Jim Saueressig
EF5
I have no true macro lenses for my Pentax but I did take a few with my Fuji last year and a few this year with my 70-300 tamron with macro. Click any for a larger pic.
MacroPhotography: For the Off-Season?
- Thread starter Rob Wadsworth
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Darren Addy
EF5
Nice stuff, Jim! I really like the first three.
Is it my imagination, or is the wasp one a wee bit over-sharpened?
Is it my imagination, or is the wasp one a wee bit over-sharpened?
Jim Saueressig
EF5
Thanks and the fuji 9100 had a problem focusing in macro at times so that was sharpened a bit but it was from over a year ago so I forgot the whole details on that one
Aaron Kennedy
EF5
All shots with the Canon 60mm f/2.8 EFS
Snowflake:
More at: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=36095506&l=84f6d&id=9612126
Frost on window:
Spider on arm:
Some casual bee/flower shots at this link from a few weeks ago:
http://people.aero.und.edu/~kennedya/HIKING/ITASCA-082408/index.htm
Snowflake:
More at: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=36095506&l=84f6d&id=9612126
Frost on window:
Spider on arm:
Some casual bee/flower shots at this link from a few weeks ago:
http://people.aero.und.edu/~kennedya/HIKING/ITASCA-082408/index.htm
That snowflake shot is fantastic!
Doug Raflik
EF3
Here is a tiny spider I shot earlier this year...
Doug Raflik
Doug Raflik
Is that a jumping spider, Doug? Those are a pain in the butt to shoot; They always jump on my lens!
Here's couple more of the fairly patient mantis...
The nice black background (I like it, anyway) comes from shooting into the sky with the twin flash. It turns the sky black for some reason. This guy was on the top branch of a shrub, so there was only sky behind him. I had to stand on two milk crates to reach him!
Here's couple more of the fairly patient mantis...
The nice black background (I like it, anyway) comes from shooting into the sky with the twin flash. It turns the sky black for some reason. This guy was on the top branch of a shrub, so there was only sky behind him. I had to stand on two milk crates to reach him!
Rob Wadsworth
EF5
Can't get the spider to stay in one place? Try some super-glue!
Just kidding!
That's a great spider shot, D.
If a spider can pee, that is what he looks like he would be doing about now.
Just kidding!
That's a great spider shot, D.
If a spider can pee, that is what he looks like he would be doing about now.
Doug Raflik
EF3
Its all about quantity when shooting those spiders. Shoot 30 pics and one is bound to turn out.
Aaron Kennedy
EF5
And sometimes the spiders jump on you...
This spider turned brushing my teeth before bed into an 30 minute long episode. lol.
This spider turned brushing my teeth before bed into an 30 minute long episode. lol.
Darren Addy
EF5
I posted this in another thread (unrelated to macro), but it applies better here, so I'm going to repeat it, with your forebearance...
I made a macro "lens" out of a classic 1930 Zeiss-Ikon folding camera (a 6x9cm format Maximar). The camera is completely intact, but I modified a film pack back and glued-in a modified dark slide that holds a Pentax K-mount extension. (Actually a cheap-o 2x teleconverter that I took the optics out of).
Images of the Zeiss-Ikon here:
It has a 105mm Zeiss Jena f/4.5 lens.
A couple of (handheld) examples taken with it:
As will probably be quite self-evident, I have not learned post-processing yet.
I also just ordered a Macro Reverse Ring, 49mm-52mm from FOTODIOX (on eBay) so I can reverse mount a 50mm f/2 lens to the front of my DSLR's kit lens. Will be interested to see what sort of results I can get from that inexpensive setup (less than $10)
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I made a macro "lens" out of a classic 1930 Zeiss-Ikon folding camera (a 6x9cm format Maximar). The camera is completely intact, but I modified a film pack back and glued-in a modified dark slide that holds a Pentax K-mount extension. (Actually a cheap-o 2x teleconverter that I took the optics out of).
Images of the Zeiss-Ikon here:
It has a 105mm Zeiss Jena f/4.5 lens.
A couple of (handheld) examples taken with it:
As will probably be quite self-evident, I have not learned post-processing yet.
I also just ordered a Macro Reverse Ring, 49mm-52mm from FOTODIOX (on eBay) so I can reverse mount a 50mm f/2 lens to the front of my DSLR's kit lens. Will be interested to see what sort of results I can get from that inexpensive setup (less than $10)
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Here's a shot of the inside of a dahlia that has not yet completely opened...
I've run a similar setup with two 50 1.8's stacked face to face. You'll get some pretty good magnification, but the vignetting at the necessary f-stops (f8-f16) is extreme.
(This is cropped, too)
Infrared Cherry Peppers...
Darren Addy
EF5
I've got another off-the-wall DIY idea that just might work: I've got an old Beseler 23C enlarger that I really don't plan to use again. I've decided that it might make a nice adjustable macro platform.
First of all, it has sturdy twin girders that you can crank the whole enlarger head up and down with. Then, turning your attention to the enlarger head: It can be pivoted 90 degrees (to project at a wall instead of the baseboard). I'd like to rig something up so it could be tightened to hold any angle between zero and ninety.
Then, imagine your camera affixed to the enlarger lens stage. The lens stage has its own focusing rack (and knobs) which give you a fairly "fine-grained" macro stage movement. This allows you to rack the camera in and out for macro focusing.
Essentially, the enlarger (with little modification) can be a combination low tripod/camera stand & macro stage.
If you are patient, Beseler enlargers like this go pretty cheap on eBay. Even with shipping they would be a lot cheaper than a commercial macro stage alone.
First of all, it has sturdy twin girders that you can crank the whole enlarger head up and down with. Then, turning your attention to the enlarger head: It can be pivoted 90 degrees (to project at a wall instead of the baseboard). I'd like to rig something up so it could be tightened to hold any angle between zero and ninety.
Then, imagine your camera affixed to the enlarger lens stage. The lens stage has its own focusing rack (and knobs) which give you a fairly "fine-grained" macro stage movement. This allows you to rack the camera in and out for macro focusing.
Essentially, the enlarger (with little modification) can be a combination low tripod/camera stand & macro stage.
If you are patient, Beseler enlargers like this go pretty cheap on eBay. Even with shipping they would be a lot cheaper than a commercial macro stage alone.
