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Beautiful! My favourite is the face on shot of the dragonfly
Rob these are excellent! What lens etc ?
Thanks - similar to me then (100mm + Raynox + MT24). I used to use tubes but find the Raynox much easierCheers, I use the Canon 100L with a 31mm extension tube and the MT-24EX twin lite
Gah! Lawn shrimp. Not one of my favourite subjects. Really difficult to get a good angle on, shinier than a new penny and some species are very invasive...and it is rumoured they compete with collembola o_0!Nice idea Mike. Here's a low content, odds and ends type of thing.
0776 03 P1080187 LR-2 by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
That is what the raw file looked like after importing into Lightroom with my normal (very mild) import adjustments.
I only had the chance of just one snatched shot as it popped into view and moved quickly out of sight again. I didn't have time to adjust the flash level (I was using the KX800 manual flash, so no TTL flash metering). The setting was not nearly bright enough. Even in this very dark version it was obvious that the bits that mattered were not in focus. It was obviously one for the bin.
And yet,...
Out of curiosity I played with the image a bit.
0776 02 P1080187_DxO LR by gardenersassistant, on Flickr
Although it isn't in focus (where it matters) I do get an impression of what the subject looked like so perhaps identification would be possible, Most interesting to me was that I thought I could make out what might be a digestive tract inside it running all the way from head to rear end, which is a bit unusual. So I thought I would keep it anyway.
Gah! Lawn shrimp. Not one of my favourite subjects. Really difficult to get a good angle on, shinier than a new penny and some species are very invasive...and it is rumoured they compete with collembola o_0!
Not really a true macro but might be of interest in here. Got this is the far north west of Scotland - the Torridon valley. A wonderful and magical place but not where I would have expected to need my macro lens! So did the best I could with my 16-300 Tamron
Golden-ringed Dragonfly by Mike Smith, on Flickr
Not really a true macro but might be of interest in here. Got this is the far north west of Scotland - the Torridon valley. A wonderful and magical place but not where I would have expected to need my macro lens! So did the best I could with my 16-300 Tamron
The f0 means the camera cannot read the aperture information form the lens, in this case because extension tubes were used.(eg what is f0). Guess the lens is just wide open ?
I quite often have the odd shot or two which it doesn't seem worth starting a new thread for. If you are the same please feel free to stick them in here as a general 'low content' thread.
Ha ha ha! I totally agreeLow content???!!*^% I think you've gone way off topic with the shots you've been posting. See first image in previous post. I rest my case.
(Terrific shot Mike. )
Low content???!!*^% I think you've gone way off topic with the shots you've been posting. See first image in previous post. I rest my case.
(Terrific shot Mike. )
Ha ha ha! I totally agree
I did a day course on Macro photography at the Essex wildlife trust's centre at Hanningfield Reservoir in July. It is not easy but got one or two shots.
IMG_4781 by Mark Huff1, on Flickr
IMG_4583 by Mark Huff1, on Flickr
IMG_4512 by Mark Huff1, on Flickr
Quick question - see 'stacking' Raynox? How do you actually do it?
Thanks Nick49 to 43 step down ring.
Feels like it's soon all going to come to an end for another year up here (Edinburgh) so am making hay while the sun shines!
Thanks NickI think those are really good Mike. Great detail, lots in focus and nicely controlled illumination, with a very dramatic pose in the first one, and lovely colours in the third. Very appealing.
Your images are amazing. Hopefully by next year I'll have learned enough to get some good shots too.
Thanks mate. For now I'm learning lots just by looking and listening to all the critiques.Thanks Leroy! Feel free to post up what you have and ask for advice
Feels like it's soon all going to come to an end for another year up here (Edinburgh) so am making hay while the sun shines!
Bee (head on) by Mike Smith, on Flickr
Bee (profile) by Mike Smith, on Flickr
Bombus pratorum by Mike Smith, on Flickr
ThanksThose bee shots are superb Mike. Really like the 1st one particularly.