Macro Photo thread
Discussion
Some from a few minutes ago, just away out for more.
edited to add, all straight from the camera, apart from the square crop.
back from another outing
As with all my macro shots, this was hand-held. I rarely attempt shooting at 5:1 without something to lean on. This shot however was purely me balancing over the top of a daisy, don't breath!!
happy days! (yes, I'm easily pleased)
edited to add, all straight from the camera, apart from the square crop.
back from another outing
As with all my macro shots, this was hand-held. I rarely attempt shooting at 5:1 without something to lean on. This shot however was purely me balancing over the top of a daisy, don't breath!!
happy days! (yes, I'm easily pleased)
Edited by 4hero on Monday 13th July 19:05
Jenx said:
Kermit, your butterfly is a Large Skipper (yes, I know it's tiny) and the sex mad couple are known as Hogweed Bonking Beetles 
Martin
Oh good man, thanks! Martin
I was just thinking as I uploaded them that it was really about time Google or someone developed search capability on images!
I love taking pictures of insects, but I generally haven't got a clue what I'm photographing. Must make more effort on that.
4hero, do you fancy doing a macro technique guide?
Every time I think I've captured something half decent, you come up with something utterly stunning! I know you've got the MP65 or whatever it's called, but even so, how do you manage to get suck extreme sharpness and how do you get so close to the little buggers without them flying off??
I usually shoot at 1/160th to ensure no shake and f16 to get reasonable depth of field, with the ring flash doing the rest, but I don't get close to the clarity of some of yours.
Every time I think I've captured something half decent, you come up with something utterly stunning! I know you've got the MP65 or whatever it's called, but even so, how do you manage to get suck extreme sharpness and how do you get so close to the little buggers without them flying off??
I usually shoot at 1/160th to ensure no shake and f16 to get reasonable depth of field, with the ring flash doing the rest, but I don't get close to the clarity of some of yours.
good shots! like the water ones particularly, not had a go at that type of Macro yet, as Kermit says, a step by step would be handy Hero
Got a macro lens at last, EF100 canon, finding it much harder with no VR
plus the auto focus seems a little confused (without the ext tube fitted)
so here's my 1st with it, DOF is allot less / harder to get, guess that's normal?
Got a macro lens at last, EF100 canon, finding it much harder with no VR
plus the auto focus seems a little confused (without the ext tube fitted)so here's my 1st with it, DOF is allot less / harder to get, guess that's normal?
Pvapour said:
Got a macro lens at last, EF100 canon, finding it much harder with no VR plus the auto focus seems a little confused (without the ext tube fitted)
so here's my 1st with it, DOF is allot less / harder to get, guess that's normal?
Nice photo. Yes, it's normal for the DOF to seem very narrow. plus the auto focus seems a little confused (without the ext tube fitted)so here's my 1st with it, DOF is allot less / harder to get, guess that's normal?
I think that VR, IS etc. doesn't work very well at macro focussing distances, although Canon have just announced an updated system that is supposedly more suited to macro.
Most people say that autofocus is not much use for macro. I always focus manually by moving the camera, not the focus ring.
Pvapour said:
Got a macro lens at last, EF100 canon, finding it much harder with no VR plus the auto focus seems a little confused (without the ext tube fitted)
so here's my 1st with it, DOF is allot less / harder to get, guess that's normal?
Nice shot! plus the auto focus seems a little confused (without the ext tube fitted)so here's my 1st with it, DOF is allot less / harder to get, guess that's normal?
For what it's worth, my settings for the vast majority of my macro shots are 1/160th of a second at f/16 with the flash left on ETTL most of the time, as this gives a somewhat better DOF.
I leave the lens on manual focus, and usually at the closest focusing distance. I'll then worry about changing that if whatever I'm taking is too big to fit in the frame at that distance.
Kermit power said:
Pvapour said:
Got a macro lens at last, EF100 canon, finding it much harder with no VR plus the auto focus seems a little confused (without the ext tube fitted)
so here's my 1st with it, DOF is allot less / harder to get, guess that's normal?
Nice shot! plus the auto focus seems a little confused (without the ext tube fitted)so here's my 1st with it, DOF is allot less / harder to get, guess that's normal?
For what it's worth, my settings for the vast majority of my macro shots are 1/160th of a second at f/16 with the flash left on ETTL most of the time, as this gives a somewhat better DOF.
I leave the lens on manual focus, and usually at the closest focusing distance. I'll then worry about changing that if whatever I'm taking is too big to fit in the frame at that distance.
Pvapour said:
tried those settings kermit, but I only have the std flash which scares the bajeezus out of the insects so didn't use it, needless to say the images were way under exposed. What sort of flash are you using?? are the ring flashes a good idea??
I think any sort of flash works fine, so long as you get the light pointing at the subject. Some people use a dedicated macro flash, either a ring flash or two small flash-heads that mount to a ring on the end of the lens; some people use a normal flashgun on a bracket with a synch cord; others use a plastic or cardboard device that goes over the onboard flash and reaches down over the lens.Re. it scaring off the insects, I'd suggest that if the onboard flash is scaring them, so will any other sort of flash. In my experience though, it's the getting close to them that's the difficult part; I've never experienced insects being scared of the flash.
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