Don
Don
Originally Posted by ddt0725
Originally Posted by Sean Setters
LOL, LOL, LOL.[]
John.
Originally Posted by Sean Setters
The onmidirectional lighting from a light tent can help. You can buy one like this, or make one yourself.
On our recent stay at a lodge in the Ecuadorian jungle, I was absolutely amazed at all the little critters that come out, especially at night. I brought along a Canon G12, but never realized how good it is at macro photography. A small sensor can achieve much greater depth of field and much closer focus than an SLR, with of course some sacrifice in image quality. Take this shot, for example, of the world's largest ant species.
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Jonathan Huyer
www.huyerperspectives.com
Originally Posted by Jonathan Huyer
Many of them do focus very close. But DOF is not a function of sensor size. A DLSR with a lens used at the same aperture and with the same equivelant focal length would have exactly the same DOF.
Originally Posted by Jonathan Huyer
How big was the ant? I was in Borneo some years ago and saw a *really* big one. I took a picture (with my G2... I guess that hints at just how many years ago....) of one of them, but it is too lame to post.
I find ants really tough because they move so fast... I don't know how you got that close focusing camera close enough to get this shot. Nice work.
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Jonathan Huyer
www.huyerperspectives.com
How about pouring a drop of liquid nitrogen to slow him down a bit[]
John.
Originally Posted by Jonathan Huyer
Wow! It's hardly macro at that size
The one I saw was probably 1 cm long... I thought *that* was big.
My company, (forest management types), asked for a couple of shots for the cover of their newsletter & corporate brochure, so i took these, (Published at last LOL).
5d mk1 100mm 2.8 IS L macro (shot at 2.8) - I love this lens, so easy to use.
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Some more;
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I like the pollen in this one, one of the few without my girlfriends finger in it flicking the tree.....
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