Went for a walk in the woods near home today, and noticed the shadows on the petals of this flower.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/...c64df5fb_b.jpg
5D Mark II, EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM @f/9, 1/40s, ISO 200
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Went for a walk in the woods near home today, and noticed the shadows on the petals of this flower.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/...c64df5fb_b.jpg
5D Mark II, EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM @f/9, 1/40s, ISO 200
Nice, Andy.
Maybe the flower is flatter (or bigger) than it looks, but that seems like a lot of DOF for f/9. The whole thing is sharp.
Nice flower, Andy!!
Ok, so today probably wasn't the best day for me to go out and take some macro shots considering how windy it was but I couldn't fight the temptation any longer!! My garden is starting to bloom!! But also being out there made me realize how much yard work I have ahead of me for the next month!
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/...86337f5b9c.jpg
My first bloomed daffodil of the season ...
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5227/...ec067d8cb4.jpg
And what I am most excited about ...
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/...ee266a4cb9.jpg
I have absolutely no trees in my yard. So, last fall I went and planted a baby Japanese Cherry Tree right in the middle of my backyard ...this bud is from that tree! Living where I do, this tree is extremely uncommon and I am surprised it survived the harsh winter we just went thru!I can't wait to see all the beautiful blossoms it produces!!
Denise
I think there are three factors that helped to make it look sharp.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon Ruyle
The shooting distance was 530mm, so the calculated DOF is only 3mm. The flower wasn't as flat as that.
- There was no motion of the camera or subject during the exposure. There was no wind and I used a tripod with a 2 second delay on the shutter release.
- I set up the shot so that the edge of the petal in the 9 o'clock position was in the same plane as the centre of the flower. I cropped the other petals that were out of focus.
- The image has been downsized for viewing here, which increases the perceived depth of field.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy Stringer
No question about that. But I also think you positioned the focal plane quite nicely (#2)
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This isn't the best but thought it was interesting. Mosquito tried to drink some soap water I was using to make bubbles with the kids the night before.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_A...4_08_13612.jpg
Hi Denise, I really love the 3rd shot. The composition and creamy background are spot on!
Hi Jason, What
There's is Sean's Aunt Edna! I wonder how she can afford to travel so much.[:)]
Cheers,
John.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Lane
Rich, I agree on the 4 tiny little bugs...I wasn't sure what they were. There were a couple of other dead mosquitoes in the water and they had bugs around them also. I thought maybe they were babies or something like that. This was the only mosquito that had it's wings extended so it got my attention. I wish I had the MP-E 65mm lens since the macro with tubes just couldn't get close enough.
Denise, I really like your comp of the daffodil, but I think it would have been a great picture if the top wasn't chopped off. I have a horrible time making sure things aren't cut off on most of my stuff so I sympathize.
Jayson
A flower at the Myriad Gardens in OKC just before the remodel began
5D II, 180mm L Macro, Tripod, 1/160, ISO 2000, F11 using ambient light. This picture is a combination of three, focus stacked.
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You really have this stacking down pat! Another nice photo, Rick!
Here's a photo I took of my bush tonight. I thought of bringing down the saturation some but since this really is the color of it, I left it alone ...
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5021/...dbb03c5462.jpg
Denise
Very nice, I am assuming this is a bud on the bush taken with your 100mm?
I am just glad to see things outside to take pictures of that aren
Yes, it is plus I did some stacking too ...of three kenko extension tubes! [;)]
Beautiful day today ...hard to believe it snowed yesterday!
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5108/...cd294e9c48.jpg
Love it!
(It didn
I got the EF 100mm f2.8 L IS USM Macro a while back and been learning to use it. A few days back I received some generic extension tubes from eBay and got to try them out yesterday. Below is my current favorite macro shot. The fly (maybe a fruit fly?) was very small, only a couple of millimeters long. I scavenged some dead insects from inside of my kitchen lamp for the test :D
http://qwrad.files.wordpress.com/201..._sokerilla.jpg
Shot with natural light, 7D & 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro with 13+21+31mm extension tubes @ 1.6sec, f/8.0, ISO100
You can see some more photos from the same testing session at my blog: http://qwrad.wordpress.com/
PS. My calculation about the magnification factor might be dead wrong, does anyone know the right way to calculate it for this lens (or for any lens) and 13mm + 21mm + 31mm tubes?
One nice day before the rain comes again!
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5149/...68462a6179.jpg
A hint of spring. Serviceberry bud. 7D & EF 100L Macro. ISO 400, 1/125s, f/11, handheld.
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thekingb - Nice Macro shot! You should be able to attract some nice wildlife from this pretty soon!
Weather has been great during Easter and I got some pretty nice shots (more in the blog):
http://qwrad.files.wordpress.com/201...akrokasvi2.jpg
Anybody know the species? 7D + 100mm L Macro, ISO125, f/5.6, 1/125
http://qwrad.files.wordpress.com/201...akrokukka1.jpg
Tried focus stacking on this one, compiled from 3 images. 7D + 100mm L Macro, ISO100, f/8.0, 1/200
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Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark II N
Lens: EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Image Date: 2011-04-30 14:52:42 +0000
Focal Length: 105mm
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure Time: 0.0031 s (1/320)
ISO equiv: 100
Mark,
I'm sorry to say that your rose petals look like a red smudge on my (calibrated) PC monitor, but on my MacBook it's a beautiful image. You've obviously captured it well to get the detail that I see on the Mac, but I wonder how you've processed the image for it to look so different on a PC. I've never seen such a difference in any other image between two monitors. Not being critical, just curious.
Here are some of my recent macro shots for anyone to critique
Dew drops on a spider's web
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5305/...8dcbc038_b.jpg
5D Mark II, EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM @ f/5.6, 1/80s, ISO 400, Macro Twin-Lite MT-24 EX
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5265/...fe9344e5_b.jpg
5D Mark II, EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM @ f/4, 1/80s, ISO 800
Berberis blossoms
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5309/...1b8c8369_b.jpg
5D Mark II, EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM + Extension Tube EF25 II @ f/11, 1/200s, ISO 400, Macro Twin-Lite MT-24 EX
Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy Stringer
Andy,
I do not have an answer for you. My computer is a color corrected PC. I have never used a Mac. Most of the PP was in ACR including the vignette.
I have always liked <span class="field-item-description"]Dew drops on a spider's web.
<span class="field-item-description"]Mark
Awesome shot of the spider web, Andy!! Your focus was really spot on!
Here's a few recent shots ...
My baby tree that I planted last fall finally bloomed for the first time today! I thought the flowers were going to be alittle more pink but it's still pretty with tons of buds on it!
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5308/...d26e24e4fc.jpg
A few flowers from my gardens ...
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5222/...d3456f16e2.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5146/...b2ab62b40e.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5186/...a004cb8203.jpg
Mark,
The problem was operator error at my end. In hindsight, I should have checked this out before posting last Thursday. I re-did the calibration and it turns out there was a problem saving the calibration, so it reverted to an uncalibrated default (i.e. oversaturated). I had just clicked on 'OK' without reading the error messages. It's sorted now and looks just as good as you intended.
Denise,
I'm glad your garden survived the late snowfall. I'm sure those flowers will soon be attracting lots of insects for you to seek out with the macro lens.
Here's one from yesterday. Not a true macro, but shot within the macro range of the 24-70mm.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3424/...64ba974b_b.jpg
1D Mark IV, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM @ 70mm, f/8, 1/30s, ISO 100
Denise, I don
Andy, Love the Spider webs--the dew really brings out the intricate structure.
Thanks for sharing,
Bob
Thanks, Bob and I am looking forward to seeing some of your shots! Most (if not all) of my shots are handheld, so one thing I need to do it get more dedicated to my set-up and start using my tripod and the macro slider I picked up a couple months ago!
Denise
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Just a few from a bouquet of flowers. Taken with 7d, 100mm macro USM, 36mm kenko tube with window light.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IB4sFje-SN...5_03_15788.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d-MF8DkjO3...5_03_15809.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e6q86ZsiUk...tled1+copy.jpg
Seriously amazing photos above. Usually I try to compliment a couple of favorites...but I really like all of them.
Here isa series of Phlox I took yesterday.
All with the Canon 7D, 100L Macro
1/320, f/5.6, ISO 100
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1/1250, f/2.8, ISO 100
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1/1600, f/2.8, ISO 100
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1/2000, f/2.8, ISO 100
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Feel free to comment or critique.
Thanks,
Brant
Not really a macro lens
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Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark II N
Lens: Tamron SP 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD
Image Date: 2011-05-30 14:11:30 +0000
Focal Length: 300mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 0.0005 s (1/2000)
ISO equiv: 400
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Partial
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (enforced)
Very nice "macro" shot, Mark! I love those flowers and have a number of them planted in pots around my house ...very easy to grow, which I like!
I'm still waiting for the bees to appear but here's a few other macro shots I took this weekend ...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2051/...763a3e75f4.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2527/...b49411d2d8.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2567/...aeb0456f74.jpg
These were all hand-held so not the sharpest but hopefully I'll have some better ones soon!
Denise
Great shots everyone. Always nice to see the flowers coming back. Hopefully I can finally catch a couple. I did manage some dew earlier this week.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-M...5_21_16468.jpg
My 3-year old loves finding these in the yard and garden:
"Eastern Tent Caterpillar"
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EOS 5D Mark II, EF 100mm f/2.8<span style="color: #ff0000;"]L Macro IS USM, 1/100 s, f/18, ISO 500
Great caterpillar, I have to go out and find one too! :) Excellent flowers too! Here is a spider I saw the other day and some ants (more photos of them and some other small things in my blog)
http://qwrad.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/spider1.jpg
7D + 100mm L IS USM Macro @ f/8.0, 1/125sec, ISO400
http://qwrad.files.wordpress.com/201...uurahaiset.jpg
7D + 100mm L IS USM Macro @ f/8.0, 1/160sec, ISO3200
Nice dew drop, Jayson! I've been trying to get the reflection of something in raindrops lately such as a flower but I've been unsuccessful so far.
Love the caterpillar shot, John! Your daughter must be delighted when she finds these!
qwrad - those shots are super sharp! Did you use a tripod? Macro slider?
Here's a few I took tonight. Still haven't brought my tripod out or my slider for macro shots ...maybe this weekend.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5035/...7f3042a23a.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3466/...25539100bf.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5184/...8e6420c63b.jpg
Thanks Denise, yours are great too, great lighting and nice dark background. Both of my shots here and most in the blog post are handheld, only the ones of the fly are shot with a tripod (indoors on a white A4 paper with natural light). The head closeup is shot using extension tubes. Been thinking about the macro rail too, let me know what you think of it if you get one.
neuroanatomist,
I could never let that insect crawl across my hand. When I was a child all the neighborhood kids including me would play with the big green cecedias where I picked one up a few years ago to tease my dogs and it somehow bit me or poked me where it really hurt. I will never pick up another one of those for the rest of my life God willing. Anything that has more then 8 legs is off limits as well.