.
>>
>> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/2nd%20Annual%20Florida%20Zuikofest%20-%20Feb%2014,%202013/>
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
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