Post your best Macro shots

[Jayson]

Thank you for the compliments Pat.

I really like your flower shots. The composition works for me, the second one especially! It may be my monitor but they seem a little warm on the color temp.

Denise, glad to see your liking the new lens. I am very impressed with your Bees! I like the detail you pulled out of the first one the best.

[conropl]

Denise - That BIF is amazing. I have tried to catch a bee mid-flight many times, and have never managed to get anything close to that sharp.

...It may be my monitor but they seem a little warm on the color temp.

Thank you for the comments Jayson.
I would not doubt the temp could be off. My monitor is old, small, and uncalibrated. Also, for some reason, when I post to flickr they turn out a bit darker most of the time (even viewing with the same monitor).

[Jayson]

Twelve Spotted Skimmer taken with 300mm f/4L IS and 68mm in kenko tubes

Natural Light


Then with flash and 3 shots focus stacked

[ddt0725]

My, what big eyes you have!!! Great shots, Jayson!

I caught a shot of this guy yesterday! The last few days the sound of the cicada's has been so deafening that it has made sitting outside very uncomfortable on the ears!

Cicada by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com), on Flickr

[Jayson]

Great grab Denise. Those bugs are super ugly (and noisy). I caught one stuck in the fence last year and was amazed of what they actually look like.

[conropl]

Denise:
Nice close up. I have never seen one of those before.

Pat

[Jayson]

Itty Bitty Bee. Taken using 7D, 100mm Macro USM, 1.4 tc, and 68mm of tubes, 430 ex II with modifier. Lighting wasn't as good as I had hoped, but he wasn't bothered by me testing. Guy was the size of a nail head.



Focus stacked from 4 images

[Jayson]

Here is what he's doing this morning. Made some progress last night.

[ahab1372]

The start of a big nest?
Interesting,and nice shots.

Arnt

[ddt0725]

Wow, Jayson!!! Now that is what I call a sharp macro shot, love those first two!! Did you use a tripod? Macro slider?