Post your best Macro shots

[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?

[Jayson]

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

Arnt

Thanks Arnt! I really hope it doesn't turn into something big, but it probably will. Funny how he's building it in the wide open on the deck post????

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

Thanks Denise! I actually just rested the hood of the lens on the side of the post and moved my flash where it was needed. I was watching the kids so no tripod and I don't own a macro rail. The ones that I didn't rest the hood were all blurry.

Here are a couple more...that thing beside him is a nail head. That's how small this guy is...

[conropl]

It is amazing how much stuff came out of that little insect (nest material that is).
Again, your shots are beyond belief how detailed they get. To be able focus stack without a tripod has to take some effort.