Post your Best Macro Shots!

[Brendan7]

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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[Dave Johnston]

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

[Brendan7]

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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[Dave Johnston]

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.

[hfgerena]

Hello; New to the forum.


Canon Xti, Canon 100mm USM Macro.


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[hfgerena]

Great Shot;


The color of the picture is superb.

[Don Burkett]

These are some of my favorites


Bumble Bee Moth








Bird of Paradise








Dragon








Rosa





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

[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

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.[]

[Tom Wertman]

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[Brendan7]

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