Hecuba. Big Wood River, Idaho
Callibaetis Spinner
Callibaetis Spinner
Nikon D200
Nikon 105 Micro f2.8
Nikon Micro 105 Plus Extension Tubes
Backlit mayfly spinner
Frontlit mayfly spinner
The use of extension tubes allows for greater "magnification" but greatly reduces the depth of field essentially making the focus plane extremly narrow. On a full frame sensor like the Nikon D3S, using extension tubes also causes some vignetting--darkening of the corners. These images were taken handheld using an iso of 1,600 in order to get a shutter speed fast enough and an aperture around f10 for a reasonable level of depth of field. On cold mornings mayflies and bugs in general are far more still and much easier to capture...
Camera: Nikon D3S
Lens: Nikon Micro 105 with extension tubes
Picabo Night Sky
Picabo Hills & The Milky Way. Nikon 14-24 f2.8 lens
Exposure: 15 seconds, f 2.8 and 12,800 iso. Focal length 14mm. Long exposure noise reduction was turned on.
Evening Thunderstorm & Stars. North of Carey, Idaho. Nikon 24 PC-E lens
Brown Drake. Nikon Micro f2.8 lens
Camera: Nikon D3s
Brown Drakes & Spring Green
Camera: Nikon D3S
Lenses: Nikon 24 PC-E & Micro 105
The Big Lost is now just over 1,000 cfs and is cruising right along and the Big Wood is just under 2,500 cfs. Silver Creek is in the middle of brown drake madness and there are baetis, pmds, callibaetis and a few green drakes in the Nature Conservancy area. The mosquitoes have also arrived...
Silver Creek Update
Brown Drakes!!! At long last they showed up in real numbers last night. Should be good stuff for at least the next three or four days. The weather is warm and there are spinners in the grass as I write this.
Camera: Nikon D3S
Lens: Nikon Micro 105 with extension tubes & Nikon 24 PC-E for the 3 image pano & bottom image.
Big Lost River Baetis
Warmest day of 2011 today with highs in Mackay somewhere around 60! Sunny skies though and the baetis did not explode like they would in cloudy conditions. Still good fishing... Lots of melting snow and the Salmon River has already seen a bump in flow and will continue to see an increase overnight.