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Crusoe
2,645 posts
100 months
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Decent camera only days away so here are a couple from my old point and shoot olympus Green tree geko  Rose tree 
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dibbly dobbler
6,568 posts
66 months
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 Moth by dibbly dobbler, on Flickr This beast was stunning but too big for the MPE! Bloody silly lens  Anybody got an idea what it is ?
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tenex
1,010 posts
37 months
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Looks like a Garden Tiger moth, Mike.
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dibbly dobbler
6,568 posts
66 months
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tenex said: Looks like a Garden Tiger moth, Mike. Thanks Andrew! 
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14-7
5,704 posts
60 months
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 Jumping Spider by 14-7, on Flickr  Fly by 14-7, on Flickr And something that was quite a shock to see. A bloody big moth!! It was about 3-4 inches long and about an inch in bredth. Mahoosive thing!  Taken with my compact as the DSLR was sat taking timelapse piccies.  Moth by 14-7, on Flickr
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Japveesix
1,875 posts
37 months
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14-7 said: And something that was quite a shock to see. A bloody big moth!! It was about 3-4 inches long and about an inch in bredth. Mahoosive thing! Taken with my compact as the DSLR was sat taking timelapse piccies. Moth by 14-7, on Flickr Death's-head hawk moth, Acherontia atropos, very cool. Are you in the South of UK somewhere?
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Insoluable12
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10 months
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dibbly dobbler
6,568 posts
66 months
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Insoluable12 said: These pics are stunning! Welcome
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nre
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139 months
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nre
287 posts
139 months
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14-7
5,704 posts
60 months
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Japveesix said: Death's-head hawk moth, Acherontia atropos, very cool. Are you in the South of UK somewhere? Espanol! Never seen one before but the dogs seemed like they wanted to eat it!
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Crusoe
2,645 posts
100 months
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Think I am starting to get the hang of it. 
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...Mole...
2,300 posts
60 months
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I think this thread has conviced me to get a mpe-65!.
any reccomendations for flash?, not too pricey!
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dibbly dobbler
6,568 posts
66 months
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...Mole... said: I think this thread has conviced me to get a mpe-65!.
any reccomendations for flash?, not too pricey! Excellent - think you'll be great at it MT24ex is the Rolls Royce solution but actually any decent flash can be made to work well with appropriate diffusers added - I've seen some amazing shots with relatively cheapo homemade lighting rigs The MPE is a swine to use btw - might be easier to start with a 100 prime + extension tubes ?
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...Mole...
2,300 posts
60 months
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dibbly dobbler said: Excellent - think you'll be great at it MT24ex is the Rolls Royce solution but actually any decent flash can be made to work well with appropriate diffusers added - I've seen some amazing shots with relatively cheapo homemade lighting rigs The MPE is a swine to use btw - might be easier to start with a 100 prime + extension tubes ? Been down the 100mm route before when i had my Nikon D200 had a Sigma 105mm and the Nikon R1 twin flash kit, i enjoyed it but fancied something that could get a bit more magnification. and now that I'm a Canon convert i thought it would be a good chance to try the MPE! the MT24ex looks quite good but is a bit out of my budget, might just get a couple of cheap flashes and make a rig for them, not a big fan of ring flashes but might look in to them as well.
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...Mole...
2,300 posts
60 months
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And this is one of the only photo's i took with that Sigma 105mm and Nikon R1 combo  Snail by ScottAMurray, on Flickr I never used the kit when i was out so ended up selling it.
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dibbly dobbler
6,568 posts
66 months
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...Mole... said: Been down the 100mm route before when i had my Nikon D200
had a Sigma 105mm and the Nikon R1 twin flash kit, i enjoyed it but fancied something that could get a bit more magnification.
and now that I'm a Canon convert i thought it would be a good chance to try the MPE!
the MT24ex looks quite good but is a bit out of my budget, might just get a couple of cheap flashes and make a rig for them, not
a big fan of ring flashes but might look in to them as well. Thing to remember is that the MPE has a maximum working distance of about 4 inches - as you crank up the magnification this reduces to an inch or two once you're up at 5x. Beyond 4 inches nothing will be in focus. This means two things: 1. If the bugs are at all lively they're likely to fly off before you can get close enough 2. larger insects (eg a butterfly) are actually too big to get fully in view! So it's great for small, static insects but cr*p at anything else. Be prepared for some frustration if you go down this route
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Ed_P
525 posts
138 months
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As noted by Mike (dibbly dobbler), the MP-E 65mm is a unique lens that offers its own unique challenges. Like, what to do when you encounter a dragonfly! I opted for this top-down detail shot of this Southern Hawker male that was in the garden yesterday. This is with the lens at 1:1 "Magnification"; as wide as you can go.  Dragonfly by Ed Phillips 01, on Flickr 1/250th second, F13, ISO 100 + TwinLite flash. "Spiced up" a bit in PSE using Topaz plug-in.
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Crusoe
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100 months
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5hero
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