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Comacchio
707 posts
50 months
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AWG said: Can you recommend a decent lens for me being an amature! I just have my cannon 18-55 and 100-300 USM for longer distance. I would like a lens to practice on static things like pound coins and small stones to practice on.
Body is a 550D if that makes any difference! Keep up the good work guys, I love looking through this thread! I've got a 550D myself and I'd highly recommend the Canon EF 100mm if you can push the bank to it. I personally have the EF-S 60mm however I find myself wanting the extra reach of the 100mm at times!
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dibbly dobbler
6,571 posts
66 months
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Another vote for the 100mm here - great lens for general use never mind macro 
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RobbieKB
5,340 posts
52 months
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Comacchio said: AWG said: Can you recommend a decent lens for me being an amature! I just have my cannon 18-55 and 100-300 USM for longer distance. I would like a lens to practice on static things like pound coins and small stones to practice on.
Body is a 550D if that makes any difference! Keep up the good work guys, I love looking through this thread! I've got a 550D myself and I'd highly recommend the Canon EF 100mm if you can push the bank to it. Yeah I second this. To demonstrate how close you can get, this shot below was taken with 550D, 100mm, Marumi ring flash (that I was holding to the left of the shot) and 3 extension tubes:  Don't make the mistake I did though! I bought a cheaper version of the Marumi ring flash initially to go with the 100mm and it wasn't fast enough for macro.
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nre
287 posts
139 months
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D'Oh quite correct in your pedantry it is speckled, nice damselfly. jimmy156 said: Nice shot nre, just being pedantic but isn't it a speckled bush cricket. DD, great detail, they're scary up so close. Here's one from me, a Banded Demoiselle Damselfly:  2012-05-30 by jimmyb156, on Flickr
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dibbly dobbler
6,571 posts
66 months
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Martyn D
409 posts
43 months
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I'm still trying to muster the art of Macro...... A couple more on the quest to improvement  
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jimmy156
2,065 posts
56 months
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Here's a Macro shot without flash, tricky at f/5.6 but i like the soft lighting  2012-06-04 by jimmyb156, on Flickr
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RobbieKB
5,340 posts
52 months
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 No idea how you took a macro without a flash. I'd need a tripod, a remote release, a dead subject and it to be the brightest day since records began 
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dibbly dobbler
6,571 posts
66 months
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 Fly by dibbly dobbler, on Flickr First outing with my new diffuser setup - Fong domes over StoFen omnibounce  Seems to be working well but you dont half feel like a tool wandering around with this setup!
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dibbly dobbler
6,571 posts
66 months
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RobbieKB
5,340 posts
52 months
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Cracking Mike! That's made a massive difference. Pricey set up is it?
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LongQ
8,837 posts
102 months
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dibbly dobbler said: First outing with my new diffuser setup - Fong domes over StoFen omnibounce Seems to be working well but you dont half feel like a tool wandering around with this setup! I think this requires a photo - of the flash and diffuser set up at the very least! Has anyone else noticed that a couple of tiddly tiny fat finger typos in the line above could turn it into "I think this requires a photo - of the flash and duff user set up at the very least!" No? Phew, thank goodness for that ...
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dibbly dobbler
6,571 posts
66 months
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RobbieKB said: Cracking Mike! That's made a massive difference. Pricey set up is it? Thanks Rob The StoFen diffusers are about £20 iirc and the Fong domes were around £40 so not too bad (ignoring the fact that you need an MT24 to stick them on in the first place!)
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dibbly dobbler
6,571 posts
66 months
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LongQ said: I think this requires a photo - of the flash and diffuser set up at the very least! Has anyone else noticed that a couple of tiddly tiny fat finger typos in the line above could turn it into "I think this requires a photo - of the flash and duff user set up at the very least!" No? Phew, thank goodness for that ...I will stick a pic up later LQ - the domes look very like false breasts so it should raise a titter or two if nothing else Ps - the duff user is not at all photogenic so I'll spare you that!
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LongQ
8,837 posts
102 months
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dibbly dobbler said: I will stick a pic up later LQ - the domes look very like false breasts so it should raise a titter or two if nothing else Ps - the duff user is not at all photogenic so I'll spare you that! DD, I'm having trouble trying to envisage an MT 24 with Fong domes attached. I assume the domes cover the Stofens so having to imagine them as well is unnecessary? I await the pic with great anticipation. As a slight aside ... I picked up a coupls of Lambency diffusers for my 580 EX flash. For some reason they are much cheaper than the Stofen variety. No doubt there is a good reason for that but it seems to work well enough. Anyone got any comments about comparative performance and quality?
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ddarno
70 posts
61 months
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Perhaps a few too many, got a bit carried away this morning. Not up to the detail of DD, but hope you like....C&C always welcome.  Flower by ddarno, on Flickr  Blue Dragon Fly by ddarno, on Flickr  Blue Dragon Fly by ddarno, on Flickr  Fly by ddarno, on Flickr  Blue Dragon Fly by ddarno, on Flickr Not quite in focus to get a decent crop. I still liked it so thought I'd share.  Fly by ddarno, on Flickr  Fly by ddarno, on Flickr  Yellow Dragon Fly by ddarno, on Flickr  Yellow Dragon Fly by ddarno, on Flickr
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dibbly dobbler
6,571 posts
66 months
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That yellow dragonfly is stunning! All I can ever find is ruddy flies  Need to cast the net a bit wider methinks. Anyhoo - pic of my new diffuser setup as requested:  New Diffuser setup by dibbly dobbler, on Flickr
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RobbieKB
5,340 posts
52 months
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dibbly dobbler said: That yellow dragonfly is stunning! All I can ever find is ruddy flies Need to cast the net a bit wider methinks. Anyhoo - pic of my new diffuser setup as requested: New Diffuser setup by dibbly dobbler, on Flickr That's just a bra! I feel a bit self concious doing macro photography anywhere I can be seen with my kit, I don't know what I'd do with that unit! Great shots btw ddarno.
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dibbly dobbler
6,571 posts
66 months
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RobbieKB said: That's just a bra! I feel a bit self concious doing macro photography anywhere I can be seen with my kit, I don't know what I'd do with that unit! Mrs Dibbly has already informed me that I look a complete knob. No change there then
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fathomfive
6,883 posts
59 months
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