Bug - Page 7

Z.X · 10/23/2010, 12:25 PM

Dino · 10/30/2010, 06:36 AM

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.

swjim · 10/30/2010, 07:09 AM

That is tiny! Nice shot! Are you using the MP-E 65? Is this a stack?

Dino · 10/30/2010, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by swjim

That is tiny! Nice shot! Are you using the MP-E 65?

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

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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

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from a fellow POTNer.

swjim · 10/30/2010, 07:28 AM

Very nicely done! You really nailed the focus despite the ultra-thin DOF.

Misled · 11/02/2010, 05:27 PM

Dino · 11/02/2010, 05:28 PM

Did you get some tubes Jesse?

Misled · 11/02/2010, 05:39 PM

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!!!!

Dino · 11/02/2010, 05:50 PM

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.

Misled · 11/13/2010, 07:20 PM

cody6766 · 11/14/2010, 02:07 AM

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

Misled · 11/14/2010, 10:30 AM

Very pretty Cody!!!!!

Dino · 11/14/2010, 12:04 PM

That's an incredible looking caterpillar!

iceemn360 · 11/14/2010, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cody6766

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

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!

Misled · 04/23/2011, 05:52 PM

They're back!!!!!

Misled · 04/25/2011, 04:19 PM

Misled · 04/27/2011, 06:24 PM

XSharkboyX · 04/28/2011, 10:14 AM

Some very cool shots in here!

Misled · 04/29/2011, 05:02 PM

Recty · 04/29/2011, 05:39 PM

You're really being Mr Macro lately, Misled. Mr Macro Misled, that has a decent ring to it.

I enjoy your pictures, makes me wish I had spring as an available season in Alaska. We go straight from winter to summer then back to winter in a couple months.

Misled · 04/29/2011, 06:37 PM

Thank you. I'll do what I can to bring you guys my spring.

Asureef · 04/29/2011, 06:47 PM

Used to shoot macro quite a bit....

Misled · 05/08/2011, 09:14 PM

iceemn360 · 05/09/2011, 01:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asureef

Used to shoot macro quite a bit....

Rad shots! love the first one. Extension tubes?

Asureef · 05/09/2011, 02:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iceemn360

Rad shots! love the first one. Extension tubes?

Thanks. First photo, I shot with a canon 60mm macro and second one with a canon mp-e 65mm.

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10/30/2010, 06:36 AM	#152
Dino Freak of Nature Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Finding my way back to the boondocks Posts: 11,048	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. __________________ Cody I will love and miss you until the last beat of my heart Harley & Rusty.

11/02/2010, 05:27 PM	#156
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	__________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together. Last edited by Misled; 03/28/2018 at 05:43 PM.

11/02/2010, 05:28 PM	#157
Dino Freak of Nature Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Finding my way back to the boondocks Posts: 11,048	Did you get some tubes Jesse? __________________ Cody I will love and miss you until the last beat of my heart Harley & Rusty.

11/02/2010, 05:39 PM	#158
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	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!!!! __________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together.

11/02/2010, 05:50 PM	#159
Dino Freak of Nature Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Finding my way back to the boondocks Posts: 11,048	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. __________________ Cody I will love and miss you until the last beat of my heart Harley & Rusty.

10/23/2010, 12:25 PM	#151
Z.X Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Thessaloniki Posts: 79

10/30/2010, 07:09 AM	#153
swjim Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boerne, TX Posts: 884	That is tiny! Nice shot! Are you using the MP-E 65? Is this a stack?

10/30/2010, 07:28 AM	#155
swjim Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boerne, TX Posts: 884	Very nicely done! You really nailed the focus despite the ultra-thin DOF.

11/13/2010, 07:20 PM	#160
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	__________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together. Last edited by Misled; 03/28/2018 at 05:44 PM.

11/14/2010, 02:07 AM	#161
cody6766 Super Best Friends! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: OKC, OK Posts: 3,772	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 __________________ "The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no commandments." - John Galt Current Tank Info: Cadlights 60G Arisan II mixed reef with 2x MP40s and 24" ATI

11/14/2010, 10:30 AM	#162
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	Very pretty Cody!!!!! __________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together.

11/14/2010, 12:04 PM	#163
Dino Freak of Nature Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Finding my way back to the boondocks Posts: 11,048	That's an incredible looking caterpillar! __________________ Cody I will love and miss you until the last beat of my heart Harley & Rusty.

04/23/2011, 05:52 PM	#165
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	They're back!!!!! __________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together. Last edited by Misled; 03/28/2018 at 05:44 PM.

04/25/2011, 04:19 PM	#166
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	__________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together. Last edited by Misled; 03/28/2018 at 05:45 PM.

04/27/2011, 06:24 PM	#167
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	__________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together. Last edited by Misled; 03/28/2018 at 05:45 PM.

04/28/2011, 10:14 AM	#168
XSharkboyX Wishin' I Was Fishin' Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Michigan Posts: 472	Some very cool shots in here! __________________ "But why is the rum gone?" Captain Jack Sparrow

04/29/2011, 05:02 PM	#169
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	__________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together. Last edited by Misled; 03/28/2018 at 05:46 PM.

04/29/2011, 05:39 PM	#170
Recty Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Alaska Posts: 6,584	You're really being Mr Macro lately, Misled. Mr Macro Misled, that has a decent ring to it. I enjoy your pictures, makes me wish I had spring as an available season in Alaska. We go straight from winter to summer then back to winter in a couple months.

04/29/2011, 06:37 PM	#171
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	Thank you. I'll do what I can to bring you guys my spring. __________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together.

04/29/2011, 06:47 PM	#172
Asureef Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 182	Used to shoot macro quite a bit....

05/08/2011, 09:14 PM	#173
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	__________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together. Last edited by Misled; 03/28/2018 at 05:46 PM.