macro lenses

[jann1033]

I don't know what the ratio is but it makes a dime look big!!

wow!
great article, just what i wanted to know and i'll be sending off for my coupler...still going to play around with my crummy macro filter lenses and wonder if i put an extension tube on the lens then the second lens what would happen..maybe found a use for my stinking manual focus extension tubes after all?

 

[tinksdad]

Playing around with limes. Where's the salt??

 

[cryssi]

gee thanks, now I've added that coupler to my B&H wishlist...lol

that's quite a setup, and I can't wait to try it out!

 

[jann1033]

Playing around with limes. Where's the salt??

so that is the 105/50 combo? what did you use for lighting, i really like the way it almost looks backlit/transparent

 

[We-Luv-Disney]

Nice lime, tinks dad!
Here's one from last summer, a eastern pondhawk enjoying a beatle.

These little guys eat fast, he ate half of the beatle while I switched from my 300mm lens to my 100mm macro lens.

 

[tinksdad]

so that is the 105/50 combo? what did you use for lighting, i really like the way it almost looks backlit/transparent

Just the 105mm and a +5 diopter. The two coupled lens was looking at a single lime cell. Cool, but foreign since there was no context.
It was lit from behind with a remote fired flash at 1/8 power, and snooted down to about a quarter size opening with a cone of magazine cover to concentrate the flash and prevent spill. I then used another flash hand held slightly above and to camera left to give the edge of the lime some color.


Here's another; the lowly dandelion. For a weed, these are pretty up close.

 

[tinksdad]

Nice lime, tinks dad!
Here's one from last summer, a eastern pondhawk enjoying a beatle.

These little guys eat fast, he ate half of the beatle while I switched from my 300mm lens to my 100mm macro lens.

Nice!! A little red meat for lunch...... Great detail! Isn't macro fun??

Did you notice the beetle leg, caught on the pondhawks front leg?

 

[Gdad]

eastern pondhawk enjoying a beatle.

Nice shot We-Luv-Disney. Gross- but nice.

 

[jann1033]

Nice lime, tinks dad!
Here's one from last summer, a eastern pondhawk enjoying a beatle.

These little guys eat fast, he ate half of the beatle while I switched from my 300mm lens to my 100mm macro lens.

agree, great shots but glad i'm not eating dinner as i look at them
mind if i ask what the ratio is with this lens?

 

[DisneyGirl4188]

 

[tinksdad]

Aphid on the rose:

 

[We-Luv-Disney]

agree, great shots but glad i'm not eating dinner as i look at them
mind if i ask what the ratio is with this lens?

Canon lists it as 1:1. I'm about to get some extension tubes, i cant wait to see what I can do with them

 

[tinksdad]

Found a program Helicon Focus that stitches together or stacks a series of shots with different areas in focus and outputs them into one file. Even offers some rudementary editing features as well. I thought I'd put it to the test on a single dandelion seed.

What do you think? Not bad, a little distortion on the front branches of the seed. This was taken from 8 seperate shots.

 

[We-Luv-Disney]

Found a program Helicon Focus that stitches together or stacks a series of shots with different areas in focus and outputs them into one file. Even offers some rudementary editing features as well. I thought I'd put it to the test on a single dandelion seed.

What do you think? Not bad, a little distortion on the front branches of the seed. This was taken from 8 seperate shots.

I've heard of this process before, pretty cool!

 

[mistyt]

My first try of a close up flower

 

[mistyt]

One more try for the night!

 

[makinorlando]

 

[jann1033]

how can i figure out what a 1:1 or 1:2 or 1:4 macro would be with a 1.4 teleconverter..i keep getting 7:1 and uh i know that is wrong

canon or 3rd party macro lens...how far is the focusing distance...i really love using my 70-200 as a close up lens due to the fact it is able to focus from so far away( 4 ft) whereas my present macro lens is only about 12-18" so i was wondering what the focusing distance is on other macro lenses with canon mounts
thanks

 

[tinksdad]

An interesting "weed" blossom opens up in the morning and closes mid-afternoon. Waiting for the bees!

shutter- 1/50
aperture- f/18
white balance- daylight

 

[jann1033]

why i wish i had a macro that would focus farther than 18"( no way i am wading into water that i know has snakes in it ) all at f4

1/400
think this one thought if he thought he was part of the plant i would as well and go away and stop pestering him

1/640
and a wildflower i had never seen before

1/1250