Mark - Both are great. Are you using tubes?
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Mark - Both are great. Are you using tubes?
Thanks all. No tubes for these. Just the 100L on my 6D.
Spider on a wet web
1D MKIV
180mm f/3.5L Macro
Tripod
MT-24EX Macro flash
ISO 800
f/16
1/320
This is a 20 image stack using Zerene Stacker software (which is very easy to use BTW)
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....63580057-4.jpg
Awesome shot, Joel. Do you use a DoF calculator to determine the distance of each focus movement for your stacks or do you just wing it?
I love spider webs with water drops.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joel Eade
Thanks! I just look through the view finder, focus at a point nearest me and "wing it' from there.Quote:
Originally Posted by M_Six
Cool. I'll have to try that.
Great looking flowers Mark!
Nice stack work on the spider Joel!
Here are a couple of my recent encounter with a Wooly Bear Caterpillar
http://www.alderimages.com/img/s5/v119/p694610318-4.jpg
http://www.alderimages.com/img/s5/v117/p728445939-4.jpg
http://www.alderimages.com/img/s5/v129/p284389139-4.jpghttp://www.alderimages.com/img/s10/v...10562380-4.jpg
http://www.alderimages.com/img/s9/v88/p282504127-4.jpg
Been a while, not my best but worth showing. Pretty cool looking little Gecko. Not a lot of time to do this stuff anymore.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8550/1...553ce8d8_b.jpg
gecko thumb by freelanceshots, on Flickr
Thanks jrw! That looks like some crazy ice you have there. Glad all we received was snow. I've had enough of the ice storms this year.
Nice looking gecko. That guy is tiny!
Macro lenses really show off detail that's even hard to see with the necked eye. My thumb has a lot of wrinkles. This guy was one of the monster sized geckos around my house and even in my house.
Give the thread a little bump. Some of these were in the weekly themes.
http://www.alderimages.com/img/s9/v92/p905834680-4.jpg
http://www.alderimages.com/img/s10/v...61093712-4.jpg
http://www.alderimages.com/img/s9/v95/p718297253-4.jpg
And the stacked version
http://www.alderimages.com/img/s5/v133/p812946380-4.jpg
A couple more snowflakes
This is a different angle than the one I posted in the image of the week post.
http://www.alderimages.com/img/s2/v58/p113033672-4.jpg
And a little bit of melting on this one.
http://www.alderimages.com/img/s10/v98/p42265633-4.jpg
Keeping with the snowflake theme...
"Snowflake"
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3706/1...73cf41e3_c.jpg
EOS 1D X, MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro @ 5x, 1/250 s, f/14, ISO 400, MT-24EX
"No Two Alike"
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7417/1...44f40a71_c.jpg
EOS 1D X, MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro @ 5x, 1/250 s, f/14, ISO 400, MT-24EX
Thanks for looking!
Very nice.....what material are you using for BG?Quote:
Originally Posted by neuroanatomist
Thanks, Joel!Quote:
Originally Posted by Joel Eade
After seeing Jayson's wonderful snowflake shots, I wanted to find a smooth, dark background free from the fibers found on gloves or mittens. Joel, I know that you often have lovely backgrounds that are 'free' - forest, field, etc, but I spare no expense for my hobby. Accordingly, the smooth, dark background for my snowflake shots cost over $30,000.
Attachment 2123
In all fairness, I should point out that this particular background just might have a few other uses, such as transporting three kids in their car seats. :p
I just brushed off the glass, waited for attractive snowflakes to land on it, and shot the pictures (handheld) before they slid down off the glass.
Great snowflakes John! The background looks very nice indeed. You must have been snapping fast with a warm car or they would have melted...unless you left your car outside on purpose.;) I am going back to taking photos on glass to get the nice clean background.Quote:
Originally Posted by neuroanatomist
That is an expensive prop!Quote:
Originally Posted by neuroanatomist
2 points to John for most creative dual use of a prop
Here is a new snowflake from the most recent storm. I sure wish it wasn't so dry. I only had about an hour of shooting before the snowflakes weren't recognizable. I took John's advice and tried a better background. This is a 12 shot stack.
http://www.alderimages.com/img/s5/v125/p614639983-5.jpg
Nice!!!
A little too much moisture on the latest round of flakes. Ever wonder what those ice pellets look like up close?
http://www.alderimages.com/img/s5/v120/p647498585-4.jpg
Onion Suspended
1DMKIV
Canon 180mm macro
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....62678035-4.jpg
This is a 14 image stack of this seedling from a vine.
http://www.alderimages.com/img/s6/v151/p902991307-5.jpg
Very cool. I have to learn how to stack one of these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jayson
Pat
What was your process for capturing and stacking the images?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jayson
Sean, sorry it took me so long to respond. Missed the question. Since I'm lazy, I'm going to just post a link to the write up I put on my blog. If you want to go there it gives what I do. Pretty simple. I held this weed in my hand and then shot the photos.
http://blog.alderimages.com/2014/04/...-stacking.html
It has been a while since I have posted a Macro shot. So here is one from this weekend - Baby Robins. I wish I would have gotten the slit in the eye in better focus, but I just snapped a few shots and got away.
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2912/...870daa76_c.jpg
Feed Me -6816 by westmichigan, on Flickr
Pat, I have a lovely nest in my front porch that I get to look at every day. Crazy how fast these guys grow. I missed 4 days and they have feathers and barely fit in there. Mommy must be feeding them worms laced with steroids.
Here is a trip to the backyard photo. This is a 7 shot stack of a what I believe to be a baby hover fly.
http://www.alderimages.com/img/s6/v137/p681424965-5.jpg
Here is a size view of him digging into a dandelion. Not the best picture, but there for scale. I was trying to get them having a snack but the dog kept trying to lick my face and apparently that scares tiny flies.
http://www.alderimages.com/img/s6/v148/p546609521-4.jpg
Fritillary and Cone flower
1D MKIV
Canon 180mm macro
ISO 1250
f/14
1/1600
Hand held
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....30061932-5.jpg
Another image of the same butterfly
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....94157534-5.jpg
Dragonfly (sorry, don't know the genus and species)
1D MKIV
Canon 180mm macro
ISO 1250
f/14
1/250
Hand held
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....32465784-5.jpg
One more from yesterday's fun with macro.....
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....05568711-5.jpg
Stopped by a clover field a couple days ago.
http://www.alderimages.com/img/s6/v140/p214680163-5.jpg
http://www.alderimages.com/img/s7/v158/p451366970-5.jpg
http://www.alderimages.com/img/s6/v144/p522476166-5.jpg
Found this big red ant on the mouth of a gatorade bottle.....not sure what it is really? It was hard to get a shot in focus because he kept going around and around the bottle top:)
1DMKIV
Canon 180mm macro + 1.4 TC
ISO 1600
f/7.1
1/500
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....81749591-4.jpg
A Velvet Ant (which is really a wasp) (http://www2.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef442.asp). Never heard of it before. Neat!
That's right....I looked it up too. It's a female wasp (no wings so it looks like a big ant) of the genus Multillidae. The male can fly. Apparently this pretty lady can deliver a very nasty sting too. Glad I didn't get to experience that:)Quote:
Originally Posted by DavidEccleston
Green Tree Frog....this is a stack of 13 images
1D MKIV
Canon 180mm Macro
ISO 800
f/7.1
1/200
Used a small LED panel for light
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....73667498-5.jpg