Post your Best Macro Shots!

Continuing the Post your best _ series,


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Here are two of my best:


The first is a swallowtail butterfly. I like the color but the background is sorta distracting. taken with my 70-200l is.


the second is my favorite. It is some sort of really colorful grasshopper, this time I was better equipped: It was taken with my beloved ef 180mm f/3.5 macro, which has great bokeh. Sorry the resolution on the photos is not great although the originals are non cropped.


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That grasshopper is GREAT!! The colors are really stunning.


One of my faves. It just posed for me, and smiled... kinda.


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Canon Rebel XSi, Tamron 75-300 f4-5.6 @ 300mm, f9, 1/640", ISO-200

thanks dave. I was smiling when I took that photo, I had never seen an insect that colorful. Nice Mantid! They have the reputation for being very good macro subjects.


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Haha... well, you'll laugh when I say this, but I took this picture about week or so after my wife and I purchased our first camera together (Rebel XSi), and at that time all I had to shoot it with was a cheapie Tamron 75-300 telephoto. Since then, we bought a 50D and some better glass, but that picture is still one of my favorites. I just got lucky I guess.

Hello; New to the forum.


Canon Xti, Canon 100mm USM Macro.


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Great Shot;


The color of the picture is superb.

These are some of my favorites


Bumble Bee Moth


http://www.pbase.com/dbrasco/image/1...3/original.jpg





Bird of Paradise


http://www.pbase.com/dbrasco/image/1...7/original.jpg





Dragon


http://www.pbase.com/dbrasco/image/9...1/original.jpg





Rosa


http://www.pbase.com/dbrasco/image/1...4/original.jpg


Many more can be viewed at [View:http://www.pbase.com/dbrasco/galleries]

Brendan, the grasshopper photo is stunning, I love the color and the bokeh.


Don, very nice portfolio on pbase I enjoy going through it.


Folks, for learning purposes, please postthe EXIF of your images and Camera + Lens, thank you.[:)]

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Sorry Sinh...


Macro Shot #1 was taken with 50d, ef 70-200 f/2.8L IS USM.


Shot #2 (grasshopper) taken with 50d, ef 180mm f/3.5 usm,


180mm, f/4, AWB, and slight cropping. (I can't seem to find the EXIF)


Brendan

hello


twi nice little flowers (which i don't know the name; pardon my ignorance[:S]). shot were taken in a recent trip to mexico , not the rigth time to go now![+o(]


lens: Ef 100 mm f2.8





http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3460/...395edc.jpg?v=0





http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3469/...80c4fe.jpg?v=0

This is some very beautiful stuff. I need to try harder!

My two favorite so far.


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3128/...9cf794c06f.jpg





http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3197/...cd7cdc68bc.jpg

Here is one of mine from last year. This was part of some flowers sent last year. Taken with XTi and 100mm macro at f4, iso 100.


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http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...7KismetBel.jpg


This is one of the photos I wanted a higher shutter speed, but couldn't get my flash to keep up [:(] It probably doesn't qualify as a 'best' shot, but everything's a work in progress.


http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...s_0008800x.jpg


The dust might be a little bit distracting, but if I cleaned it off, it'd probably disturb the droplets.

Colin, Im a fan! I like them. I love the water droplets but where are they falling to? Whats the red thing at the bottom?


Dann, as much as I detest anything with 8 legs and 8 eyes to go with, you managed to make it look beautiful.

the droplets are residual rain suspended on some itsy bitsy spiderweb. We're looking straight down on it, more or less. The orange stuff is a rolled up power extension cord.

This is an older thread, but I have a question for you macro shooters.


Do you use a macro rail to do fine adjustments for your shots?


If so, what do you recommend?


(I guess that's two questions.....).


Thanks.

Canon EOS 50D
Manual Exposure
1/200
f/11.0
ISO 100
EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Flash Exposure Compensation +2/3


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beautiful bee!

Few shots from the weekend.


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2426/...e8691d659d.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3644/...42e0b11207.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2558/...c2f9c505b2.jpg

Dann


All good, love the detail and colors on the last one.

Dann, you're really good at this!


I got a less fantastic fly this afternoon... I'll try to get it posted just to be included...

Okay...


http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...azor_00118.jpg





http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...azor_00078.jpg

Very nice.

Thanks much. Worth saving it from drowning in my tea.

Here are some bugs from my garden, caught with my latest lens, the MP-E 65.


All are taken with 5DII, 65mm@ f/16, 1/200 sec with twin flash.


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Canon EOS 50D
EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
External E-TTL

1/100
f/14
ISO 200


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1/160

f/11

ISO 200


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