Post your best Macro shots

[Jayson]

Beautiful shots... I love the background.

Thanks. I shot down on them since the wind was blowing and the ground was littered with the petals.

[Jayson]

Pat, that is a great shot. Perfect DOF for that!

Angelo, great use of the macro. Ants are tough fellas to get a picture of and you have done superb!

[MrGreenBug]

Very nicely done, Angelo! You would never guess it was your first time using this lens!!

Thank you Denise! Now, I really want one of my own. I also love your macro shots.

Angelo, great use of the macro. Ants are tough fellas to get a picture of and you have done superb!

Thanks for the kind words Jayson. Indeed they are tough fellas. Actually, I was shooting flowers when one of these bit me and thus I focused more on them. Sort of a payback for biting -- it was a stingy bite but didn't last much.

[DanoPhoto]

Great pix, Pat and Angelo. Going to switch lenses and see what I can find over the next few days.

[thekingb]

My first macro shots of the spring season. It was fun stalking this bumble bee. I was just starting to dial in the "in flight" shots when s/he took leave of my rhododendrons. But I'll be back! All shots with 7D and EF 100L Macro.

[M_Six]

^^^^^^^^^^^^Great shots! Shot #2 is awesome. Like "As seen by" the following bee.

This was not taken with a macro lens, but it's still pretty much a macro. This was with the 50mm f1.4 and a 12mm extension tube.

[conropl]

Shot this cricket this morning after the storms rolled through. So he was happy to sit still while I got in close to take a few shots. At full size the head detail turned out pretty good.


Cricket after the Storm-2341 by westmichigan, on Flickr

[Jayson]

Pat, cool cricket! The water drops add a the extra. Great catch!

[Jayson]

I haven't taken too many pictures lately since the Easter Bunny brought a bug to the house. I did take what was left of some dandelions after the massive storms that struck the area this weekend.





taken with 100mm macro usm, kenko 36mm tube and a 1.4x tc.

[Lars]

I haven't had time to do much photography recently, except for the occational family events. But I tested my new "macro" set up lately. That consists of a fd 85mm 1.8 SSC with a 5mm fd extension tube and a fd-EOS converter (with the optics removed). I did not use a tripod this time, but moved slowly back and forth until I was satisfied with the sharpness. 1/160 s and f5.6, adjusted colours and sharpness to fit with my impression of the first day of warm sun (spring is late this year, still below 0 deg. Celcius in the nights).