Macro Photo thread

[DibblyDobbler]

^^^ Great bug John

Here's my efforts from today



Damselfly by Dibbly Dobbler, on Flickr



Fly by Dibbly Dobbler, on Flickr



Robber Fly with Dinner! by Dibbly Dobbler, on Flickr

[IvanSTi]

Sorry if these come in a little on the large side, all taken with a 30mm Macro Lense between 3cm to 10cm away from the victim target. Shot at around 2pm a couple of weekends ago. All full images, no crops.







ETA I presume you guys are getting a greater DOF by using a longer lense and being further from the target and then cropping the image down to size?

Edited by IvanSTi on Wednesday 9th July 12:47

[GravelBen]

IvanSTi said:

ETA I presume you guys are getting a greater DOF by using a longer lense and being further from the target and then cropping the image down to size?

Can't speak for the others, but I (try to) get some depth of field by stopping down the aperture. Most of mine are around f/11, but thats with a reversed lens and I'm not sure what the equivalent normal aperture would be.

Just experiment and see what happens!

ETA: Some of the more extreme/impressive DOF you see in macros can be from multiple images stacked together as well.

[Crusoe]

Macro Gecko by taitalan, on Flickr

[IvanSTi]

GravelBen said:

IvanSTi said:

ETA I presume you guys are getting a greater DOF by using a longer lense and being further from the target and then cropping the image down to size?

Can't speak for the others, but I (try to) get some depth of field by stopping down the aperture. Most of mine are around f/11, but thats with a reversed lens and I'm not sure what the equivalent normal aperture would be.

Just experiment and see what happens!

ETA: Some of the more extreme/impressive DOF you see in macros can be from multiple images stacked together as well.

I see, macros are something I'm just starting to get into now, so back to basics learning, I'm good at stalking so getting close to things isn't difficult, just time consuming

Yes, I realise focus stacking can be used for more of the impressive stuff, will have to give that a try, just difficult telling flies to stay still

[nre]

more bees

bee and lavender 3 by NRE, on Flickr

bee and lavender 4 by NRE, on Flickr

[JSS 911]

Labyrinth spiders by sinky 911, on Flickr

[ExPat2B]

That is a great shot ! I tried to take similar shot and never managed to get the depth of field, the spider and the dinner all at the same time, what an achievement.

[JSS 911]

ExPat2B said:

That is a great shot ! I tried to take similar shot and never managed to get the depth of field, the spider and the dinner all at the same time, what an achievement.

Thanks EP , starting to like the sigma 150mm as you can keep a reasonable distance from the subject which is good for my kind of shots

[ddarno]

Not real macro this one...was too lively to get close to so had to use 70-300mm

Common Darter Dragonfly by ddarno, on Flickr


Wasp by ddarno, on Flickr

This Damselfly was quite cooperative today.

Brown Damselfly by ddarno, on Flickr


Brown Damselfly by ddarno, on Flickr


Brown Damselfly by ddarno, on Flickr

Few more on Flickr

[Morbid]

Reading this thread and seeing the amazing images being posted made me want to give this a try. So, attempts from day three with the macro lens below. Spider is stacked to get more DOF - he was kind enough to sit still! Really enjoying the challenge and hope to improve with practice.

fly 2 by [e-mail], on Flickr

bee on flower 3 by [e-mail], on Flickr

Bee on flower 2 by [e-mail], on Flickr

bee on flower 1 by [e-mail], on Flickr

fly 1 by [e-mail], on Flickr

small garden spider by [e-mail], on Flickr

[ExPat2B]

So...yesterday was Ant Day. This is where all the ants in a massive area decide to mate, and swarms of winged ants take to the air.

Some ended up in my back garden...(after mating the queens lose their wings)

Ant_attack0 by natureiser, on Flickr

However the resident ants of my backyard had different ideas, and started attacking any foreign ants that came near. Despite being much smaller, they swarmed the queens and pulled them to their knees and into their burrow to what I imagine would be a terrible fate.

Ant_attack1 by natureiser, on Flickr

Ant_attack2 by natureiser, on Flickr

The battle was not completely one sided

Ant_attack3 by natureiser, on Flickr

However sheer weight of numbers always won.

Ant_attack5 by natureiser, on Flickr

[leggly]

Untitled by squiffy1308, on Flickr

[JSS 911]

Gatekeeper Underside by sinky 911, on Flickr

[crmcatee]

Random fly in the house..

CMAC0983-1024 by CRMCATEE, on Flickr

[DibblyDobbler]

crmcatee said:

Random fly in the house..

CMAC0983-1024 by CRMCATEE, on Flickr

Nice - didn't realise you had an MPE

What flash are you using?

[crmcatee]

Cheers - Yes had one for ages - rarely get the opportunity to use it. The flash is the MT-24EX.

[DibblyDobbler]

crmcatee said:

Cheers - Yes had one for ages - rarely get the opportunity to use it. The flash is the MT-24EX.

The Rolls-Royce macro setup, nice

[crmcatee]

Yes - it works really well. Pity it's rarely used.

[ddarno]

Anyone know of a good diffuser for the MT-24EX?