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10/30/2010, 06:36 AM | #152 |
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Smallest bug I've photographed so far, I thought it might have been some type of springtail but after posting it on another forum with people who are a lot better at IDing bugs than I am its guessed its some type of mealy bug.
Somewhere around 4:1-5:1, that's the central vein on a leaf.
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10/30/2010, 07:09 AM | #153 |
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That is tiny! Nice shot! Are you using the MP-E 65? Is this a stack?
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10/30/2010, 07:22 AM | #154 |
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I wish (the MPE has long been on my lust list but I just can't justify the cost of it.....yet). Nope, this was taken with a full set of Kenko tubes, 100mm macro (non-L), and a reversed 50mm f/1.4 on a crop body. I'm told max magnification on it should be somewhere around 4:1 but doing some testing the other day at max I can fit about 4 marks on a mm ruler in the viewfinder. How accurate the ruler is, is debatable but I know placing two sewing head pins side by side fills the entire viewfinder .
Not a stack, I'm still learning how to do stacks. I need to find some good static subjects I can practice doing stacks on. I've done them a handful of times in the past but they've always came out looking pretty gnarly . from a fellow POTNer.
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10/30/2010, 07:28 AM | #155 |
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Very nicely done! You really nailed the focus despite the ultra-thin DOF.
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11/02/2010, 05:28 PM | #157 |
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Did you get some tubes Jesse?
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11/02/2010, 05:39 PM | #158 |
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Yea, I've had a cheep set for a bit now. They're the 10 buck set without any electronics. That was with all three tubes and the 105 macro. I'm sure you understand, but most wouldn't think about how difficult focusing can become with them. Getting a good DOF can be tough too. I think I had that at f5.6 and in pretty much full sun. Any lower and you can't see what you're doing. I gotta get the set you have!!!!
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11/02/2010, 05:50 PM | #159 |
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You could also look around for an old (manual) macro lens that has an aperture ring on it since you have the non-electronic rings and a cheap glassless adapter to adapt from whatever lens mount to your current Nikon mount. It still wouldn't automatically stop down but at least you wouldn't have to put the lens on the body to adjust the aperture.
I'm actually looking to do something similar if I can get somebody to buy me an old set of bellows for Christmas . I already have/can get enlarger lenses (the type you use in darkroom enlargers) for cheap. I've been reading a lot on people using them for extreme macro, they're so cheap, and most of them are extremely sharp.
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11/14/2010, 02:07 AM | #161 |
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These little guys pack a punch! I was trimming a tree and grabbed a handfull of branches from the ground and quickly realized that the willow tree had a little more than leaves on those branches. It felt like 10 bee stings all at once, then went tingly numb. I was a little worried at first, but it went away in about 20 mins.
They do make a pretty pic...to bad I'm a novice with the camera and only working with the kit lens. I'm sure you guys could have done a lot with this little guy
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11/14/2010, 12:04 PM | #163 |
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That's an incredible looking caterpillar!
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Those guys are Rad! I think its a Satunriid moth of some kind (A group of large moths found world wide). Some species can sting as caterpillars are extremely venomous! I think the venomous genus is a tropical group called Lonomia. The caterpillars are gregarious and travel in groups which makes encounters with them potentially hazardous or deadly. Cool Stuff! Last edited by iceemn360; 11/14/2010 at 12:39 PM. |
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Some very cool shots in here!
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You're really being Mr Macro lately, Misled. Mr Macro Misled, that has a decent ring to it.
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Used to shoot macro quite a bit....
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