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I finally got a field kit for my stackshot, as well as a stable tripod. It was pretty cold today but I managed to find some interesting stuff to shoot. Sadly I screwed up most of it because I have little experience using a flash with macro. This came out pretty neat though (it's a roughly 1cm x 1cm piece of old tree):  There's a ghost bug in the right side of the picture that must have shown up in a few of the 30 stacked shots taken to make this.
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InternetJunky posted:I finally got a field kit for my stackshot, as well as a stable tripod. It was pretty cold today but I managed to find some interesting stuff to shoot. Sadly I screwed up most of it because I have little experience using a flash with macro. That is really cool. Any way you can make the bug show up all the way or get rid of it all together? It is kind of distracting now that I see it. The only other critique I have is that it seems kind of flat.
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Oct 9, 2012 01:14
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Atticus_1354 posted:That is really cool. Any way you can make the bug show up all the way or get rid of it all together? It is kind of distracting now that I see it. The only other critique I have is that it seems kind of flat. Here's one more shot from yesterday, the underside of a tree fungus:  Here's my setup: 
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Oct 9, 2012 15:43
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InternetJunky posted:Unfortunately I deleted my original shots after performing the focus stacking so the bug is there to stay. Post-processing is problematic for these types of shots because you can't focus stack RAWs (at least I haven't found a way) so I shoot JPGs and there's only so much I can change in post. At least with Helicon Focus you can use RAWs. And why do you delete originals 
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Oct 9, 2012 19:04
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Rovasti posted:At least with Helicon Focus you can use RAWs. If I don't delete originals I end up with unmanageable photo folders. Yesterday I ended up with about 25 final shots, but that was nearly 1000 source images.
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Oct 9, 2012 19:20
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Probably one of the last bugs for this year. Winter is coming, so I have to come up with something else to shoot. Kärpänen 12 by Sami Kaukolinna, on Flickr
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Oct 9, 2012 19:58
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InternetJunky posted:Here's my setup: That looks like fun, but also looks like a huge pain in the rear end to haul around.
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InternetJunky posted:Thanks for the link. I'll give this software a try. Harddrive space is cheap. Your setup is very cool, thanks for showing.
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Tell me about macro focusing rails. Is it an exercise in frustration to buy a cheapish eBay one? If not, which one(s) should I be looking at? I use a 1D, sometimes with a 70-200, so I'd have a decent amount of weight on it. I have a good tripod and ball head already.
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dakana posted:Tell me about macro focusing rails. The Velbon Super Mag Slider is the one slider that I saw recommended most often when I was doing my research for a slider. The other options I considered were the Manfrotto 454 slider and the Kirk focusing rail.
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alkanphel posted:The other options I considered were the Manfrotto 454 slider I like the price on that Manfrotto. That puts it in the realm of possibilities for me. Anyone have hands on with it?
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Atticus_1354 posted:I like the price on that Manfrotto. That puts it in the realm of possibilities for me. Anyone have hands on with it? I actually tried it out for a macro session, didn't like it because it had too much play if you didn't screw down the locking nut tightly. That got tedious fast for me because when you do 1:1 or 2:1 macro, even a small shift in the entire sliding plate cause by screwing the locking nut will move your focus to somewhere else, so there was way too much fiddling. A geardrive like the Velbon was much better.
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Oct 15, 2012 02:26
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I went out for a walk again today with my mobile setup. I found some sluggish bugs that I thought were cooperating, but when I tried to stack the images it was clear they had moved a bit. Oh well, still got some fun shots out of the attempts:    Is there an easy to way to modify a series of images so that the exposures match on all of them? I shot a whole series of shots in Av mode without realising it and each exposure came out slightly different. This is making my stacking software go nuts.
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Oct 16, 2012 03:02
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I was playing with some old glass today. Sharpness was never to be expected, but I'm quite happy with the results.  
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I've been playing around with an old 50mm lens and a reversing ring. Trying to capture moving fish in focus is challenging! I could definitely use some better lighting, and macro really captures all the scratches and imperfections in my 15 year old tank.   
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Oct 28, 2012 17:10
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Wool Carder Bee
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New favorite macro setup. 75mm f/4.5 pentax 67 lens reverse mounted via a stack of step down rings. Seems to give a real nice magnification ratio while still having a good ~6 " focus distance.  Some quick test shots using some unwilling subjects (all uncropped).    e. just shot a ruler, it's almost exactly 1:1 magnification. Dr. Despair fucked around with this message at 22:23 on Nov 3, 2012 |
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I've got to figure out a lighting solution. Bright, direct sun is absolutely necessary for me and macro at the moment. Queens Domain 41 by Execudork, on Flickr  Queens Domain 58 by Execudork, on Flickr
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ExecuDork posted:I've got to figure out a lighting solution. Bright, direct sun is absolutely necessary for me and macro at the moment.
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That's not pi...
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big scary monsters posted:That's not pi... it's close enough for most things
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My entry to the November photo contest is a macro, which means I'm also posting it here: Bubble saturation by br.leach, on Flickr
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Flowers and bees. Backyard Macro after walk 1 by Execudork, on Flickr  Backyard Macro after walk 2 by Execudork, on Flickr  Backyard Macro after walk 7 by Execudork, on Flickr
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you ever look at a flame and go "man, i should macro that poo poo" DSC_0686.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr  DSC_0688.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr  DSC_0675.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr
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Ha, that's pretty sweet. Very otherworldly—especially since the flames themselves aren't super noticeable.
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Film: Richmond05 by HelloWorldEp1, on Flickr  Richmond04 by HelloWorldEp1, on Flickr Digital:  Ice on Bark by HelloWorldEp1, on Flickr  Fern by HelloWorldEp1, on Flickr
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Mr. Despair posted:you ever look at a flame and go "man, i should macro that poo poo" They look like mini mushroom clouds, really interesting macro!
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Deadly Australian Hymenoptera! SD 109 Southernmost 80 by Execudork, on Flickr Bugfight!  SD 109 Southernmost 86 by Execudork, on Flickr Another Bugfight!  SD 109 Southernmost 97 by Execudork, on Flickr Mosquito  SD 109 Southernmost 107 by Execudork, on Flickr
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Shameless promotion of some gear for sale, including: the Canon 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro RPS macro ring flash for Canon.
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Reading those this thread again has motivated me to bust out my C/Y Zeiss 60mm macro lens and get crackin'! Here's an oldy: 
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Ok, so I have a 50mm f1.4 camera lens, an t1a, and a 270ex flash. My buddy gave me some extension tubes and this canon flash shoe thing that makes it so the flash is not mounted on the camera. I would like to setup some sort of quick and dirty hack rig to mount my flash and then maybe make a diffuser out of a milk jug or something? Any ideas? Cheap as hell is key as I had to really put the charm on to my wife to get the money for this lens and I don't think she would be keen on my dropping a few bills on crap for "spider portraits".
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Begby posted:Ok, so I have a 50mm f1.4 camera lens, an t1a, and a 270ex flash. My buddy gave me some extension tubes and this canon flash shoe thing that makes it so the flash is not mounted on the camera. I made a diffuser out of drawer liner and velcro, and it's worked pretty well I think. Not sure if it would have the surface area of a milk jug but the advantage is you can fold it up and put it in your gear bag more easily. If your "flash shoe thing" doesn't include a ttl flash cord to connect the flash to the hotshoe, you'll need to get that, but they are pretty cheap.
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BetterLekNextTime posted:I made a diffuser out of drawer liner and velcro, and it's worked pretty well I think. Not sure if it would have the surface area of a milk jug but the advantage is you can fold it up and put it in your gear bag more easily. Oh sweet, thats pretty cool, I have lots of velcro I can use. I'll give that a try It does have a cord that goes from the shoe to the flash, it flashes when it is connected if thats what you mean (is that what you mean?) This is what I have http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Canon+-+OC-E3+Off-Camera+Shoe+Cord+for+Most+Canon+EOS+Digital+Cameras/8815473.p?id=1206749661286&skuId=8815473 The other problem I have is trying to mount the flash onto the camera somehow so that it is closer to the subject (as the shoe cord doesn't have any sort of mount or stand). All the aftermarket doodads appear to be pretty pricy. I would be happy with something built out of popsicle sticks as long as it was stable and I didn't have to glue something onto my lens or what not.
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I have this It's not home-made but not too expensive. You could probably rig something up like this with a trip to the hardware store. I usually use it with just one arm for the flash. I've done a little bit of playing with clipping a sheet of white paper to the second arm like a little reflector, but haven't spent the time to make this worthwhile yet. edit- yeah- that cord is what I mean. BetterLekNextTime fucked around with this message at 02:19 on Dec 20, 2012 |
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