Mark, I would never have guessed that you took that with the pancake lens. Great creativity.
I thought I had found an unusual species of bee on my buddleja bush, until I saw it hovering. Bees can't do that. This one is a hoverfly that has evolved to mimic the honey bee.
Hoverfly on Buddleja by Andrew Stringer, on Flickr
Hoverfly on Buddleja by Andrew Stringer, on Flickr
Expect to see a lot of similar shots like this pop into this topic in the near future.
A couple of weeks ago, my wife was out in the garden and came rushing back inside to tell me there were a couple of praying mantises in the yard. We put them in a terrarium so our daughter's kindergarten class could have a look. These shots are of the male, taken after we released them back into the yard.
"Mantis"
EOS 1D X, MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro @ ~3x, 1/250 s, f/14, ISO 400, MT-24EX
"Mantis Prey"
EOS 1D X, EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM, 1/160 s, f/11, ISO 6400
Thanks for looking!
Nice shots Neuro....I just received my MP-E 65 and MT EX 24 flash from Adorama (found a good deal on a used system) and I took this today hand held. Man, the depth of field is so thin with this lens I can see a focusing rail in my future. No other way to do stack focus. This is a single image.
1D MKIV + MP E 65mm @ 2X
ISO 800
1/320
f/16
MT EX 24 macro flash on manual @ 1/64 power
Wow... a lot of great shots being posted. It looks like Joel's "4 eyes" is looking up and keeping a close eye on neuro's Praying Mantises hoping not to be the next meal.
5DS R, 1D X, 7D, Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6, 24mm f/1.4L II, 16-35mm f/4L IS, 24-105mm f/4L, 50mm f/1.8, 100mm Macro f/2.8L, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II, 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L, 580EX-II
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1D MKIV + MT EX 24 flash @ 1/64 power
MP-E-65mm @ 3X
Tripod + Novoflex Castel L focusing rail
ISO 800
f/16
1/100
This is a 14 image stack of a moth put together using the trial version of Zerene Stacker
Very cool!Originally Posted by Joel Eade
1D MKIV + MT EX 24 flash @ 1/64 power
MP-E-65mm @ 3X
Tripod + Novoflex Castel L focusing rail
ISO 800
f/16
1/100
This is a 14 image stack of a moth put together using the trial version of Zerene Stacker
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Thanks Sean!
Here is another....this one is a 42 image stack of deceased May Fly I found on the front porch this morning, same set up as the moth picture.
It is an amazing lens but a macro flash and focus rail are just about mandatory due to the super skinny dof, especially if you want to stack focus
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